Justin Welby: British values ‘increasingly disconnected’ from Christian heritage

Dec 8, 2016 by

from The Christian Institute:

The Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised Government defined ‘British values’ as being based on “revisionist secularism”.

Justin Welby said that the values are “not properly embedded” in the Christian heritage of the country.

He made the comments as he led a House of Lords debate on the topic of “shared values underpinning our national life”.

Resilient heritage

The Government defines fundamental British values as “democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs”.

Archbishop Welby said that these values seem “increasingly disconnected from our historical narratives” and are “not properly embedded in the heritage of our country”.

He cited the parable of the good Samaritan as a reminder that British values emerged “not from a vacuum but from the resilient and eternal structures of our religious, theological, philosophical and ethical heritage”.

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Read Archbishop’s address in full here

See also: When people in a society share a strong moral code, there is greater trust and solidarity, by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

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