'In Time of Schism
Fraser MacDonald on Kate Forbes and the Free Church of Scotland'

'“I’m a servant of democracy,” she told STV’s Colin Mackay. “I’m not sitting here as a dictator saying that I will absolutely impose my views.” But precedent suggests that wherever evangelicals hold power their beliefs do inform their policies.’

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n06/fraser-macdonald/in-time-of-schism

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Fraser MacDonald · In Time of Schism

Kate Forbes’s evangelical supporters appeal to plurality of thought, to liberty of conscience, even to protected...

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This is a really good wide ranging discussion and includes results of a UK wide poll on issues that voters think might bar someone from high office. Listeners of all & any persuasions will find it of interest! (One small correction: despite one contributor’s understanding, John Swinney is to my knowledge a Member of the #ChurchOfScotland not the Free Church #ReligionInPolitics #Religion #Faith #Conscience #FreeChurchofScotland #Catholicism #Islam https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/religion-media-centre-podcast/id1609381245?i=1000602315836
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