Does secular anglicanism still exist in Britain ?

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During a conference organized last December, Tony Blair recalled the tradition of tolerance in the United Kingdom. As a matter of fact, Great Britain, since a long time, seems to be a multicultural nation, where the differences of each one are articulated around the divisions common values. Moreover, we will see that Anglicanism has played a dominating part in this tradition of tolerance. But today, the United Kingdom is confronted by some problems which seem to question this tradition, and seems to have endangered the tolerance and the liberty which characterize the british society. Thus, does the secular anglicanism still exist in Britain?

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[...] And indeed, people are traditionally more open and tolerant when they have no worry about their daily life. II Is the British consensus questioned? This phenomenon of secular Anglicanism explains why the United Kingdom has been perceived as the country of the tolerance and the global consensus. Indeed, the British society works on a radical individualistic model: each is delivered to itself, to begin with the immigrant populations; in exchange, the social regulation takes place by an extreme tolerance of the expression of the minority identities and the community solidarities. [...]

[...] How can we explain that? First, we can mention the bad economical circumstances: with the rise of the unemployment, people feel insecure, and to social situation becomes less and less consensual. But we can find other reasons, like for example the rising fear of terrorism. This fear comes from outside, but is also present in the British society itself, with as an example the involvement of sons of immigrants apparently well integrated into the attacks of July 2005 : the capacity of tolerance of the British society seems to have melted as snow in the sun. [...]

[...] Does secular Anglicanism still exist in Britain? During a conference organized in last December, Tony Blair has recalled the tradition of tolerance of the United Kingdom. As a matter of facts, Great Britain since a long time seems to be a multicultural nation, where the differences of each one are articulated around the division common values. According to Arthur Marwick, this phenomenon can be bound to the secular Anglicanism, a peaceful social situation based on rising property and full employment. [...]

[...] As a conclusion, we can say that the image of tolerant and open country of the United Kingdom is becoming an old memory, even if the immigration is still important. Because of some social and economical problems, the secular Anglicanism is today questioned, and we can ask ourselves if an improvement of these circumstances will be enough to restore the British consensus. Sources - les "Lettres Philosophiques" de Voltaire - "The British Society since 1945" d'Arthur Marwick - et enfin le site "Wikipédia". [...]

[...] In order to answer these questions, I will in a first part how the secular Anglicanism can be defined, and why the Anglicanism is associated with the notion of tolerance. Then, I will see in a second part how and why the British tradition of tolerance seems to be questioned today. I Secular Anglicanism The churches of the Anglican Communion have their historical roots in the English Reformation, when King Henry VIII, born in the early Sixteenth century wished to obtain a divorce that the pope would not grant. [...]