TY - JOUR

T1 - New World, New Politics, New Labour

T2 - third way revisionism and prophetic political theology.

AU - Dawson, Andrew

PY - 2002

Y1 - 2002

N2 - Tony Blair's vision of a ‘third way’ political programme is formative of New Labour's second term revisionism, claiming to transcend traditional left-right distinctions and embody the principles of ‘equal worth’, ‘opportunity for all’, ‘responsibility’ and ‘community’. Drawing upon a variety of sources, Anthony Giddens among them, the following material sketches the lineaments of the ‘third way’ agenda Having identified its political aspirations and principal theoretical components, the article suggests a number of areas representing potentially fruitful points of contact for further theological reflection.

AB - Tony Blair's vision of a ‘third way’ political programme is formative of New Labour's second term revisionism, claiming to transcend traditional left-right distinctions and embody the principles of ‘equal worth’, ‘opportunity for all’, ‘responsibility’ and ‘community’. Drawing upon a variety of sources, Anthony Giddens among them, the following material sketches the lineaments of the ‘third way’ agenda Having identified its political aspirations and principal theoretical components, the article suggests a number of areas representing potentially fruitful points of contact for further theological reflection.

U2 - 10.1558/poth.v3i2.157

DO - 10.1558/poth.v3i2.157

M3 - Journal article

VL - 3

SP - 157

EP - 177

JO - Political Theology

JF - Political Theology

SN - 1743-1719

IS - 2

ER -