Representing God: Christian Legal Activism in Contemporary England

How evangelical activism in England contributes to the secularizing forces it seeks to challenge

Over the past two decades, a growing number of Christians in England have gone to court to enforce their right to religious liberty. Funded by conservative lobby groups and influenced by the legal strategies of their American peers, these claimants—registrars who conscientiously object to performing the marriages of same-sex couples, say, or employees asking for exceptions to uniform policies tha...