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| − | The [[Nationwide Festival of Light]] was established in 1971. According to the political scientist Martin Durham it emerged in the 1970s as ‘an evangelical campaigning organisation opposed to homosexuality, abortion and other manifestations of what was seen as the nation’s falling away from God’.<ref name=”Durham2”>Martin Durham ‘[http://pa.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/54/3/459 The Conservative Party, New Labour and the politics of the family]’, | + | [[Image:And there was light book cover300px.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|[[John Capon]]'s book, ''And There Was Light: The Story of the Nationwide Festival of Light'' (London, Lutterworth, 1972), showing [[Cliff Richard]] lighting the Sheffield 'beacon' in 1971]] |
| + | The [[Nationwide Festival of Light]] was established in 1971. According to the political scientist Martin Durham it emerged in the 1970s as ‘an evangelical campaigning organisation opposed to homosexuality, abortion and other manifestations of what was seen as the nation’s falling away from God’.<ref name=”Durham2”>Martin Durham ‘[http://pa.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/54/3/459 The Conservative Party, New Labour and the politics of the family]’, ''Parliamentary Affairs'', 54 (3): 459. (2001)</ref>In 1983, according to [[CARE]] itself, 'the Executive Committee took the decision to change the name of NFOL to CARE ([[Christian Action Research and Education]])'<ref name="CARE">CARE [http://www.care.org.uk/Publisher/Article.aspx?ID=109697 History of CARE], accessed 5 September 2010</ref>. | ||
==People== | ==People== | ||
| + | [[John Biggs-Davison]] | [[Arthur Blessit]] | [[Dora Bryan]] | [[Bob Danvers-Walker]] | Colonel [[Orde Dobbie]] (a Social Services administrator) | [[Nigel Goodwin]] | [[Janet Hill]] | [[Peter Hill]] | [[Trevor Huddleston]] | [[David Kossoff]] | [[Gordon Landreth]] (general secretary of the [[Evangelical Alliance]]) | [[Lord Longford]] | [[Malcolm Muggeridge]] | [[Cliff Richard]] | [[Steve Stevens]] | [[Eddy Stride]] | [[Mary Whitehouse]] | ||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
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| + | * John Capon ''And There Was Light: The Story of the Nationwide Festival of Light'' (London, Lutterworth, 1972); ISBN 0 7188 1936 5 | ||
| + | *Amy C. Whipple [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a924319453~frm=abslink Speaking for Whom? The 1971 Festival of Light and the Search for the ‘Silent Majority’] ''Contemporary British History'', Volume 24 Issue 3 2010, Pages 319 – 339 | ||
*Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_Festival_of_Light Nationwide Festival of Light] | *Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_Festival_of_Light Nationwide Festival of Light] | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
| − | [[Category:Christian Right]] | + | [[Category:Christian Right]][[Category:Conservative movement]] |
Latest revision as of 11:28, 2 November 2011
John Capon's book, And There Was Light: The Story of the Nationwide Festival of Light (London, Lutterworth, 1972), showing Cliff Richard lighting the Sheffield 'beacon' in 1971
The Nationwide Festival of Light was established in 1971. According to the political scientist Martin Durham it emerged in the 1970s as ‘an evangelical campaigning organisation opposed to homosexuality, abortion and other manifestations of what was seen as the nation’s falling away from God’.[1]In 1983, according to CARE itself, 'the Executive Committee took the decision to change the name of NFOL to CARE (Christian Action Research and Education)'[2].
People
John Biggs-Davison | Arthur Blessit | Dora Bryan | Bob Danvers-Walker | Colonel Orde Dobbie (a Social Services administrator) | Nigel Goodwin | Janet Hill | Peter Hill | Trevor Huddleston | David Kossoff | Gordon Landreth (general secretary of the Evangelical Alliance) | Lord Longford | Malcolm Muggeridge | Cliff Richard | Steve Stevens | Eddy Stride | Mary Whitehouse
Resources
- John Capon And There Was Light: The Story of the Nationwide Festival of Light (London, Lutterworth, 1972); ISBN 0 7188 1936 5
- Amy C. Whipple Speaking for Whom? The 1971 Festival of Light and the Search for the ‘Silent Majority’ Contemporary British History, Volume 24 Issue 3 2010, Pages 319 – 339
- Wikipedia Nationwide Festival of Light
Notes
- ↑ Martin Durham ‘The Conservative Party, New Labour and the politics of the family’, Parliamentary Affairs, 54 (3): 459. (2001)
- ↑ CARE History of CARE, accessed 5 September 2010
