The Politics of Disagreement in the Body of Christ

Abstract

This article builds upon my 2022 Whitley Lecture asking how Baptists deal with the politics of disagreement. Like the Whitley Lecture, it uses the Baptist Union of Great Britain’s Declaration of Principle as a means of suggesting a set of virtues — humility, patience, hope, grace, love, and peace — that should characterise how we approach and discuss areas where we disagree.