Richard Franklin spent 29 years as a Church of England parish priest. He has also worked as a university chaplain and a director of studies in a theological college. A canon of Salisbury, he is a former member of the General Synod. Richard is the author of Towards the Abolition of the Nation State? European and National Identity in Christian Perspective (2004) and was the founding editor of the journal Studies in Christian Ethics. His essays and articles have been published in Modern Churchman, Theology, and The Hardy Society Journal.
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