Philip Quenby
Writer and film-maker Philip Quenby, formerly a partner in an international law firm, has a passion for understanding what the past has to say to us today.
His book Redeeming a Nation offers biblical reflections on over a thousand years of English history, whilst the follow-up One Small Candle uses the story of the Mayflower Pilgrims to emphasise the importance of a biblical world view for the development of freedom, democracy and rule of law.
His five-part documentary Magna Carta Unlocked examines how and why modern civil liberties grew on the back of a failed peace treaty – and what part the Bible played in that process.
MAYFLOWER AND THE PILGRIM FATHERS
Christian historian Philip Quenby investigates the ideas and motivations that brought the Pilgrim Fathers to the New World, setting them alongside King James’ contrasting autocratic vision for church and state.
What special claim do these people have on our attention? The answer is: an idea, a book and an inheritance. The idea was freedom of conscience, the book was the Geneva Bible and the inheritance was the accumulation of English liberties bound up in all that Magna Carta has come to symbolise.
Remembering how and why the Pilgrim Fathers stood firm against overbearing state power is vital. By learning from the past, we can find hope, purpose and direction for our nation today.
COMING SOON
Philip Quenby has produced a most unique and timely book of English historical episodes and characters from a Christian perspective. Whilst he is at pains to point out that this is not a normal history book, it does present a fascinating perspective of God’s intervention in the affairs of a great nation – England.
Today our country is being transformed through processes such as immigration, integration of technology and economic development. Perhaps more than ever before, there is a need for this generation to find its moral and cultural bearings, in order to navigate towards social wisdom and stability. England has a history of which it can be proud.
The author’s prayer is that the understanding of what God has done for us, with us and through us in the past will spur us on once again to seek the face of God for this nation.
