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Think tank says St. George should be 'rebranded' as black dissenter, ethnic rebel

Forget St. George, the saint of slaying dragons, the Crusades and the England football supporter. It is time for the patron saint of England to be “rebranded” as a persecuted representative of Britain’s ethnic minorities, a black dissenter who rebelled against the abuse of power.

Ekklesia, the influential theological think-tank, today calls for St. George, who appeared to the Crusader army at Antioch in the 11th century and was adopted as the patron saint of soldiers, to be given a makeover.

Out must go the dragon, the crusades and the associations with patriotism and Empire.

Instead St. George’s Day should become [a national holiday and] a “day of dissent” when England celebrates its noble, alternative tradition of rebellion against the abuse of power, Ekklesia says.
Read entire article at Times (of London)