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Blogging against theocracy
2008-03-24 10:16:00 A variety of bloggers have been involved in a 'swarm' over the Easter weekend, speaking out for religious freedom and against attempts to manipulate the state to an exclusive allegiance. read more More About: Religion , Church , Blogging , Blog
The utimate peace agreement
2008-03-22 02:22:00 In his recent BBC Radio 2 'Pause for Thought' slot, Archbishop Rowan Williams described Good Friday as "the ultimate peace agreement" - and not just in Northern Ireland. read more More About: Peace , Agreement
Remembering Romero
2008-03-21 17:41:00 Easter Monday marks the 28th anniversary of the murder of Monseņor Oscar Romero , Archbishop of San Salvador, in El Salvador - killed for defending the poor in the name of Christ. read more More About: Blog , Life and Death , Remembering
Thinking outside the system
2008-03-20 20:18:00 Today there was a marvellous BBC Radio 4 programme on paradoxical Christian philosopher Kierkegaard today. You can download it as a podcast. read more More About: System , Blog , Thinking
Religion and Society research programme
2008-03-14 14:50:00 A major five year research programme on faith and society is underway, and has a valuable new website. read more More About: Society , Religion , Research , Blog , Programme
Faith in anarchism?
2008-03-14 14:32:00 Christianity is often portrayed as inherently conservative and hierarchical. But there is another, much more subversive side to it... read more More About: Faith , Blog , Anarchism
Christians and Muslims in Oxford
2008-03-14 12:53:00 The Bishop of Oxford has responded to inflammatory press reports about the debate concerning a call for the minaret there, and the reactions he has received. read more More About: Muslims , Blog , Christians
The horror of Abu Naji
2008-03-14 11:45:00 A Christian lawyer who played a major role in exposing the killings in Abu Naji, northern Iraq, will speak at an inter-faith meeting in London tomorrow. read more More About: Horror , War , Peace and War , Life and Death
Mosque media row in Oxford
2008-03-13 18:28:00 The chairs of the Anglo-Asian Association For Friendship in East Oxford are furious with parts of the media for the way they have reported the Oxford mosque saga. read more More About: Media , Blog , Mosque
Holding up half the sky, at least
2008-03-13 00:27:00 March 8th was International Women's day. New Testament professor Deirdre Good has a useful round up of related news on her blog. read more More About: Blog , Holding , Half
The human face of asylum
2008-03-11 19:53:00 The treatment of asylum seekers in Britain it isn't an "issue", it's about real people, as a powerful London play demonstrates. read more More About: Human , Blog , Face , Asylum
What price justice?
2008-03-10 21:50:00 Relatively few people in Britain are aware of the extent to which the government's 'reform' of legal aid is undermining justice for those at the margins of society. It's time that changed. read more More About: Justice , Blog , Price
Easter in ordinary
2008-03-09 22:04:00 This year Easter comes incredibly early, with Palm Sunday - when we recall the threat occasioned by Jesus' nonviolent arrival in Jerusalem - being only next week. Why? read more More About: Blog , Ordinary
Home is where the page is
2008-03-06 18:52:00 Ekklesia co-director Simon Barrow has at last re-built his much-neglected home page, providing links to all his publishing and related activities. read more More About: Home , Page , Blog
Mailings update
2008-03-06 18:48:00 Due to unforseen cirumstances, the daily and weekly Ekklesia email bulletins are suspended at the moment. read more More About: Blog , Update
Doing church differently
2008-03-01 13:08:00 I have just discovered that the ground-breaking book 'Congregation: Stories and Structures', by James F. Hopewell, is available in its entirety online. read more More About: Church
'Christian' societies and the death penalty
2008-02-29 01:33:00 Radio shock-jock and Sun tabloid pundit John Gaunt has been bigging up the death penalty on TV this week. His millions of followers can't be wrong, he reckons. read more More About: Christian , Blog , Death , Death penalty , Penalty
Lent and the Iraq war
2008-02-21 22:03:00 For the next four weeks, the US God's Politics group blog will be featuring posts from a variety of voices on Iraq : Iraqis, US veterans and parents, Christians from other countries, pastors, and peacemakers. read more More About: Iraq War , Blog , Lent
Drowning out proper debate
2008-02-20 01:34:00 What is at stake in the row occasioned by Rowan Williams' Sharia musings is the possibility of reasoned discourse and a serious consideration of Islam in Europe, says Catholic scholar Tina Beattie. read more More About: Blog , Debate
Rights report on Egypt and apostasy
2008-02-20 01:24:00 A recent report by the New York-based Human Rights Watch (co-authored with the Egypt ian Initiative for Personal Rights) has highlighted continuing problems around apostasy and civil rights in Egypt. read more More About: Blog , Report , Apostasy
Background on Rowangate
2008-02-18 14:07:00 Though what might be called 'Rowangate' has subsided a little, some very important issues are still very much alive. read more More About: Blog , State , Background
Keeping up with the Joneses
2008-02-17 09:34:00 There would seem to be a contradiction in Bishop of Liverpool James Jones speaking up bravely for lesbian and gay people pastorally in a new book, and then defending the very privilege which enables his church to discriminate against them in law. read more More About: Blog
Radio 4 on Rowan and disestablishment
2008-02-16 21:12:00 Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley will be on BBC Radio 4's Sunday programme tomorrow, some time after 07.45 we believe. The archbishop, the future of the C of E and sharia are in the frame. read more More About: Blog , Radio 4 , Rowan
Solving a problem like Sharia?
2008-02-16 12:30:00 Though the headlines have receded, the blogopshere is still buzzing with the fall out of the Rowan Williams / Sharia 'debate'. More thoughtful material is now emerging. read more More About: Blog , Problem
Living in a client state
2008-02-12 19:10:00 We were pleased that a Christian PR agency has helped distribute our latest press release about disestablishment, but also surprised. We are not their clients. read more More About: Living , Blog , State , Client
Over the top on Facebook
2008-01-30 10:32:00 As social networking sites continue to blossom and change in spite of media scepticism, Ekklesia is pleased to report its latest milestone. read more More About: Blog , Facebook
Public service reform
2008-01-19 16:48:00 Britain's public services are continually under pressure. How do we begin to shift the agenda in a more positive direction? read more More About: Public Service , Public , Reform , Service , Blog
Between Northern Rock and a hard place
2008-01-19 14:38:00 The current fluster over how to solve the crisis at Northern Rock indicates the degree of economic fetishism surrounding privatisation and nationalisation. read more More About: Hard , Place , Northern Rock
Tracking the crisis in Kenya
2008-01-16 02:59:00 A Friends United Meeting (FUM, Quaker) worker has created a useful blog to monitor post-election developments in Kenya . read more More About: Blog , Tracking , Crisis
The death penalty shows its true colours
More articles from this author:2008-01-16 02:49:00 Ex-Conservative MP Michael Portillo was on TV last night, documenting his attempts to discover whether there is a "humane" way for the state to kill people found guilty of heinous crimes. read more More About: Colours , Blog , Death , Death penalty , True 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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