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  • June 24, 2011
    Segregated schooling and sectarianism in Scotland
  • June 23, 2011
    Syria, Jordan, Morocco and Palestinian statehood

    Ahead of my upcoming travels in Europe concerning the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, I have recorded another podcast for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, and for sharing on Ekklesia and beyond.

  • June 23, 2011
    The role of the university amplified

    Pursuing the topic of the role of the university in an age of economic constraint and multiple other social and political pressures, Dr Andrew Hass from the University of Stirling proposes a fourfold way of rethinking universities and their...

  • June 23, 2011
    Thirty years after Darkening Valley

    In the years since Hiroshima and Nagasaki there has been no more eloquent response to our nuclear predicament than Dale Aukerman’s terrifying Darkening Valley: A biblical perspective on nuclear weapons (Seabury Press, 1981).

  • June 23, 2011
    Pilgrimage Day 7: One foot in front of the other

    I am currently on a pilgrimage of repentance for my former homophobia, walking from Birmingham to London between 16 June and 1 July. For more details and updates, please see:...

  • June 22, 2011
    Pilgrimage Day 6: Walking home to a different Christ

    I am currently on a pilgrimage of repentance for my former homophobia, walking from Birmingham to London between 16 June and 1 July. For more details and updates, please see:...

  • June 22, 2011
    Pilgrimage Day 5: Hospitality

    I am currently on a pilgrimage of repentance for my former homophobia, walking from Birmingham to London between 16 June and 1 July. For more details and updates, please see:...

  • June 20, 2011
    'Big Society' Bill: Freedom... or rationing?

    Newspapers have reported that the UK government is to publish a ‘Big Society’ bill, supposedly giving citizens more choice and control. In practice, this may involve offloading further responsibilities on to individuals, families and communities...

  • June 19, 2011
    Brian Haw: a witness to inconvenient truth

    It is in the nature of authority to desire order, predictability and control. It is the nature of truth to refuse to be so confined.

  • June 19, 2011
    Pilgrimage Day 4: Praise and criticism

    I am currently on a pilgrimage of repentance for my former homophobia, walking from Birmingham to London between 16 June and 1 July. For more details and updates, please see...

  • June 19, 2011
    Nonviolence: Global Days of Listening

    Global Days of Listening hold quarterly internet gatherings of people around the world to listen to the hopes of those living in war-torn countries.

  • June 18, 2011
    Pilgrimage Day 3: Words and silence

    I am currently walking from Birmingham to London as a pilgrimage of repentance for homophobia. This post appeared originally on the website for my pilgrimage on Saturday 18 June. Please see...

  • June 18, 2011
    Pilgrimage Day 2: Forgiveness in Coventry

    I am currently walking from Birmingham to London as a pilgrimage of repentance for homophobia. This post appeared originally on the website for my pilgrimage on Friday 17 June. See http://www.repenting.wordpress.com.

  • June 18, 2011
    Israel and Palestine: Live long and prosper

    Israeli political leaders should heed opinions articulated by Jewish-American actor Leonard Nimoy and others, appreciating that a just solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is as much in their interest as it is in that of Palestinians,...

  • June 18, 2011
    Radio reflections on the Middle East

    Regional expert and Ekklesia associate Dr Harry Hagopian will be appearing on the Premier Christian Radio breakfast programme tomorrow (19 June 2011) between 9am and 10am.

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