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1 Sep 2004

Jews are creating their own ghetto warns Israeli

Jews are creating their own ghetto warns Israeli

-1/9/04

Jews are not making themselves

Jews are creating their own ghetto warns Israeli

-1/9/04

Jews are not making themselves
25 Aug 2004

straw must increase pressure on sudan

Straw must increase pressure on Sudan

-25/8/04

Jack Straw must increase pressure on Sudan accor

Straw must increase pressure on Sudan

-25/8/04

Jack Straw must increase pressure on Sudan accor
23 Aug 2004

Asian churches to challenge violence against children

Concerned about the growing plight of children in many parts of Asia, church leaders will gather in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 28-31 August and from 1-4 September in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to evolve a strategy for mobilising churches to take a more active role in overcoming violence against children in both local and national contexts in Asia.
13 Aug 2004

Mission-shaped message for Church
13 Aug 2004

Conference to examine religion and the media

Conference to examine religion and the media

-13/8/04

What role does religion play in t

Conference to examine religion and the media

-13/8/04

What role does religion play in t
12 Aug 2004

Evangelical group says cloned embryos are human beings

Evangelical group says cloned embryos are human beings

-12/8/04

Evangelical pressure gr

Evangelical group says cloned embryos are human beings

-12/8/04

Evangelical pressure gr
11 Aug 2004

Korean Christians march for peace in Israel

Korean Christians march for peace in Israel

-11/8/04

Over 2,000 South Korean Christians

Korean Christians march for peace in Israel

-11/8/04

Over 2,000 South Korean Christians
11 Aug 2004

Church prays against laziness of Olympic athletes

Church prays against laziness of Olympic athletes

-11/8/03

Greece's Orthodox Church has

Church prays against laziness of Olympic athletes

-11/8/03

Greece's Orthodox Church has
11 Aug 2004

Bishop attacks Howard's crime policy

Bishop attacks Howard's crime policy

-11/8/04

The Bishop for Birmingham has attacked a

Bishop attacks Howard's crime policy

-11/8/04

The Bishop for Birmingham has attacked a
6 Aug 2004

Request for more connection between theology and ethics

Request for more connection between theology and ethics

-6/8/04

Pleasure at seeing theol

Request for more connection between theology and ethics

-6/8/04

Pleasure at seeing theol
5 Aug 2004

Christians protest to remember Burma uprising

Christians protest to remember Burma uprising

-5/8/04

Burmese exiles and human rights ac

Christians protest to remember Burma uprising

-5/8/04

Burmese exiles and human rights ac
5 Aug 2004

Jerusalem church leaders praise non-violent activists

Jerusalem church leaders praise non-violent activists

-5/8/04

Three heads of churches in

Jerusalem church leaders praise non-violent activists

-5/8/04

Three heads of churches in
4 Aug 2004

God's graffiti-busters target merseyside

God's graffiti-busters target merseyside

-4/8/04

Graffiti writing may have reached epi

God's graffiti-busters target merseyside

-4/8/04

Graffiti writing may have reached epi
4 Aug 2004

US Evangelicals call for military action in Sudan

American evangelical Christian leaders have urged President George W. Bush to consider sending troops to stop what they are saying is genocide in Sudan
3 Aug 2004

loopholes undermine wto deal for world's poor says aid agency

Loopholes undermine WTO deal for world's poor says aid agency

-3/8/04

Catholic aid agency CAFOD

Loopholes undermine WTO deal for world's poor says aid agency

-3/8/04

Catholic aid agency CAFOD

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21 May 2013

Kirk opens a door it will be very difficult to close again

The Church of Scotland vote to allow civil partnered gay and lesbian ministers, despite no change in the official teaching on sexuality, shows that the drift towards accepting gay people in the Kirk is continuing, says Simon Barrow. Indeed, while seeking pastoral sensitivity towards their opponents, the advocates of change believe that full inclusion is now inevitable.
12 Apr 2013

Claiming back Scottish football for the people

There are many important issues in public life right now, but for a large number of people in Scotland the future of football, the national game, is no small matter, says Simon Barrow. It is not just about sport, it is also about people, communities, hopes and dreams, culture and values. Put bluntly, who does (and who should) own a sport loved by hundreds of thousands? Whose interests are being served by the way it is presently being run?
29 Mar 2013

Good Friday: Is Christianity life-giving or death dealing?

Christians need to re-envision the meaning of the Cross in history and in our culture, such that we are equipped to go and do the Gospel that shapes us in a confused, broken, unjust and often violent world, says Simon Barrow. This will help us see that it is not true that the only ‘weapons’ at the Church's disposal are not the coercive ones wielded by our opponents. Rather, God’s cross points to the resources of suffering love that only the God of life can offer, because they are ‘beyond our means’ humanly, but not beyond divine gifting.

The Jonathan Bartley Column

16 Nov 2012

The politics (and theology) of apology

Theologian Tryon Edwards has suggested right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past. In that sense, says Jonathan Bartley, true apologies are yet to be forthcoming in many areas of public life today.
8 Feb 2012

We need a system that puts human wellbeing first

The competitive nature of the top-down, corporate capitalist system means we can never truly be 'all in this together', says Jonathan Bartley. All we do is sacrifice the most vulnerable for the sake of maintaining an unjust order. Economic alternatives are essential, and go well beyond statism.
21 Jan 2012

Behind the weak rhetoric of 'responsible capitalism'

While David Cameron and Ed Miliband continue to support relentless growth and minor amendments to the economic system, the inequalities inherent in that system will prosper, says Jonathan Bartley. A more thoroughgoing critique and real alternatives are needed.

Features

03 Apr 2013

Can Syria's disintegration be prevented?

It is not long ago that we marked the two-year anniversary of the Syrian uprisings. What started in Dara’a (in southern Syria alongside the Jordanian border) and later country-wide as a series of peaceful and reform-oriented demonstrations was met with uncompromising firepower. Regional analyst Dr Harry Hagopian assesses what has been happening and where the balance of forces now lies in a damaging, dangerous and heartbreaking conflict.
28 Mar 2013

Obama was in Israel...and also in Palestine and Jordan

Hope solely in an America-tailored and enforced settlement between Israelis and Palestinians today is nothing more than a chimera, says regional expert and Ekklesia associate Dr Harry Hagopian, in the wake of the US President's regional visit. Moreover, the two peoples will only manage to draw nearer to a peaceful resolution of the conflict if Israel acknowledges that it is occupying and colonising another people on their land and desist from applying those oppressive measures that are apartheid-like.