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- 7 Nov
2009Editorial based largely on Ekklesia's report 'Reimagining Remembrance'. (Link to Ekklesia's report is towards the end). - 26 Oct
2009Ekklesia comments on the story that the return of bank bonuses has angered bishops and spread to the venerable churches of the Square Mile itself.
Radio Archive
- 1 Nov
2009Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley is interviewed by Roger Boulton, about Ekklesia's new report 'Reimagining Remembrance' which looks at how Remembrance Day could become more truthful and inclusive - 6 May
2009Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley discusses the new Action Man toys produced by the MOD, and asks whether children are a legitimate target for military marketing
Web Archive
- 2 Jul
2009Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley takes part in a podcast looking at the role of religion in the European elections, and in particular the new 'Christian' Party which achieved 2.5% of the vote. - 5 Mar
2009Ekklesia comments on the news that the Vatican is considering welcoming into the Roman Catholic Church a group of traditional Anglicans who broke away from the global Anglican Communion nearly two dec
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Agenda - Religion and Society
Much of Ekklesia’s media work is in the area of the relationship between religion and society. In 2006, Ekklesia’s director Jonathan Bartley published the book Faith and Politics After Christendom, which looks at the changing relationship between religion and society.
- 18 Nov
2009Speaking after a debate with Controller of Radio 4 Mark Damazer on the BBC's PM Programme, concerning the BBC Trust's report on Thought for the Day, Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley said:
- 18 Nov
2009Commenting on the Ugandan bill to further criminalise homosexuality in the country, by imprisonment and capital punishment, Symon Hill, associate director of the religion and society thinktank Ekkl
- 14 Nov
2009Commenting on the launch of the global Charter for Compassion (http://charterforcompassion.org/), Simon Barro
- 14 Nov
2009Commenting after a 12-13 November conference in Bristol on the future of the ecumenical movement among Christians, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, said: <
- 23 Oct
2009Commenting on the UK Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government's remarks that "faith must be respected and its power acknowledged by government", the religion and society think-tank E
- 2 Aug
2009Symon Hill, associate director of the thinktank Ekklesia, who is himself a Quaker, commented as follows on the decision of the the Quakers' Yearly Meeting in York to affirm same-sex marriages:
- 23 Jul
2009Commenting on the passing into Irish law of an offence of "blasphemous libel", Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion, society and politics thinktank Ekklesia, said:
- 15 Jul
2009 - 12 Jul
2009Commenting on a report in the Mail on Sunday that Bishops may lose voting righ
- 23 Jun
2009Reference to Ekklesia's comment on the strange use of 'theology' by Brown over openess of Iraq Inquiry. - 17 Jun
2009Commenting on Church of England and Roman Catholic lobbying for "the right to discriminate" in relation to employment and the new Equality Bill, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and societ
- 14 Jun
2009Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley debates with Benjamin Zephaniah, and Louise Bagshawe the funding of the NHS, freedom of speech and the abolition of the monarchy. The Big Questions were: - 8 Jun
2009Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, which has been warning of the rise of the far right and their use of 'Christian' rhetoric for some time, says that "more t
- 22 May
2009Commenting on the forthcoming Church Websites Award, Simon Barrow, co-director of Ekklesia, who are sponsoring the awards alongside Christian Aid, Church Times and others, said:
- 21 May
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