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Ekklesia is often asked to comment on faith schools, and in particular their funding and admissions policies. It has also worked on the teaching of creationism.
  • 4 Jul
    2008
    Discrimination in religious schools

    Responding to the broader concern attached to a high court judgement issued on 2 July 2008 (see 'Faith Schools judgment fails to consider human rights angle'), Simon Barrow, co-director of the UK r

  • 30 Jun
    2008
    Comment on 'Bad Faith' faith schools report

    Responding to today's report 'Bad Faith' by Cristina Odone for the Centre for Policy Studies, Jonathan Bartley, director of the religious thinktank Ekklesia said:

  • 14 May
    2008
    Children should not be made to worship

    The Christian think-tank Ekklesia has concurred with the findings of a new report from Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights which says that any child of ‘sufficient maturity, intelligen

  • 22 Apr
    2008
    St George is no crusader

    The religion and society think-tank Ekklesia has welcomed a new painting of St George, the patron saint of England, which portrays him as a man of compassion and challenges the myth of 'the crusade

  • 28 Mar
    2008
    More thought needed on religion and schools

    Ekklesia has welcomed debate on how publicly funded schools should be open to pupils of all faiths and none, but has questioned the National Union of Teachers (NUT) annual report's idea of requirin

  • 17 Mar
    2008
    Review of admissions in church schools desperately needed

    Following the news that Secretary of State Ed Balls has ordered a review of admissions policies in faith and church schools, Jonathan Bartley, co-director of the religious thinktank Ekklesia, who h

  • 11 Mar
    2008
    Good citizens question ‘national pride’, says Christian think tank

    Encouraging people to commit to social justice, human dignity, equality, civic participation and peace-building is the way to create good citizens, says the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, not attempts to impose symbols of state allegiance and inflated rhetoric about ‘national pride’.

  • 28 Feb
    2008
    Row over Bush's 'censored' library, The Guardian, 25 February 2008
    Ekklesia quoted in coverage of the George W Bush presidential library which found a university location in Bush's home state of Texas - but controversy and accusations of bias have followed it even th
  • 7 Feb
    2008
    Intelligent Design - the wrong path

    The religion and society think-tank Ekklesia has welcomed a report from leading scholars critiquing 'intelligent design' ideas on both theological and scientific grounds.

  • 5 Jan
    2008
    Church in danger of theological suicide

    The churches in Britain are committing intellectual suicide if they do not invest in theological education and theological creativity among lay people (those not ordained to reserved ministry posts

  • 19 Nov
    2007
    Poll forces Church to re-examine way it teaches religion in schools, The Times, 19th November 2007
    The Church of England is to re-examine its approach to teaching religion in its schools after a "surprising" number of people told pollsters that church schools promote "narrow religious teaching", re
  • 19 Nov
    2007
    Church of England should stop 'spinning' around church schools says think-tank

    It is time that the Church of England faced up to the widespread public concern surrounding church schools and stopped trying to pretend that fear about Church schools comes only from a vociferous anti-religious minority.

  • 5 Oct
    2007
    Government responds to requests for action on 'creationism' (updated)

    In June 2007 the Christian think-tank Ekklesia and the British Humanist Association wrote to the new Schools, Children and Families minister, Ed Balls MP, urging him to make progress on combating creationism in British schools. The government has subsequently issued its promised guidelines.

  • 4 Oct
    2007
    Bloggers can speak out for justice and peace

    The think-tank Ekklesia, which reports, researches and comments on religion in society, is joining the "International Bloggers Day for Burma" (4 October 2007) to back peaceful change and global sol

  • 26 Sep
    2007
    Teachers' guidelines on science and religion teaching

    Simon Barrow, co-director of the UK Christian think-tank Ekklesia, has welcomed the government's new guidelines which prohibit teaching creationism and 'Intelligent Design' in science classrooms, b

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