Agenda - Race and Identity

Thinking differently about asylum

Press Office — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:18:55 +0000

Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think tank Ekklesia, which says that Immigration Minister Phil Woolas should investigate his own government's bias against asylum seekers rathe

Immigration Minister has the wrong target on asylum

Simon Barrow — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:07:41 +0000

Immigration Minister Phil Woolas should be publicly investigating his own government's bias against asylum seekers rather than attacking charities, human rights groups and lawyers for giving vulnerable people support, says the religion and society think tank Ekklesia.

Response to Lord Carey on immigration

Press Office — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:02:04 +0000

Commenting on former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey's comments about immigration, printed in the Times today (Wednesday 10 September 2008) Ekklesia associate and URC minister Vaughan Jones, wh

No hope in 'Christian nation' nostalgia

Press Office — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:49:58 +0000

Responding to the latest remarks by Bishop Michael Nazir Ali about the decline of Christianity and moral values in Britain Simon Barrow, co-directo

St George is no crusader

Press Office — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:53:42 +0000

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

Good citizens question ‘national pride’, says Christian think tank

Press Office — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:26:33 +0000

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’.

Bishop wrong on 'Christian nation', but debate is helpful

Press Office — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:35:19 +0000

Responding to comments about the rise of Islam and the demise of Britain as a 'Christian nation' by the Rt Rev Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, Simon Barrow, co-director of the Christian think-tank Ekklesia,

Equalities 'historic opportunity' for evangelicals

Press Office — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:19:56 +0000

The think-tank Ekklesia, which examines religion in public life, says that the controversial appointment of the head of the Evangelical Alliance UK to the new Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is "a historic opportunity for evangelicals to shift toward full acceptance of the equalities agenda."

Migration is about people, before statistics

Press Office — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:59:14 +0000

The government's foreign labour statistics gaffe does not justify the apocalyptic tones of the current debate about migration, which is about people and development, not numbers and panic, says the

Faith groups need to embrace equality with enthusiasm

Press Office — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:43:58 +0000

Responding to fears expressed by some faith groups that religious freedom is being undermined by the frameworks of law and regulation leading up to proposals for a Single Equality Bill, the indepen

Welcome for agreement between NUS and Christian Unions

Press Office — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:53:28 +0000

The Christian think-tank Ekklesia has welcomed guidance on good relations on university and college campuses, drafted and agreed by the National Union of Students (NUS) and UCCF (which helps coordi

Christians urged toward politics of hope, not fear

Ekklesia Staff — Tue, 01 May 2007 23:47:27 +0000

Responding to the forthright call of the Anglican Archbishop of York for voters to reject the BNP and racist politics in the forthcoming elections, the religious think-tank Ekklesia has warned of t

Should Britain take more Iraqi refugees? Jeremy Vine Show BBC Radio 2, 20th March 2007

Press Office — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:56:25 +0000

With Jordan and Syria taking one million refugees from Iraq each, Ekklesia's director

Migration is about need not numbers

Press Office — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:42:53 +0000

The Christian think tank Ekklesia has welcomed an independent report from a university-based church research institute which shows the shocking conditions endured by many migrant workers contributing to the economic life of the UK.

We need a better debate on race and faith

Press Office — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:55:20 +0000

The UK Christian think tank Ekklesia backs a call today by the progressive New Generation Network for a better debate on race and faith issues, in the wake of the 30th anniversary of the Race Relations Act.