Ekklesia Comments

Stimulating debate on Israel and Palestine

Press Office — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:55:33 +0100

Commenting on journalist Ben White's new book Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think tank Ekklesia, said:

Proper faith schools discussion needed

Press Office — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:32:21 +0100

Commenting on the Church of England Board of Education head's defence of discrimination in faith schools policy, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, said.:

Church resistance to equality 'self-defeating'

Press Office — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:52:43 +0100

Commenting 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

Secret Iraq Inquiry 'bigger scandal than MPs expenses'

Press Office — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:09:29 +0100

Ekklesia's associate director Symon Hill said: “This decision is staggering after so much talk of transparency and accountability in Parliament following the scandal over MP's expenses.

Time to invest in unarmed forces

Press Office — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:40:26 +0100

Commenting on Christian Peacemaker Teams' training initiative in the UK and the government's Armed Forces Day on 27 June 2009, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekkle

Going way beyond Brown's proposals

Press Office — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:35:46 +0100

Commenting on PM Gordon Brown's proposals for electoral and political reforms, Jonathan Bartley, co-director of the thinktank Ekklesia, which last week produced a new paper on political reform

BNP gains and 'Christian nation' rhetoric

Press Office — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:15:31 +0100

Simon 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

Arming Sri Lanka, corrupting governance

Press Office — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:28:11 +0100

Commenting on the revelation that the UK government has been colluding with arms sales to Sri Lanka, Symon Hill, the new associate director of the think-tank Ekklesia, declared:

Church websites can break the mould

Press Office — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:12:51 +0100

Commenting 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:

Children are not a legitimate target for military marketing

Press Office — Thu, 07 May 2009 08:51:03 +0100

Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley took part in a debate on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show yesterday about the MOD's production of Action Man style dolls for children.

Welcoming strangers as citizens

Press Office — Tue, 05 May 2009 09:13:38 +0100

Backing the 4 May 2009 'day of action' calling for undocumented migrants in the UK to have the opportunity to become citizens, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekkle

Gurkhas' cause flags up deeper problems

Press Office — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:14:54 +0100

Welcoming the call by MPs from all parties to ensure that all former Gurkha soldiers can have a right to settle in the UK, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia,

Why St George needs rebranding

Press Office — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:03:04 +0100

Jonathan Bartley, co-director of the thinktank Ekklesia said:

Academic research on faith school policies

Press Office — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:02:24 +0100

Commenting on a new study by academics at the London School of Economics and the Institute of Education, both part of the University of London, to be published in full at the Royal Economic Society

Keep focus on immigration justice

Press Office — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:13:15 +0100

Commenting in the light of the Evangelical Alliance's highlighting of the impact of new UK immigration rules on Christians, the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia has reiterated that attentio