
Speaking 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:
Commenting 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
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Regarding claims that Christians are being unfairly treated because a child and her parent were questioned over an incident in a Devon school where a 5-year-old told a classmate she would "go to he
Ekklesia co-director Simon Barrow commented: "After what seems too long a period of silence, it is encouraging to see senior church figures, theologians engaged with science, and scientists engage
An important report will be launched today (Monday) at Westminster, which highlights the terrible impact of mining in the Philippines.
Commenting on the news that three Christian groups are to hit back at the 'atheist bus' campaign with their own vehicle-conveyed slogans, Simon Barrow co-director of the religion and society thinkt
Commenting on a case in Somerset where a nurse has been suspended for offering to pray for a patient who appears not to have wanted this, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think
Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, one of the founders of the Accord coalition for inclusive schooling, said: “The story of the continuing development of i
On the BBC's refusal of a charities' television appeal for Gaza:
Regarding President Barack Obama's 'do-over' of the oath of office, and objections to doing this without a Bible, Simon Barrow of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia points out that many C
Simon Barrow, co-director the the religion and society thinktank Ekklesia commented on the 2009 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25 January): "This annual time of prayer and reflection is an
Responding to news that a Christian bus driver has refused to drive a bus carrying an advert saying 'There's probably no God' on it, Simon Barrow of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia com
Responding to the latest comments from UK immigration Phil Woolas, Ekklesia associate Vaughan Jones, who heads up the agency Praxis, which works with displaced people, said:
Like the symbolism of Christingle ceremonies church schools will take part in, the schools themselves should be open to all says the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, commenting on reports
Simon Barrow, co-director of the thinktank Ekklesia said: "Runnymede Trust’s new report, Right to Divide?
"It is great news that the churches have given official recognition to Oikocredit, the fair finance cooperative that invests directly in disadvantaged communities", said Simon Barrow, co-director o