
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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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
Jonathan Bartley, co-director of Ekklesia said: "How we remember is not a neutral or a value free event.
Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think tank Ekklesia, has welcomed a series of conferences on equality, human rights, religion and belief which are being part-funded by the Equ
Regarding an online survey which suggests many teachers are confused about creationism in the science classroom:
Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, commented on the 'Spirit of Christmas' expo in London:
Responding to UK government Culture Secretary Andy Burnham's suggestion that redundant church buildings should be turned into gyms or community centres, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion an
Following the comments by immigration Phil Woolas, and a supportive editorial in the Times newspaper, about disestablishment of the Church of England, Jonathan Bartley, Ekklesia's co-director said:
Responding to the initial success of the 'atheist bus campaign' and the debate around Richard Dawkins anti-religion polemics, the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia says that this is more evi
The religion and society think-tank Ekklesia says that the new atheist bus campaign backed by Richard Dawkins, if it gets out of the garage onto the road, will pose interesting questions about how
Jonathan Bartley, co-director of the thinktank Ekklesia said: "The Archbishops should be extremely careful when attacking city 'bank robbers' for short-selling and speculation.
Simon Barrow, co-director of religion and society think tank Ekklesia, commenting on a Theos investigation into 'God-talk' by British politicians, said:
Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, which has argued that creationist thinking is bad theology as well as non-science, said today that he regretted the Rev Pr
Responding to comments from the Rev Professor Michael Reiss, a biologist and director of education at the Royal Society, that creationism should be covered in science lessons as a recognised “wor
Responding to a recent speech by Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu on the role of faith groups in social welfare provision, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesi
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