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By the early twenty-first century, a sizeable gap has opened up between Anglicans passionately in favour of universal human rights and those strongly opposed.

That's true, in different ways, of the wider church debate, too. This is one of the premises of a new research paper on contrasting Christian attitudes by Ekklesia associate Savi Hensman. Read the whole thing here: http://ekklesia.co.uk/node/8492

Some of this makes sobering reading. In the end, however, and bearing in mind the substantial theological and spiritual resources that can be deployed positively in this arena, Savi is hopeful.

She writes: "If faith communities can grapple with such matters, acknowledging that there are deep differences over rights for all and being willing to debate them, and truly listening to those on the receiving end of human rights abuses and their advocates, there is greater hope of achieving justice and defending human dignity."

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