This book examines the changing relationship between faith and politics. For the best part of 1700 years, the institutional church has enjoyed a hand-in-hand relationship with government. Indeed, the church has often been seen as the glue that has stopped political systems from disintegrating into anarchy. But in this post-Christendom era the relation of Church and State has weakened to the point where the church can no longer claim to play any significant part in Government. What does the future hold? Where is it all heading? What should be done in the face of radicalised religion?

A short paper about the issues raised by the Government's Racial and Religious Hatred Bill, looking at blasphemy and the place of religion in public life.

This is a paper delivered by Ekklesia associate Vaughan Jones to the inaugural meeting of the Westminster Forum, looking at the ethics of migration, and whether immigration controls are in fact practical, expedient, realistic, necessary or moral. If there is a crisis, whose is it? Should be pursuing a long term policy of the opening up of our borders? The intimate historic dependence of Christianity on people movements, and the prophetic biblical call for justice toward sojourners and strangers is basic to the author's perspective. Vaughan Jones is director of Praxis, a multi-agency initiative working with displaced people in London. He is a United Reformed Church minister.

In the run-up to elections to the European Parliament, Ekklesia published a paper that urged churches not to be diverted by the debate about whether God gets a name check in the EU constitution from weightier questions such as what value there is in national identity and the nation state.