Gordon Brown's recent speech to the Labour Party conference raised questions about the meaning, provenance and role of religious rhetoric in mainstream politics. This is an even hotter issue in the USA.

There is more information coming in all the time.

"You cannot generalise about the role of religion in politics...

Inspired by the initiative of Buddhist monks, the people of Burma are embarked on a difficult and perilous attempt at a nonviolent revolution against years of dictatorship.

One of the more intriguing aspects of Gordon Brown's first Labour party conference speech as serving prime minister was his decision to use consciously biblical language

After a summer haitus, the Ekklesia daily news bulletin is back. It gathers together a selection of news briefing stories and features from the site.

In due course, I intend to offer a more theologically grounded and ekklesially shaped response to the BBC's new opinion poll on the state of Britain's sense of morality. Meanwhile, here is my Guardian article.

Both Richard Dawkins and Polly Toynbee, who spend a good deal of time fulminating against caricatures of 'religion' were on the BBC today. And guess what, they abandoned vituperation for once.

The BBC is launching a new belief and ethics TV programme - and Ekklesia is on board from the outset.

In headline terms Gordon Brown is continuing the Blair legacy - but there are signs of small but significant shifts in some areas.