Category - Politics

UK will get political with campaign groups, not parties, suggests new poll

staff writers — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:52:28 +0100

The United Kingdom rates committed campaigners such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King far more highly than celebrities and more than one in ten would be prepared to break the law to campaign for a cause they believed in.

The other side of US religion and politics

Simon Barrow — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:45:08 +0100

We hear a lot about the 'religious right' in the USA. But what about religious opinion of the centre and left?

The politics of pressure

Simon Barrow — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:33:38 +0100

The brutal pre-election repression of Robert Mugabe's regime may at last have brought the world to a tipping-point of disgust.

How religion infuses and confuses US politics

Simon Barrow — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:31:02 +0100

Barack Obama recently got into trouble for suggesting that alienated rural voters in Pennsylvania seek refuge in religion, rifles and rejection of outsiders.

Religion and Secularism in the Public Sphere

Jordan Tchilingirian — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:00:12 +0100

Start: 17/06/2008 - 18:30

End: 17/06/2008 - 20:00

The global revival of religion has raised fundamental questions about its role in politics and its claim that it serves as a principle of identity, indispensable to the continuing survival of communit

The New Politics of Identity

Jordan Tchilingirian — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:04:32 +0100

Start: 29/04/2008 - 18:30

The panel will discuss Bhikhu Parekh’s new book, A New Politics of Identity (Palgrave, March 2008) covering the impact of globalisation on ethnic, religious and national identities.

Christianity needs a new public profile

Jonathan Bartley — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:53:52 +0000

The church is running out of justifications for the various anomalies it clings onto, and it is just a matter of time before they go completely, says Jonathan Bartley. We cannot proclaim the message of God's liberating future by clinging to the past.

On possibly being a political junkie

Johan Maurer — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:14:59 +0000

Actual sea changes in politics come rarely, but they do come, so don't let cynicism make you a functional reactionary, says Johan Maurer, who particularly wishes that the evangelical Christian community would be released from hero-worship and grasped by a biblical vision of social justice.

Seeking political hope beyond money and influence

Simon Barrow — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:46:21 +0000

Westminster easily gets mired in posturing and trading for influence, says Simon Barrow. But there are glimmers of redemption and genuine conviction in the political vocation too - even if we need to go well beyond politics to realise them.

Defenders of Christmas are missing the point

Press Office — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:36:28 +0000

Those who would be the first to defend Christmas are usually the last to embrace the fullness of its meaning, says the religious think-tank Ekklesia.