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  • 28 Sep 2009
    New schools award for religious inclusion and equality

    A prestigious new prize is being offered that recognises the achievements of primary and secondary schools which celebrate diversity of religious and non-religious beliefs.

  • 4 Aug 2009
    Change in law needed after Quaker marriage decision

    The religion and society think-tank Ekklesia is proposing a new legal framework which can accommodate same-sex marriage ceremonies carried out by religious bodies.

  • 20 Jul 2009
    Time for a bishop to the 'unarmed forces'

    Following the announcement by the Church of England of a new bishop to the armed forces, the think-tank Ekklesia is suggesting that it is time there was also a bishop to the 'unarmed forces'.

  • 15 Jul 2009
    Don't confuse religion with spirituality, report suggests

    As the debate continues about the inclusion in BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day of those who are not from the major world religions, a new paper from the religious thinktank Ekklesia urges that spirituality should not be confused with religion

  • 23 Jun 2009
    Move from armed force to conflict prevention, government urged

    The British government needs to make a clean break over the true cost and consequences of its recent military intervention policies, says the think-tank Ekklesia, which is calling for major investment in alternative, non-violent initiatives to tackle escalating global conflicts.

  • 16 Jun 2009
    Questions over government agenda for Armed Forces Day

    Following the announcement that the Iraq war inquiry will be held in private, the thinktank Ekklesia has today proposed that Armed Forces Day should be an opportunity to think honestly about military intervention rather than an excuse to divert attention away from the realities of war.

  • 2 Jun 2009
    Religious call to halt faith school discrimination

    A letter from members of nine religious traditions calling for an end to religious discrimination in schools has been published in the Times. The plea coincides with the first day of the Equality Bill’s committee stage.

  • 23 May 2009
    Poll challenges Archbishop's idea that expenses scandal is bad for democracy

    A public opinion poll by ComRes, commissioned by the religion and society thinktank Ekklesia, has challenged the Archbishop of Canterbury's suggestion that democracy will be damaged by the revelations about MPs expenses

  • 23 May 2009
    New poll shows public thinks independent candidates can help reinvigorate democracy

    * 78% say independents should stand where MPs have behaved ‘unethically’
    * 63% believe British democracy would be strengthened if there were more independent MPs
    * 53% say they would ‘seriously consider’ voting for an independent candidate at the next general election

  • 21 May 2009
    Archbishop can help churches escape 'persecution complex'

    The religion and society think-tank Ekklesia says that today's installation of the new Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, may signal an important move away from an unhelpful 'persecution complex' which has been developing in certain sections of the churches in the last few years.