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  • 26 Mar 2010
    The state of virtue

    Thinking back a year or so, to the Convention on Modern Liberty, I am struck by the fact that the one thing that stands out in my memory was author Phillip Pullman's address, in which he laid out a vision of public policy as it could be if it focused on promoting our virtues, rather than protecting us from our vices

  • 18 Apr 2009
    Keep focus on immigration justice
  • 18 Apr 2009
    Evangelicals highlight traps in new UK immigration rules

    The new immigration system in Britain is throwing church workers into confusion because the UK Border Agency does not understand religious activities, says the EA. But there are larger concerns, too.

  • 16 Mar 2009
    Freedom, responsibility, respect…and Islam

    It is possible to create an alternative discourse on Muslim approaches to free speech, by re-reading aspects of Islamic teachings, says Dilwar Hussain, responding to issues raised by the Convention on Modern Liberty.

  • 9 Mar 2009
    Jewish perspectives on life and liberty

    Jews need reassurance right now that the agenda represented by the renewed civil liberties movement in Britain is for them, writes Keith Kahn-Harris. They represent a powerful resource for change, but fear is holding them back.

  • 3 Mar 2009
    Humanity and justice is ‘modern liberty’ for Christians

    Faith communities don't need special privileges, says Vaughan Jones. They need to be free to be the communities they are and to ensure that all members are treated as full human beings with full rights.

  • 1 Mar 2009
    Moving faith forward on civil liberties

    There are many people in Britain's faith communities who have not yet grasped the importance of taking action now on threats to civil liberties, says Savi Hensman. She would like to see that change.

  • 1 Mar 2009
    Faith needs a freedom agenda

    Genuine faith – in God, in the good, in people and in the future of our planet – grows through freedom, depends upon freedom to keep it honest, and can contribute to the shared openness and strived-for equality that is an essential part of our free flourishing, argues Simon Barrow.

  • 28 Feb 2009
    More than just 'rights'

    Christians and others are asking whether a "rights discourse" is really adequate to who and what we are as human beings.

  • 28 Feb 2009
    Convening on liberty

    Ekklesia is pleased to be involved in a major civil society event taking place across Britain today.