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  • 6 May 2010
    Why I'm not voting for the Christian Party

    For the first time in a British general election, significant numbers of voters will today have the opportunity to support candidates from parties described specifically as “Christian”. Symon Hill hopes that very few of them will choose to do so.

  • 5 May 2010
    Religion and the general election

    The role of religion in the general election is far from straightforward. Politicians and the media need to recognise the diversity of religious engagement with politics on a much wider range of issues than they sometimes seem to notice.

  • 3 Mar 2010
    Ed Balls to join religious left engagement on the family

    Ed Balls will next week engage in a debate on family policy, which will suggest that Conservative ideas on tax breaks for married couples fail on fairness.

  • 27 Oct 2009
    Church of Scotland launches drive against child poverty

    A Church of Scotland minister is spearheading a St Andrew’s Day campaign to give the chance of a better future to Scottish children affected by poverty. The venture is launched today in Glasgow.

  • 3 Apr 2009
    Data shows continuing changes to marriage and society in the UK

    New data from the Office of National Statistics shows that by 2031 three out of five adults in Britain may be unmarried. The shift reflects significant changes in social and family structure.

  • 26 Dec 2008
    Rethinking our attitudes to children

    Christmas is a good time to think again about our attitudes to children and about what happens to children in our societies, says Rowan Williams. Christians who recognise the infinite God in the vulnerability of a newborn baby have particular reason to do so.

  • 22 Sep 2008
    Vatican says Christians and Muslims have common family values

    Senior representatives of the Vatican have used the annual Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue message to Muslims for the end of the month of Ramadan to urge the two faiths to work together in promoting family life.

  • 22 Aug 2007
    Gay Catholics to claim back idea of 'family'

    In a move that will reclaim some of the ground that is typically occupied by conservative Christians, Gay Catholics are to focus on the idea of 'family'.

  • 7 Mar 2007
    Stop colluding with bullying

    Deirdre Good and Julian Sheffield urge Episcopalians to embrace grace not fear