World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel

THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (WCC) is inviting people and churches all over the world to pray, advocate, and stand in solidarity with people in the Holy Land during the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, which is being observed from 15-22 September 2022....

The launch of Covid Action

COVID ACTION is the new name for the Zero Covid campaign. It launches officially today. The message is clear: The pandemic is not over. The pandemic is global. We must take action now to beat this virus. A better world is possible. Join Professor Stephen Reicher of...

A life remembered: continuing the exchange of gifts

THERE WILL BE a celebration of the life of the late Bishop Simon Barrington-Ward, including a further book launch for Exchange of Gifts: The Vision of Simon Barrington-Ward (Ekklesia Publishing, 2022) at Coventry Cathedral later this year. It was due to take place on...

‘What’s Next?’ Solas Festival is back

EKKLESIA is delighted to be co-sponsoring the imaginative and energetic Solas Festival for the fifth year in 2022… and it’s all happening this weekend. Scotland’s midsummer events jamboree is a feast of music, performance, discussion, culture,...

Eastertide reflections from Ekklesia

IN THE PAST we have maintained a tradition on Ekklesia of publishing reflections or articles to mark the darkness and hope of Easter. That has happened on many years, though not all. This time we kick off with a longer thought piece on the troubled texts of Holy Week...

Launch: Exchange of Gifts

WE ARE DELIGHTED that our latest book, Exchange of Gifts: The Vision of Simon Barrington-Ward, edited by Graham Kings and Ian Randall, has been launched officially today.    The launch was at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Over 50 people were present in person, and...