Real progress on land reform in Scotland

Back in January 2013, Ekklesia made a short submission to the Land Reform Review Group (LRRG) set up by the Scottish government to consider one of the most important issues of social and economic justice in the country — one where there has been persistent...

Why World Aids Day matters

World AIDS Day is held on 1 December each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and...

IS/ISIS and the dark side of modernity

Karen Armstrong, whose new book Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence invites far more subtle understanding of the relationship between faith and fratricide globally, has written a characteristically thoughtful piece on IS/ISIS for The New Statesman...

First Sunday in Advent: God’s alternative

Advent, the season of expectation, arrived for us in 2014 on Sunday 30th November. Advent, the season of expectation, arrived for us in 2014 on Sunday 30th November. In biblical times it started with an unexpected messenger (angel) announcing an ordinary event in an...