by Sean Reilly | Mar 11, 2008
Good citizenship is not about flag-waving, metaphorically or otherwise. It’s about the just practices, shared habits and practical ways of organising our public lives which enable people to belong to one another across boundaries like those created by nation...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 10, 2008
The Church of England is launching an easy-to-use interactive online resource for working out a household spending budget, emphasising that Christian faith encourages a philosophy of “enough”, rather than seeking consolation from over-spending. The...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 8, 2008
The Japanese government and Christians should support the rights of the Ainu indigenous people in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, the Rev Tadao Miura, the director of the Ainu People Information Centre of the United Church of Christ in Japan, has said...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 7, 2008
A number of Christians from Oldham are joining the national Endurance Challenge, backed by Church Action on Poverty, in which they attempt to live off £6.50 for food and £3.50 for transport for a week – as many asylum seekers do. The gesture is one of...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 7, 2008
The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, the Rev Samuel Kobia, has told his UN counterpart, Ban Ki-moon, that the ecumenical body and its member churches in Africa are planning for the monitoring of elections scheduled in Zimbabwe on 29 March 2008...