Immigration Minister has the wrong target on asylum

London, UK – November 19, 2008 Immigration Minister Phil Woolas should be publicly investigating his own government’s bias against asylum seekers rather than attacking charities, human rights groups and lawyers for giving vulnerable people support, says...

Church should re-examine its economic heart

London, UK – September 26, 2008 Now is the right time for the Church of England to completely re-examine its assets and investment policies, says the religion and society think tank Ekklesia – which wants the churches to “put their money where their...

New coalition for inclusive schooling to be launched

EKKLESIA, LONDON: A new coalition called Accord, which will be launched officially on Monday 1 September 2008, is calling on Children, Schools and Families Secretary of State Ed Balls to stop publicly-funded faith schools from discriminating against students and...

Anglicans challenged on power, sex and ‘traditionalism’

EKKLESIA, London: According to the standard script, the current war in Anglicanism over sexuality, scripture and authority is one between ‘traditionalists’ and ‘revisionists’, ‘liberals’ versus ‘evangelicals’. But new research from the religion and society think-tank...

Church arguments miss the global challenge, says think tank

Anglican wrangling about sexuality and authority in the church is missing the big picture about how the relationship between religion and society is changing, says a new book from the think tank Ekklesia to be published next week. Christians need to be beacons of...