‘Palm Cross’ case is not about anti-Christian discrimination

LONDON & EDINBURGH, April 20, 2011: A Christian thinktank says that an electrician barred from displaying a cross in his van does not appear to be a victim of anti-Christian discrimination, since the rule in dispute does not single out any particular religion or...

Only the poor know the real truth about poverty, says think-tank

EDINBURGH AND LONDON – 16 April 2011: Government attempts to tackle poverty that exclude the poor themselves are a recipe for ineffectiveness and injustice, says the Christian think-tank Ekklesia. [1] The comments coincide with the publication on 16 April 2011...

Bombing will not democratize Libya, warns thinktank

The beliefs and values thinktank Ekklesia has warned that bombing Libya is unlikely to help the country move towards democracy and will increase the suffering of its people. Ekklesia, which promotes conflict transformation and nonviolent responses to injustice, says...

Getting positively critical about ‘religion’

EDINBURGH, STIRLING & LONDON – March 17, 2011: Academics at the University of Stirling, and the beliefs and values think-tank Ekklesia, have teamed up to promote a new research agenda and blog entitled Critical Religion, which aims to put hot topics under a...

Education about beliefs ‘vital’ for a plural society

EDINBURGH AND LONDON – 8 March 2011: A senior educationist has said that good quality teaching about the religions and beliefs is vital for the development of shared understandings and positive citizenship practices in a plural society. Writing for the beliefs...