Saying ‘Yes for Wales’ is a matter of good faith

by | Mar 1, 2011

EDINBURGH, CARDIFF & LONDON, 13 February 2011: People of all beliefs and none are swinging behind a ‘Yes’ vote in the 3 March referendum in Wales on giving full law-making powers to the Welsh Assembly – with the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia being the...

Continuing questions about civil partnerships

by | Feb 14, 2011

LONDON & EDINBURGH, 13 February 2011: The Christian thinktank Ekklesia has welcomed the news that the government is to push ahead with implementing a change in the law to allow religious premises and religious language to be used in same-sex civil partnership...

Unarmed power is the future, says thinktank

by | Feb 1, 2011

LONDON & EDINBURGH, February 01, 2011: Governments and agencies in the C21st “need to radically re-orient their policies away from armed force and violence as the prime determinants of social change,” says the beliefs and values think-tank Ekklesia. The call for...

Christians ‘indispensible’ to Middle East societies

by | Jan 29, 2011

LONDON, January 29, 2011: A leading commentator on Middle East issues has said that faith and civic leaders in the region have a responsibility to challenge “regimes that muzzle and polarise their peoples” along with the “religious...

Pope slot should prompt ‘Thought for the Day’ re-think

by | Dec 23, 2010

LONDON, December 22, 2010: The decision by the BBC to hand its flagship Radio 4 ‘Thought for The Day’ slot to Pope Benedict on Christmas Eve shows the need to re-think the feature, says the Christian think-tank Ekklesia. Ekklesia has published two...