by Archive | Dec 15, 2012
1. Introduction The threshold of the second anniversary of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) uprisings that started in Tunisia on 17 December 2010 provides an opportune time to assess the many challenges being negotiated across this vast region, with particular...
by Archive | Nov 15, 2012
Nearly three-quarters of the British public (73%) agree that ‘state funded schools, including state funded faith schools, should not be allowed to select or discriminate against prospective pupils on religious grounds in their admissions policy’, according to a...
by Archive | Oct 27, 2012
The full document is attached here (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/files/journey_towards_acceptance_oct_2012_0.pdf) and at the foot of this page as a downloadable *.PDF (Adobe Acrobat) document – 25 pages, 488kb. A summary follows: SUMMARY Over the past sixty years,...
by Archive | Oct 27, 2012
The full research essay (14 pages, 280k) can be read and downloaded as a *.PDF Adobe Acrobat document here: http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/files/should_same-sex_marriage_be_rejected_or_celebrated.pdf — See also: * ‘Journey towards acceptance: theologians and...
by Archive | Oct 27, 2012
Introduction Some Christians look to St Paul as the guardian of a narrow doctrinal and moral purity, and cite his writings to ‘prove’, for example, the sinfulness of homosexual relationships. Others criticise him for the parallel reasons, seeing him as oppressive of...
