Examining, evaluating and exploring Spiritual Capital

by | Jul 14, 2009

Spiritual Capital refers to the positive benefits of spiritual, psychological and moral development to individuals, organisations and communities/societies. It seeks to measure these benefits in an objective manner, in a similar way to the way in which Social Capital...

Responding to the situation in Iran

by | Jul 9, 2009

Immediately after the 12 June 2009 elections in Iran, the US-based Campaign for Peace and Democracy issued a statement expressing strong support for Iranians protesting electoral fraud and horror at the ferocious response of the government there. Here CPD authors take...

The state of independents: alternative politics

by | Jun 4, 2009

Introduction Since 2002, Ekklesia has been arguing that a key element of political and democratic renewal in Britain hinges on the encouragement of independent, citizen-based and associational politics as a counter-weight to the hegemony of top-down party elites and...

The Equality Bill 2008-9 and church responses to it

by | May 31, 2009

Promoting equality is essential for individuals to fulfil their potential, for the creation of a cohesive society and for a strong economy. A substantial body of equality legislation has been introduced over the last four decades, protecting millions of people from...

Where is the Church of England’s heart invested?

by | May 22, 2009

“Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Jesus Christ, Gospel of Matthew) Prologue and Introduction: dualism and mixed messages In April 2011 the Church Commissioners announced that the Church of England’s assets had increased in 2010...