In this issue
In this issue
- The Lord’s Prayer and bewilderment in the Church of England
- The Upside-Down Bible: Labourers in the vineyard and zero-hour contracts
- Ekklesia Annual Appeal – Make Room at the Inn this Christmas
- Transgender Remembrance Day 2015
- New report warns of effect of cuts on public services
- Howard League welcomes Justice Committee court charge report
- Doctors and midwives call for decriminalisation of abortion
- Balkans border blocks leave thousands of refugees stranded
- UN Security Council calls for eradication of ISIS ‘safe haven’
- Disdain for ISIS in countries with significant Muslim populations
- ‘Dalai Lama of the rainforest’ honoured in Brazil
22 Nov 2015
The Lord’s Prayer and bewilderment in the Church of England
The Church of England has expressed itself “bewildered” at the refusal of leading cinemas to show a short advertising film on the Lord’s Prayer.
20 Nov 2015
The Upside-Down Bible: Labourers in the vineyard and zero-hour contracts
My new book, The Upside-Down Bible: What Jesus really said about money, sex and violence, will be p
Monday 23 November 2015
23 Nov 2015
Ekklesia Annual Appeal – Make Room at the Inn this Christmas
- Ekklesia launches its Annual Appeal – Make Room At The Inn This Christmas
20 Nov 2015
Transgender Remembrance Day 2015
Today marks the International Transgender Remembrance Day which has been celebrated every year since 1998.
23 Nov 2015
New report warns of effect of cuts on public services
A new report by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) warns that severe spending cuts are already undermining public service quality, and that if the Chancellor does not rethink his plans to cut spending further, public service outcomes are set to plummet.
20 Nov 2015
Howard League welcomes Justice Committee court charge report
The Howard League for Penal Reform has responded to the House of Commons Justice Committee’s report on the criminal courts charge, published today (20 November).
20 Nov 2015
Doctors and midwives call for decriminalisation of abortion
Doctors, midwives and health professionals from every region of the world have added their voices to the growing pressure for the decriminalisation of abortion, with 838 from 44 countries signing an open letter to governments, published today by Amnesty International.
23 Nov 2015
Balkans border blocks leave thousands of refugees stranded
New border controls implemented almost simultaneously by the governments of Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia have caused collective expulsions and discrimination against individuals seen as economic migrants on the basis of their nationality, says Amnesty.
23 Nov 2015
UN Security Council calls for eradication of ISIS ‘safe haven’
The UN Security Council has called on all countries that can do so to take the war on terrorism to Islamic State-controlled territory in Syria and Iraq and destroy its safe havens, warning that the group intends to mount further terror attacks like those in Paris and Beirut.
20 Nov 2015
Disdain for ISIS in countries with significant Muslim populations
According to newly released data that the Pew Research Center collected in 11 countries with significant Muslim populations, people from Nigeria to Jordan to Indonesia overwhelmingly expressed negative views of ISIS.
21 Nov 2015
‘Dalai Lama of the rainforest’ honoured in Brazil
Davi Kopenawa, a Yanomami shaman and spokesman from Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, has been awarded Brazil’s Order of Cultural Merit, one of the country’s top honours.