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Radio Archive
- 1 Jul
2008Jonathan Bartley debates with John Nicol on the Jeremy Vine show (Juliam Worricker standing in) saying any memorial to Bomber Command in the Second World War should incorporate the memory of the half - 16 May
2008Ekklesia director discusses the positive side to the economic slowdown, leaving behind consumerism, with a panel including the New Economics Foundation
Press Archive
- 19 Mar
2008What we're now seeing is the end of what was historically called Christendom in Europe," says Jonathan Bartley, "This has been the result of large-scale immigration, growth in democracy, a secularizin - 7 Mar
2008The church’s strategy is now clear – that if it is to have a hope of maintaining its privileges, it must try to get them extended to other religions too, says Jonathan Bartley
Web Archive
- 30 May
2008Inayat Bunglawala, Assistant Secretary-General at the Muslim Council of Britain, quotes Simon Barrow on Michael Nazir-Ali's comments. - 8 May
2008Ekklesia quoted on Israel’s 60th anniversary, concerning 140 Christian leaders who joined together in a unified call for a just peace between Israelis and Palestinians
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Agenda - Peace and War
Ekklesia proposes non-violent alternatives to military action as well as peace-making strategies. Ekklesia hit the headlines in 2002 by proposing public consideration of strategies for non-violent regime change in Iraq. It also helped Christian Peacemaker Teams with their media work, during the Iraq hostage crisis.
- 1 Jul
2008Jonathan Bartley debates with John Nicol on the Jeremy Vine show (Juliam Worricker standing in) saying any memorial to Bomber Command in the Second World War should incorporate the memory of the half - 11 Jun
2008Ekklesia's response to the crucial parliamentary vote on 42 day detention without trial.
- 8 May
2008Ekklesia quoted on Israel’s 60th anniversary, concerning 140 Christian leaders who joined together in a unified call for a just peace between Israelis and Palestinians - 2 May
2008The religion and society think tank Ekklesia is backing an independent initiative aimed at marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel with a call from senior Christian lead
- 8 Jan
2008Simon Barrow, co-director of the think-tank Ekklesia, which focusses on religion and society, but has a particular interest in promoting alternatives to violence and armed conflict, has welcomed a
- 13 Nov
2007Responding to Remembrance Day comments by the Archbishop of Canterbury about the Afghan and Iraq invasions (2001 and 2003) failing to meet traditional 'just war' criteria, the UK Christian think-ta
- 27 Sep
2007Jonathan Bartley looks at the tradition of nonviolence within Christianity and discusses how such traditions inform debates about regime change and the situation in Burma. - 15 Aug
2007
Jonathan Bartley looks at the noble tradition of nonviolent civil disobedience includin - 12 Aug
2007
Jonathan Bartley discusses guns and gangs following the recent arrests of two prison inmates for the shooting of Jesse James and the spate of gun - 25 Jul
2007On PM Gordon Brown's announcement that the Defence Export Services Orgamnsiation (DESO), which promotes UK arms overseas, will close in its current form:
- 11 Apr
2007Ekklesia's director Jonathan Bartley looks at the role of grace and the decision by the - 10 Apr
2007Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley, commenting on the resolution of the Iranian capture of British military personnel in disputed waters:
- 8 Apr
2007
The release of the British service personnell held captive by Iran, and the Bishop of Rochester's comments about a moral vacuum, with Ekklesia's c - 18 Mar
2007The moral case for Trident and a national curriculum for babies feature in discussion, with Ekklesia's co-director Jonathan Bartley - 7 Mar
2007Responding to an article by the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper (“I believe in Trident, and using it if necessary”, 4 March 2007), Simon Barrow, co-director of the Ch
