
Speaking after a debate with Controller of Radio 4 Mark Damazer on the BBC's PM Programme, concerning the BBC Trust's report on Thought for the Day, Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley said:
Commenting on the Ugandan bill to further criminalise homosexuality in the country, by imprisonment and capital punishment, Symon Hill, associate director of the religion and society thinktank Ekkl
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Commenting on the Rt Rev Michael Nazir Ali's call for gay people to "repent", Symon Hill, associate director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, said:
Commenting on journalist Ben White's new book Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think tank Ekklesia, said:
Commenting on the Church of England Board of Education head's defence of discrimination in faith schools policy, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, said.:
Commenting on Church of England and Roman Catholic lobbying for "the right to discriminate" in relation to employment and the new Equality Bill, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and societ
Ekklesia's associate director Symon Hill said: “This decision is staggering after so much talk of transparency and accountability in Parliament following the scandal over MP's expenses.
Commenting on Christian Peacemaker Teams' training initiative in the UK and the government's Armed Forces Day on 27 June 2009, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekkle
Commenting on PM Gordon Brown's proposals for electoral and political reforms, Jonathan Bartley, co-director of the thinktank Ekklesia, which last week produced a new paper on political reform
Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, which has been warning of the rise of the far right and their use of 'Christian' rhetoric for some time, says that "more t
Commenting on the revelation that the UK government has been colluding with arms sales to Sri Lanka, Symon Hill, the new associate director of the think-tank Ekklesia, declared:
Commenting on the forthcoming Church Websites Award, Simon Barrow, co-director of Ekklesia, who are sponsoring the awards alongside Christian Aid, Church Times and others, said:
Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley took part in a debate on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show yesterday about the MOD's production of Action Man style dolls for children.
Backing the 4 May 2009 'day of action' calling for undocumented migrants in the UK to have the opportunity to become citizens, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekkle
Welcoming the call by MPs from all parties to ensure that all former Gurkha soldiers can have a right to settle in the UK, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia,
Jonathan Bartley, co-director of the thinktank Ekklesia said:
Commenting on a new study by academics at the London School of Economics and the Institute of Education, both part of the University of London, to be published in full at the Royal Economic Society