Those who would be the first to defend Christmas are usually the last to embrace the fullness of its meaning, says the religious think-tank Ekklesia.

The Christian think-tank Ekklesia has welcomed a challenging new report on quality and equalities in the public services which says that religious providers should not be allowed to get away with d

The religion and society think-tank Ekklesia says that the idea of a wholesale ban on religious dress and symbols at work is contrary to the openness and tolerance society should be promoting - for

Responding 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

Calls for the resignation of Sir Ian Blair have been missing the key point about procedures to ensure transparency and accountability in the police, says Simon Barrow, co-director of the think tank

The government's foreign labour statistics gaffe does not justify the apocalyptic tones of the current debate about migration, which is about people and development, not numbers and panic, says the

From an interview in the latest issue of SCM's 'Movement' magazine with Ekklesia co-director Simon Barrow, examining the challenge to the churches of post-Christendom, the current era in which thei

The think-tank Ekklesia, which reports, researches and comments on religion in society, is joining the "International Bloggers Day for Burma" (4 October 2007) to back peaceful change and global sol

Simon Barrow, co-director of the UK Christian think-tank Ekklesia, has welcomed the government's new guidelines which prohibit teaching creationism and 'Intelligent Design' in science classrooms, b

Commenting on Back to Church Sunday, Jonathan Bartley, of think-tank Ekklesia, applauded the efforts to persuade people to come back to the pews but said a root and branch reform was needed.

Responding to the government's announcement that it intends to pave the way for the expansion of faith-based schools in the state sector, the Christian think tank Ekklesia has said that equal acces

Simon Barrow, co-director of the Christian think tank Ekklesia, said today that the best way to honour the memory of Anita Roddick - who died on 10 September 2007 - was to take forward the case for

In an initial comment on a new BBC/ComRes survey for 'The Big Questions' (broadcasting Sunday 9 September 2007, 10am on BBC One TV), indicating that 83 per cent of people think Britain is experienc

Responding to fears expressed by some faith groups that religious freedom is being undermined by the frameworks of law and regulation leading up to proposals for a Single Equality Bill, the indepen

The Christian think-tank Ekklesia has welcomed guidance on good relations on university and college campuses, drafted and agreed by the National Union of Students (NUS) and UCCF (which helps coordi