Category - christendom

Faith should be critical not cosy towards power

Press Office — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:21:23 +0100

Commenting on the UK Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government's remarks that "faith must be respected and its power acknowledged by government", the religion and society think-tank E

Government pledges respect and regard for faith communities

staff writers — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:09:12 +0100

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland has welcomed a speech by the UK Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which he affirmed the role of faith in society. But others warn of a too-cosy relationship.

What kind of unity is possible for the churches?

Theodore Gill — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:49:59 +0100

Is there real potential for visible unity among today's churches, or are cultural and dogmatic differences too great to be overcome? Theodore Gill takes the temperature at a major global gathering looking at these concerns.

Christianity versus ‘the church of power’

Simon Barrow — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:26:08 +0100

Christians have moved from non-engagement to engagement in politics, says Simon Barrow, but often in domineering and selfish ways. To argue for church as alternative community is not to advocate either 'secularism' or 'religionism', but the recovery of authentic Christianity in a plural environment.

Rectifying a historic Christian mistake

Jim Wallis — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:28:55 +0100

The domineering and partisan politics of the US religious right was a serious Christian mistake, says Jim Wallis. To be faithful to the Gospel, Christians need to engage publicly and politically from the vulnerable space that Jesus made his own.

Matching the church's actions to its words

Press Office — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:23:23 +0100

Commenting on the Easter sermons by Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams and Catholic Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor (which argue, respectively, that Christians should live by example and sh

Britain is a mixed belief society, says Archbishop of Canterbury

staff writers — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:12:31 +0000

Britain is not a secular country but a mixed belief society “uncomfortably haunted by the memory of religion” in terms of its Christian past, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has said.

Mixed picture emerges on British attitudes to religion in public life

staff writers — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:27:41 +0000

A new BBC backed poll suggests a majority of people in Britain believe religion should be respected and valued in public life - but other research also says they oppose domineering religion.

Ekklesia on the TV this weekend

Simon Barrow — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:31:17 +0000

If you are in Britain and near a television on Sunday 18 January you can catch my Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley...

Landmark conferences to look at equality, rights, religion and belief

staff writers — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:31:51 +0000

The first of four major conferences looking into issues regarding equality, human rights and ‘religion or belief’ will take place in London on Monday 10 November, involving a range of senior figures in the field.