Category - Pluralism

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.

Who loves hate speech?

Jordan Tchilingirian — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:46:10 +0000

Start: 03/02/2009 - 18:30

End: 03/02/2009 - 20:00

In recent years the government has introduced a raft of new speech crimes, including incitement to religious hatred and incitement to sexual hatred.

Re-assessing Turkey's faith and secularism battle

Simon Barrow — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:00:18 +0100

The real struggle in Turkey is not between the religious and the non-religious, but between those who value pluralism and those who want the victory of their ideology.

A transatlantic view on Williams and Sharia

Martin E. Marty — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:41:57 +0000

Doyen US religion commentator Martin Marty gives an American perspective on the argument about civil and religious law sparked by Rowan Williams.

A transatlantic view on Williams and Sharia

Martin E. Marty — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:40:55 +0000

Doyen US religion commentator Martin Marty gives an American perspective on the argument about civil and religious law sparked by Rowan Williams.

Background on Rowangate

Simon Barrow — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:07:30 +0000

Though what might be called 'Rowangate' has subsided a little, some very important issues are still very much alive.

Establishing fairness for church and society

Press Office — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:35:44 +0000

Commenting on a leader in The Economist [Feb 14th 2008] calling for the severing of the church-state link in England, Simon Barrow, co-director of the think-tank Ekklesia, said: "The fact that a ma

Malaysian opposition says government misusing Islam to compromise pluralism

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:21:35 +0000

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has said multi-racial harmony in his country is under threat by State-sponsored Islamic puritanism that has damaged the constitutional rights of other faiths in the Muslim-majority nation

Young people increasingly attracted to Christianity in Nepal

Ecumenical News International — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:53:58 +0000

Young Christians have been meeting near Katmandu in Nepal, a country emerging towards democracy and pluralism. Many are now attracted to Christianity in the predominantly Hindu kingdom which now has a formally secular state.

Trinidad church leader says plural societies are the way forward

staff writers — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:57:02 +0000

Pluralistic societies offer the church opportunity and challenge, the moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Trinidad and Tobago told leaders of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches last week. He called for an all-embracing liberation theology.