Category - remembrance

The default politics of Remembrance

Jonathan Bartley — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:30:22 +0000

This Sunday 9 November, churches up and down the country will make a political statement which will be widely covered across print and broadcast media, says Jonathan Bartley. But it is likely to pass without so much as a murmur of criticism.

Iraq and Afghanistan violated just war theory, says Williams

staff writers — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:14:12 +0000

On the eve of Remembrance Sunday, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams described the Western-backed wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as a tragic mess which failed to conform to the principles of 'just war' theory and brought great suffering.

Red poppy 'less Christian' claim - BBC Online, 9th September 2006

Press Office — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:01:57 +0000

The BBC reports Ekklesia's suggestion that the wearing of red poppies is 'politically correct' and stifles debate about issues of peace and war.