Category - religion and politics

Religion off the radar

Simon Barrow — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:07:48 +0100

'Bartholomew's Notes on Religion' is undoubtedly one of the top-rank online resources on religious issues, especially those off the mainstream radar.

Seven Ways to Change the World: A Dialogue with Jim Wallis

Jordan Tchilingirian — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:49:51 +0100

Start: 29/05/2008 - 18:45

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Does Faith Matter for Human Morality?

Jordan Tchilingirian — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:46:05 +0100

Start: 27/05/2008 - 18:30

The global revival of religion has raised fundamental questions about its role in politics and its claim that it serves as a principle of identity, indispensable to the continuing survival of communit

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Spiritual renewal key for social transformation, says US progressive evangelical

staff writers — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:21:13 +0100

The social transformation of the world - alleviating poverty and disease, restoring human rights and religious freedom, bringing peace overcoming prejudice - can only come through spiritual revival, progressive evangelical Jim Wallis has said.

The Book of Revelation: How the church turned a book of extreme Political Subversion into one to preserve the status quo

Jordan Tchilingirian — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:08:57 +0100

Start: 02/05/2007 - 19:30

End: 02/05/2007 - 22:30

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The Book of Revelation:
How the church turned a book of extreme Political Subversion into one to preserve the Status Quo.

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FAQ 4: Shouldn’t we just keep religion out of politics completely?

sysadmin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:47:36 +0000

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FAQ 1: Why a ‘religious think-tank’ – are you basically trying to defend religion?

sysadmin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:23:56 +0000

Our purpose is not to 'defend' or 'attack' - it's to deepen understanding and generate fresh, creative perspectives.

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It's the narrative, stupid by Simon Barrow

Simon Barrow — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:20:32 +0000

What gives meaning to modern, story-shaped politics?

Radical change needed in religion-politics debate

Press Office — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 09:03:11 +0100

In light of a call today that Prince Charles should become the Defender of the Christian faith at his Coronation, and a feature by the Sunday Times asking whether it time to take 'God out of the state', the religious thinktank Ekklesia is urging a radical change in the way that the debate about religion and politics is framed.

Government should stop propping up religion

Press Office — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:43:07 +0100

The present situation where churches seek government support in areas like education, and government uses faith groups to prop up its own social agenda, is unhealthy for all concerned, says Ekklesia.