http://ekklesia.co.uk/tags View tagged content by tags en http://ekklesia.co.uk/node/7007 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p>Britain counts itself as a mature democracy. But what really guarantees freedom and fairness, asks Simon Barrow, and how does the church relate to the will of the people in wider society?</p> </div> </div> </div> http://ekklesia.co.uk/node/7007#comment People and Power Religion and Society News Brief Christianity constitution Cromwell democracy equlaity kingdom Levellers monarchy parliament religious freedom Simon Barrow Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:29:03 +0100 Simon Barrow 7007 at http://ekklesia.co.uk http://ekklesia.co.uk/node/5833 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p>These days, it can so easily feel as if religion is an anti-democratic force in our polity, writes Giles Fraser. No one votes for Bishops in the House of Lords, for example. So it's worth remembering that in this country, as indeed in many others too, religion was the nursemaid of democracy.</p> </div> </div> </div> http://ekklesia.co.uk/node/5833#comment Economy and Politics People and Power Religion and Society News Brief bishops burma civil war Cromwell democracy house of lords Levellers putney debates Religion secular Giles Fraser Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:52:15 +0100 Giles Fraser 5833 at http://ekklesia.co.uk