Category - Ekklesia

Religion and society think-tank continues expansion

Press Office — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:37:51 +0100

Symon Hill is to join Ekklesia as associate director from 1 June 2009, enabling what the think-tank describes as "a continued expansion" of its work in "creatively re-thinking the role of religion in contemporary society."

Specifying the "ekk^lesia"

Simon Barrow — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:14:03 +0100

Our friend Deirdre Good, Professor of New Testament at General Theological Seminary, New York, USA, has a post which is of natural interest to us on her fine blog ...

Learning to think without tanks

Simon Barrow — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:48:11 +0100

Ekklesia is a think tank that promotes fresh forms of thought - without relying on tanks. In an interview with SCM, Simon Barrow explains what the deal is with post-Christendom and how to respond to the fuss about religion.

BBC launches major new TV show on belief and ethics today

staff writers — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:54:41 +0100

The BBC is launching a new major TV programme called The Big Questions this weekend. Its aim is to move the discussion of diverse beliefs and ethics out of a narrow 'religion' bracket, and to respond creatively to the debates taking place in modern Britain.

Crusades? No problem...

Simon Barrow — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:26:10 +0100

Perhaps unsurprisingly, a Daily Telegraph writer is less than impressed with the notion that there could be a Christian problem with religious violence per se, not just Muslim versions of it.

Church leaders, equality rules and a 'new morality'

Press Office — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:32:17 +0000

Responding to accusations by the Catholic Bishop of Motherwell and the Anglican Bishop of Durham that the government is promoting a 'new morality' by pursuing a comprehensive equalities agenda in p

Ministerial aide resigns over Trident replacement

staff writers — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:30:23 +0000

Scottish MP Jim Devine will now vote against the government and a pro-nuclear bishop is questioned on his views

The peacemaker as dissident

Simon Barrow — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:23:17 +0000

Norman Kember’s experience as a hostage in Iraq is part of a journey of dissent from the supposed logic of violence

Faith Communities and the State

Simon Barrow — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:44:15 +0000

Start: 14/03/2007 - 16:00

End: 14/03/2007 - 17:00

Faith communities and the state: how the government is getting it wrong.

14 March 2007, Committee Room 4, House of Commons

Emerging church, gays, land, films... and corrections

Simon Barrow — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:45:32 +0000

There's exciting new material going up on the site all the time.