Category - Society

Rethinking religion in an open society

Simon Barrow — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:43:16 +0000

Though the role of religion in society has come back onto the agenda with a vengeance in recent years, the political, spiritual and intellectual resources at our disposal for handling the issues involved seem perilously thin on all sides in public life. This paper aims to reconstruct some key terms in the debate and to offer a positive case for a 'disestablished' form for religion within a plural social and political order. In particular it suggests that the alternative to hegemonic religion or attempts to exclude religion from public life lies in the rediscovery of an alternative form of politics rooted in practical 'goods' and 'virtues' derived from different communities and traditions, accompanied by the development of a 'civil state' framework.

Simon Barrow

Religion, state, and society

staff writers — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:50:15 +0000

Start: 09/01/2008 - 09:30

End: 09/01/2008 - 17:30

Religion, Discrimination and Accommodation: the Role of the State in a Multi-Faith Society

Prize-winning writer describes pitfalls of modern reporting on religion

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:54:35 +0000

Journalists writing stories on religion that are then put into other languages face constant pitfalls of being 'lost in translation', says the editor who has won the John Templeton Award for the European Religion Writer of the Year.

Question Time - Tackling Social Issues from a Faith Perspective

Jordan Tchilingirian — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:50:02 +0100

Start: 24/04/2007 - 19:30

A panel discussion and question time on social issues form a variety of faith perspectives.

Religion and Society

sysadmin — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:54:48 +0000

Much of Ekklesia‚Äôs media work is in the area of the relationship between religion and society. In 2006, Ekklesia‚Äôs director Jonathan Bartley published the book; ‚ÄúFaith and Politics After Christ