Category - Remembrance Sunday

UK poll shows clear popular support for a different kind of Remembrance

staff writers — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:10:36 +0000

As people across Britain gather on Remembrance Sunday to recall those lost in war, a remarkable opinion poll published today shows a strong public desire for an emphasis on peace in these ceremonies.

Transforming remembrance into hope

Simon Barrow — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:36:22 +0000

The best way to honour those who have died as a result of war (as we must do) is to recognise its horror, says Simon Barrow. But we should do this not in order to 'run away', but in order to have the true courage to seek alternatives - to re-member a dis-membered world.

87% of population say 'dead on all sides' should be marked on Remembrance Sunday

Press Office — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:46:41 +0000

The deaths of those who fought against Britain should be marked alongside the British dead on Remembrance Sunday, according to 87% of the population, says a remarkable new opinion survey.

Remembrance day: Goodbye to all that, Guardian leader

Press Office — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:58:13 +0000

Editorial based largely on Ekklesia's report 'Reimagining Remembrance'. (Link to Ekklesia's report is towards the end).

Reimagining Remembrance

Kate Guthrie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:46:47 +0000

Remembrance Day needs to be re-imagined to make it more inclusive, more truthful and more meaningful for future generations, says this report. This would include an honest acknowledgement that some did “die in vain”, an end to “selective remembrance”, a positive stress on peacemaking, and making Armistice Day a bank holiday. The report follows the death of the 'last Tommy', Harry Patch from World War 1, who sadly described current patterns of Remembrance Day as “just show business”. Remembrance has been ‘cheapened’ by a failure to back up words with action, particularly when it comes to successive Government’s care for war veterans, but also the lack of resources put into peacebuilding. The report traces the development of Britain’s remembrance tradition and makes a series of proposals about how Remembrance Day might be updated and made more accessible. It also includes reflection on the meaning and practice of 'memory', not least from a Christian theological standpoint.

Kate Guthrie

We need a more inclusive Remembrance Day

Press Office — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:41:20 +0000

A new report ahead of Remembrance Day is recommending a deeper and more meaningful form of remembrance that encompasses both soldiers and civilians on all sides in all wars.

Rethinking Remembrance Day, BBC Radio 4 Sunday Programme

Press Office — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:58:48 +0000

Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley is interviewed by Roger Boulton, about Ekklesia's new report 'Reimagining Remembrance' which looks at how Remembrance Day could become more truthful and inclusive

Church urged to more inclusive remembrance, BBC Online, 11 November 2008

Press Office — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:21:35 +0000

The BBC picks up on an article written by Jonathan Bartley for the Ekklesia website, urging a more inclusive remembrance sunday where enemies are remembered as well as friends.

Remembrance Sunday and the churches, BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, 11th November 2008

Press Office — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:44:06 +0000

Jonathan Bartley discusses the approach that the church of england takes to remembrance

Remembrance Day

Press Office — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:01:55 +0000

Jonathan Bartley, co-director of Ekklesia said: "How we remember is not a neutral or a value free event.