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'Good Friday processions may be refused permission' says retired bishop

The former bishop of Rochester has made the speculative and apparently unsubstantiated claim that “Good Friday processions may be refused permission because they are regarded as a minority interest not worth police time.” It comes in a video on You ...

From JONATHAN BARTLEY, Ekklesia,  11 Mar 2010

Let he who is without spin...

If the Bible's accounts are to be believed, God had spin doctors too. In the Hebrew scriptures, it was the prophets who were charged with delivering the messages of the Almighty. Often resorting to visual displays and stunts, their interventions were ...

From JONATHAN BARTLEY, Ekklesia,  11 Mar 2010

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party

A tale of two mosques

Seeing the report today in the Times about church leaders in Camberley who have joined together to protest against plans for a mosque near the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, I was reminded of a similar situation which was handled rather ...

From JONATHAN BARTLEY, Ekklesia,  10 Mar 2010

The post-Christendom election

The 2010 general election will see a mixture of two contrasting approaches from the churches to politics. One we might term ‘Christendom’, the other ‘post-Christendom’. Christendom – the 1700 year period in which Christianity was dominant both ...

From JONATHAN BARTLEY, Ekklesia,  9 Mar 2010

George Carey's atheist agenda

In an article seeking to support the former Archbishop of Canterbury’s latest lament bemoaning that Christians get a raw deal, Nigel Farndale highlights how many in the church share the same perspective as many atheists when it comes to the status and ...

From JONATHAN BARTLEY, Ekklesia,  8 Mar 2010

Related Topics: George Carey,  Leonardo da Vinci

Siobhain McDonagh MP the 'secularist'

Cranmer has drawn attention to allegations about a Methodist lay minister, councillor George Reynolds, who has been “deselected as a candidate in the forthcoming local elections not because he objected to canvassing on the Sabbath on grounds of ...

From JONATHAN BARTLEY, Ekklesia,  5 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Siobhain McDonagh

Let he who is without spin ... | Jonathan Bartley

If the Bible's accounts are to be believed, God had spin doctors too. In the Hebrew scriptures, it was the prophets who were charged with delivering the messages of the Almighty. Often resorting to visual displays and stunts, their interventions were ...

From JONATHAN BARTLEY, Guardian Unlimited,  5 Mar 2010

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party

'It's all about us': Ethnocentrism over religious civil partnerships

Looking beyond the mixed messages, this reflects more than anything how the Daily Telegraph buys into the ethnocentricity of the Church of England. Things are reported on religious matters first and foremost with the perspective of the established ...

From JONATHAN BARTLEY, Ekklesia,  4 Mar 2010

Tory proposals would 'turn the clock back 30 years' for disabled people

"end the bias towards the inclusion of children with special needs in mainstream schools" It shows for me how entirely out of touch the Conservative party is with both the wishes of disabled people, and also the experiences of ordinary people. I wrote ...

From JONATHAN BARTLEY, Ekklesia,  2 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Ed Balls

Israel Apartheid Week

Yesterday, the 6th International (IAW) got underway. It runs from 1st to the 14th of March 2010 so am wondering why it isn’t Apartheid Fortnight? Since it was first launched in 2005, IAW has grown to become one of the most important global events in ...

From JONATHAN BARTLEY, Ekklesia,  2 Mar 2010

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