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UK News Briefing

6 Oct 2010

Cameron 'stands alone' against same-sex marriage

David Cameron has been accused of blocking the way for legal recognition of same-sex marriage, despite support for the proposal from Labour, LibDem and Green leaders...
6 Oct 2010

Green Christians commit to massive carbon cut

Supporters of Christian Ecology Link (CEL) are pledging to cut their own greenhouse gas emissions to only 15% of the UK average.
6 Oct 2010

Institutional child abuse victims meet in Belfast

Northern Ireland victims of institutional child abuse will gather in Belfast on 7 October at a conference organised by Amnesty International to press for an...
6 Oct 2010

Campaign launched to 'Ban BAE' from university recruitment fairs

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has launched its new Ban BAE counter-recruitment campaign at the start of the new university year.
6 Oct 2010

Scottish Churches Housing Action welcomes new measures to support homeless

New measures are to be introduced to assess the support needs of people who apply to their local council as homeless.

World News Briefing

6 Oct 2010

Global Fund shortfall 'will reverse progress and cost lives'

The level of financial support for the Global Fund has fallen far short of the $20 billion called for by aid agencies, according to Tearfund.
6 Oct 2010

UN Security Council must push for swift resolution of Sudan’s post-referendum oil negotiations

The UN Security Council’s visit to the country presents a critical opportunity to focus on the oil sector as an incentive for peace, said Global Witness today.
6 Oct 2010

UNESCO told to cancel 'Dictator Prize'

UNESCO should use this month’s executive board meeting to cancel its prize named after and funded by the president of Equatorial Guinea, NGOs say
6 Oct 2010

DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal reaches £60 million

The DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal is now one of the three most generously supported appeals the charity has run in its 45 year history after the 2004 tsunami and the...
6 Oct 2010

European churches press EU on poverty reduction policies

A report urging action on poverty has been presented in the European Parliament by the main European Churches and associated organisations.

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Research Papers

02 Sep 2010

Iraq after the occupation: CPT report
26 Jul 2010

‘Thought for the Day’: Beyond the god-of-the-slots
18 Jun 2010

From Turkey to Gaza: Human rights and fundamental freedoms?
05 May 2010

The Westminster Declaration: a considered critique
02 May 2010

Migration: Why a broader view is needed
24 Apr 2010

How life can commemorate death: the Armenian Genocide

Culture & Review

4 Oct 2010

Religious illiteracy - new and not so new
29 Sep 2010

Charting America's decline in church attendance
16 Sep 2010

Understanding the religious and secular offence of book burning
13 Sep 2010

Franklin Graham on Islam and violence
11 Sep 2010

A choice of 9/11s
10 Sep 2010

The Pope, the Holocaust and human rights

Press Releases

17 Sep 2010

Pope needs to listen not lecture, says think-tank

Comments

05 Oct 10

Electoral Reform is a moral issue

17 Sep 10

Faith groups, social provision and the 'big society'

Recent blog posts

Features

05 Oct 2010

God is in the (political) details

It is easy to be won over by the universal moral or religious principles espoused by a skilled rhetorician such as Tony Blair. However, John Heathershaw argues that in politics, from university league tables to the war in Iraq, God is in the details.
30 Sep 2010

Why funding for science is vital

As with many other areas of public finance, funding for science is under major threat – maybe facing up to 25 per cent reductions, says Bob Carling. Many senior figures feel that proposed cuts will destroy the international excellence of science in the UK.

Columns

27 Sep 2010

Cutting the economic branch from under us?

The Simon Barrow column

5 Oct 2010

How the 'doing God' debate challenges religion and politics

The Jonathan Bartley Column

15 Sep 2010

The Quaker, the pastor, the Pope and the tolerance question

The Jill Segger Column

27 Sep 2010

Sri Lanka: the danger of deifying leaders

The Savi Hensman Column

29 Sep 2010

My sexuality will not be categorised

The Symon Hill Column