<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Jubilee Centre - Blog]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/jubilee/blogs.php</link><description><![CDATA[The Jubilee Centre is a Christian social reform organisation, founded in 1983.]]></description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:17:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[After Capitalism]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/441/after_capitalism</link><description><![CDATA[The period of relative calm surrounding the future of the Euro abruptly came to an end last week. Francois Hollande was elected as the next president of France, replacing Nicolas Sarkozy. The change represented a shift away from austerity towards an emphasis on growth, something the markets have read as code for stimulus based on further borrowing. Worse, the Greek elections produced no clear winner and efforts to form a coalition have so far failed, raising the prospect of further elections next month. The only certainty in this situation appears to be that the Greek people have rejected those parties advocating austerity, thereby jeopardising further bailout payments to the country and prompting open speculation about whether Greece will default on its debts and leave the Euro. Meanwhile, the Eurozone economy recorded zero growth for the first quarter of 2012....]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/441/after_capitalism</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:17:40 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=3">Finance &amp; the Economy</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Respond to Equal Marriage Consultation; Petition Reaches 500,000]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/440/respond_to_equal_marriage_consultation_petition_reaches_500000</link><description><![CDATA[The Coalition for Marriage&#039;s (C4M) petition to retain the traditional definition of marriage in the face of the goverment&#039;s plans to redefine it has attracted more than 500,000 signatures since it was launched in February....]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/440/respond_to_equal_marriage_consultation_petition_reaches_500000</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 08:31:02 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=1">Sex &amp; Families</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[But you promised....!]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/439/but_you_promised</link><description><![CDATA[There have been a number of news items recently that are about people making promises and then being accused of breaking them.We have the Syrian Government's ceasefire and withdrawal undertakings to Kofi Annan being described as 'relatively respected' - by which is meant that government forces have stopped firing (mostly) but not withdrawn. We have North Korea launching a satellite (or not, as it turned out) and the world community being convinced it was a missile test in breach of a 'no missile tests in exchange for food' deal. We also have the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt proposing a candidate for the presidency after they promised that they would not do so. Closer to home, we're resigned to our politicians breaking election pledges, whatever party they are from....]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/439/but_you_promised</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:08:47 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=5">Lifestyle Issues</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=8">Government &amp; Foreign Affairs</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Send us your feedback]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/437/send_us_your_feedback</link><description><![CDATA[It&#039;s been six months since we released the Jubilee Lifestyle course, and we&#039;d love to know how people are getting on with it. We&#039;ve had some great feedback from churches and small groups who have run it, some more than once, and from individuals who have appreciated the chance to get to grips with some key issues from a biblical perspective. ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/437/send_us_your_feedback</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:41:29 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=5">Lifestyle Issues</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life without certainty: Margaret Atwood's ambiguous worlds]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/cp_comments/438/life_without_certainty_margaret_atwoods_ambiguous_worlds</link><description><![CDATA[Margaret Atwood is one of the most important and influential writers alivetoday. Her fiction explores and reflects the current cultural move away frommetanarrative and towards fragmented notions of truth. She celebrates thisnew intellectual trend, whilst also revealing the damage done by its more...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/cp_comments/438/life_without_certainty_margaret_atwoods_ambiguous_worlds</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=2">Christianity &amp; Religion</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forever in your debt]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/436/forever_in_your_debt</link><description><![CDATA[The Treasury has announced that it is considering issuing bonds with a 100-year repayment date, or even longer. 'Super long' gilts - last issued to help pick up the cost of World War 1 - would have no set redemption date....]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/436/forever_in_your_debt</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:58:47 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=3">Finance &amp; the Economy</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coalition for marriage launches campaign]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/435/coalition_for_marriage_launches_campaign</link><description><![CDATA[The Coalition for Marriage launched today, with the website www.c4m.org.uk going live at 10am.The purpose of the campaign is to defend the traditional definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. The government will shortly be launching a consultation on redefining marriage, a move which former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has said &#039;...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/435/coalition_for_marriage_launches_campaign</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:00:23 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=1">Sex &amp; Families</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does our reputation match our heart?]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/434/does_our_reputation_match_our_heart</link><description><![CDATA[Given it's St Valentine's Day, perhaps it's not surprising that there have been a lot of news items around what people think of each other, about reputation, about what we say or think we are and how others view us.Firstly, at a national level, we have the ratings agency Moody's warning that they think the UK has a "negative outlook" with the apparent implication that they may downgrade the UK's top level credit rating....]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/434/does_our_reputation_match_our_heart</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:46:42 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=3">Finance &amp; the Economy</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=2">Christianity &amp; Religion</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courses on horses?]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/433/courses_on_horses</link><description><![CDATA[So the objective of secondary education, according to Michael Gove, is a good job or university. (We'll skip over the illogicality that if university is an end in itself, why can't secondary education be an end in itself? Not everyone's gifts take them down the university route.)...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/433/courses_on_horses</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:29:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[More religion and politics]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/432/more_religion_and_politics</link><description><![CDATA[Having been criticised for failing to offer any answers for the country's economic problems, Church leaders have in recent days come to the fore. On Monday a group of bishops tabled an amendment in the House of Lords that called for child benefit to be excluded from the proposed £26,000 cap on benefits, provoking strong reactions from those within and outside the Church. ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/432/more_religion_and_politics</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:51:49 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=8">Government &amp; Foreign Affairs</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free sex: Who pays?]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/cp_comments/431/free_sex_who_pays</link><description><![CDATA[Rather than addressing fundamental moral issues around sexual freedom, this paper starts with our culture&#8217;s premise by taking a utilitarian approach and exploring the financial impacts. This is in line with the common assumption that what truly matters for public policy can be quantified. It argues that significant costs of sexual freedom are imposed on society as a whole, rather than borne solely by the individuals most directly involved. This represents an enormous moral hazard and, as a result, unsustainable and unjust public expenditure. The paper then explores ways to address this, the most compelling of which is the Bible&#8217;s emphasis on rootedness and group responsibility....]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/cp_comments/431/free_sex_who_pays</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=1">Sex &amp; Families</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cameron’s Religion and the Archbishop’s Politics]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/430/camerons_religion_and_the_archbishops_politics</link><description><![CDATA[David Cameron has argued that the UK is a Christian country and that a revival of traditional Christian values is required to halt Britain's 'slow-motion moral collapse'. The context of this remark was partly the summer riots, but also the expenses scandal; the banking collapse, inequality and the bonus culture; and even the threat of Islamic terrorism....]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/430/camerons_religion_and_the_archbishops_politics</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:03:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The media’s false prophets]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/429/the_medias_false_prophets</link><description><![CDATA[The link between the Old Testament prophets and our modern media might not seem immediately obvious. The distance between the two grows larger still with the revelations of the Leveson inquiry, which take more shocking forms every day. Last week Tony Blair&#039;s former Director of Communications and Strategy, Alastair Campbell, described elements of the press as &#039;frankly putrid&#039;, stating that they relied on private investigators and fabrication for the sensational stories that sell newspapers....]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/429/the_medias_false_prophets</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:53:41 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=4">Worldviews &amp; Culture</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affordable housing]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/428/affordable_housing</link><description><![CDATA[The government has unveiled plans to address the lack of affordable homes and increase the number of first-time buyers. A £400 million fund will be used to restart stalled building schemes, and buyers will be able to borrow 95 percent of the new home's value, with the government underwriting part of the risk. 'Right to buy' will be made available once again, with the money from sales of social housing going back into the building industry to create more affordable homes....]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/428/affordable_housing</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:29:25 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=3">Finance &amp; the Economy</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our response to 'Border Control']]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/427/our_response_to_border_control</link><description><![CDATA[The head of the UK border force, Brodie Clark, has resigned and is claiming constructive dismissal, suggesting that he had been unfairly blamed for relaxing immigration controls....]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/427/our_response_to_border_control</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:15:26 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=8">Government &amp; Foreign Affairs</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faithfulness Matters]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/426/faithfulness_matters</link><description><![CDATA[Last week I had a phone call from Jon Kuhrt, director of Livability in London. Jon and I met back in February at the National Prayer Breakfast, when we did a joint seminar (along with Theos&#039;s Nick Spencer) on Big Society. Jon has recently been involved in campaigning against some of the practices of a company that runs dating websites. Although the majority of these are mainstream and respectable, Global Personals also hosts sites that specifically encourage people to have affairs. You can read more about the campaign on ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/426/faithfulness_matters</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:35:33 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=1">Sex &amp; Families</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wales rugby coach: moral high ground or unworthy servant?]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/425/wales_rugby_coach_moral_high_ground_or_unworthy_servant</link><description><![CDATA[Wales rugby coach Warren Gatland this morning admitted that he considered asking one of the team's forwards to fake an injury during the World Cup semi-final against France. The question arose after one prop went off injured and a flanker was controversially sent off. Another injury would have led to uncontested scrums, where neither team could push - giving Wales an advantage and levelling the playing field after what Gatland considered the referee's bad decision....]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/425/wales_rugby_coach_moral_high_ground_or_unworthy_servant</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:20:35 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=4">Worldviews &amp; Culture</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where was the Big Society?]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/424/where_was_the_big_society</link><description><![CDATA[There are some in our building (in sister organisations) who relished the start of the party conference season. (Personally, I agree with the Economist that, instead of annual conferences, perhaps quadrennial events before the similarly timed General Election might give them more focus and meaning.)...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/424/where_was_the_big_society</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:05:32 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=8">Government &amp; Foreign Affairs</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jubilee Lifestyle discipleship course at Newfrontiers' Conference]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/422/jubilee_lifestyle_discipleship_course_at_newfrontiers_conference</link><description><![CDATA[The launch of the Jubilee Lifestyle discipleship course got off to a good start by featuring prominently at two Christian conferences over the weekend - one in Milton Keynes, the other in Sheffield. I was very happy I attended the Newfrontiers' conference 'Jubilee +' on church social action, led by Martin Charlesworth and team. It was a measure of the engagement, energy and enthusiasm of the 400 or so people who attended the conference that we weren't distracted by the 27 degree heat in the auditorium!...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/422/jubilee_lifestyle_discipleship_course_at_newfrontiers_conference</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:05:19 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=2">Christianity &amp; Religion</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=5">Lifestyle Issues</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uniformity or mutuality? The new equality law in Christian perspective]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/cp_comments/421/uniformity_or_mutuality_the_new_equality_law_in_christian_perspective</link><description><![CDATA[The Equality Act 2010 was the last major piece of legislation to be passed under the British &#8216;New Labour&#8217; Government. This paper explains briefly what equality law does as well as two groups of related problem cases. It sets out a biblical foundation for equality as well as a distinctive conception characterised more by mutuality than uniformity. Against this background, the paper argues that we need to combat an equality culture which trivialises religious and ethical disagreement, to reform the law to protect the pluralism of civil society and accommodate individuals, and to rediscover the real issue of equality, which is material, relational and spiritual poverty....]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/cp_comments/421/uniformity_or_mutuality_the_new_equality_law_in_christian_perspective</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=8">Government &amp; Foreign Affairs</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=7">Crime &amp; Justice</category></item><atom:link href="http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog.xml.php" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /></channel></rss>
