<?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>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:54:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: The Pinch]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/268/book_review_the_pinch</link><description><![CDATA['Choice and freedom are everything. We might argue about whether we like it or dislike it but the liberal progressives and the moral pessimists agree on the trend. Then there really is little chance of society meaning much apart from perhaps, if we are lucky, a feeble agreement on how we are going to disagree with each other.' (David Willetts, ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/268/book_review_the_pinch</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:54:04 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=4">Worldviews &amp; Culture</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=1">Sex &amp; Families</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=3">Finance &amp; the Economy</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Archbishops’ BNP Counsel]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/267/archbishops_bnp_counsel</link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday I was asked in a radio interview for my opinion on the new guidance from the Archbishops&#8217; Council informing clergy that they &#039;are under no legal obligation to include the BNP in election hustings meetings&#039; (so long as the other parties&#8217; representatives declare the fact). ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/267/archbishops_bnp_counsel</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:45:52 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=2">Christianity &amp; Religion</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=8">Government &amp; Foreign Affairs</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growth in Inequality]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/266/growth_in_inequality</link><description><![CDATA[Today&#039;s report from the National Equality Panel disturbingly begins &#039;Britain is an unequal country, more so than many other industrialised countries and more so than it was a generation ago.&#039; ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/266/growth_in_inequality</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:14:44 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=3">Finance &amp; the Economy</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Privacy vs Safety - What do you think?]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/265/privacy_vs_safety_what_do_you_think</link><description><![CDATA[Last week the news, when not updating the death toll and aid efforts in Haiti, was filled with accounts of the Edlington &#039;torture attack&#039; brothers. The pair, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were aged just 10 and 11 when they threatened to kill their nine and 11-year-old victims in a &#039;sadistic&#039; attack. ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/265/privacy_vs_safety_what_do_you_think</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:00:11 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=7">Crime &amp; Justice</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=1">Sex &amp; Families</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Votewise Election Watch: Education]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/264/votewise_election_watch_education</link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday the Conservatives published their draft education manifesto, which contained a number of interesting points. Self-described in the media as &#8216;brazenly elitist&#8217;, the new policies promise to raise teaching standards by employing only the best graduates &#8211; all teachers would be required to achieve at least a 2:2 in their degree, and have at least a &#8216;B&#8217; grade in GCSE English and Maths. (Currently 2 per cent of primary school teachers and 3 per cent of secondary teachers gained a third, and a &#8216;C&#8217; in GCSE English and Maths is required.) The draft also included the provision for teachers to use reasonable force to deal with disruptive and violent pupils without fear of legal action, and the ability for headteachers to pay good teachers more, enabling struggling schools to attract the teachers who will help turn them around....]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/264/votewise_election_watch_education</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:29:08 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=8">Government &amp; Foreign Affairs</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=11">Education</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rights vs. Responsibilities]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/263/rights_vs_responsibilities</link><description><![CDATA['All children will get lessons on how to say &#8220;no&#8221; to sex under reforms proposed yesterday by David Cameron to mend Britain&#8217;s &#8220;broken society.&#8221; He said school curriculums should include teaching about sexual consent &#8211; with an emphasis on &#8220;empowering&#8221; youngsters to refuse.' (Daily Express, 18 Jan 2010) ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/263/rights_vs_responsibilities</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:25:27 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=1">Sex &amp; Families</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=11">Education</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Economic Green Shoots: Only 1m using credit cards to pay mortgage]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/262/economic_green_shoots_only_1m_using_credit_cards_to_pay_mortgage</link><description><![CDATA[Earlier this week it was widely reported that one million households have borrowed money on a credit card to pay their mortgage or rent over the past year &#8211; 6 per cent of those liable for such payments. The charity Shelter claimed that this was a &#039;shocking discovery&#039;. ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/262/economic_green_shoots_only_1m_using_credit_cards_to_pay_mortgage</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:14:07 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=3">Finance &amp; the Economy</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Votewise Election Watch: Immigration]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/261/votewise_election_watch_immigration</link><description><![CDATA[Race and immigration is currently the second greatest concern to voters, after the economy, with 33 per cent identifying it as the most important issue facing Britain today (and consistently so throughout most of the last decade). Recent projections from the Office for National Statistics suggest that the UK's population will exceed 65 million by 2018 and 70 million by 2029, with two-thirds of that increase being caused, directly or indirectly, by migration to the UK. Now, Balanced Migration, a cross-party group of MPs and peers, including the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey, has called on the main parties to make a manifesto pledge not to allow the UK's population to exceed 70 million. ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/261/votewise_election_watch_immigration</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:56:56 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=8">Government &amp; Foreign Affairs</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Votewise Election Watch: Health]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/260/votewise_election_watch_health</link><description><![CDATA[The Conservative party has published its draft health manifesto. In it, they pledge to 'focus on the health results that really matter' and commit to 'improving the health of the nation.' However, there has been little serious discussion of what 'health' actually is. ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/260/votewise_election_watch_health</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:43:07 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=10">Health</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=8">Government &amp; Foreign Affairs</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoplifting: the Message of Christmas?]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/259/shoplifting_the_message_of_christmas</link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps I shouldn&#8217;t rise to these things but you may have read the story of Tim Jones who is the priest of the St Lawrence and St Hilda church in York. According to the BBC News he &#8216;advised his congregation to shoplift if they find themselves in hard times.&#8217; ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/259/shoplifting_the_message_of_christmas</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:05:04 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=7">Crime &amp; Justice</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=2">Christianity &amp; Religion</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Self-Defence and Proportionate, Reasonable Force]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/258/on_selfdefence_and_proportionate_reasonable_force</link><description><![CDATA['If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; but if it happens after sunrise, he is guilty of bloodshed.' (Exodus 22:2-3) There has been outrage in the media after Munir Hussain and his brother Tokeer were jailed for 30 and 39 months respectively after they gave chase to and caused permanent brain damage to one of a group of intruders who attacked Munir and his family at knife-point in their home. ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/258/on_selfdefence_and_proportionate_reasonable_force</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:24:12 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=7">Crime &amp; Justice</category></item><item><title><![CDATA['To Release the Oppressed': Reclaiming a biblical theology of liberation]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/cp_comments/257/to_release_the_oppressed_reclaiming_a_biblical_theology_of_liberation</link><description><![CDATA[Liberation is one of the great slogans of modern politics and one of the major themes of the Bible. The Exodus from Egyptian bondage was the foundational narrative of the Jewish nation, and Jesus inaugurated his ministry by announcing that he had come &#8216;to release the oppressed&#8217;. Scripture teaches that Christ brings redemption from slavery to sin, but it also depicts deliverance from material forms of oppression. This paper explains how that biblical theme has inspired early modern revolutionaries and nineteenth-century abolitionists as well as modern liberation theologians. While highlighting the failings of Christian liberationists (old and new), the paper concludes that we need a holistic theology of liberation which addresses the diverse forms of spiritual, relational and material enslavement that are rife in the twenty-first century....]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/cp_comments/257/to_release_the_oppressed_reclaiming_a_biblical_theology_of_liberation</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=2">Christianity &amp; Religion</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Made in Israel?]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/256/made_in_israel</link><description><![CDATA[Food imported from the West Bank and other parts of the Palestinian territories will soon have to bear a label clarifying whether it is produced by Palestinians or by farmers in Israeli settlements (previously, labels only read &#8216;Israel&#8217; or &#8216;West Bank&#8217;). Under international law, Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories are illegal. Although the UK government claims to be opposed to a boycott of Israeli-grown food from the West Bank, it recognises the problem that these settlements pose to international peace....]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/256/made_in_israel</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:05:40 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[More People to Work Christmas Day]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/255/more_people_to_work_christmas_day</link><description><![CDATA['Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it.' (A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens) Christmas is traditionally the biggest family holiday of the year, but it seems that a loophole in legislation protecting workers' rights to time off means that many more than previously will be working on December 25th this year. ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/255/more_people_to_work_christmas_day</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:54:11 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=4">Worldviews &amp; Culture</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=1">Sex &amp; Families</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=3">Finance &amp; the Economy</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding the iWorld]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/254/understanding_the_iworld</link><description><![CDATA[&#160;Jeep's new advertising campaign has the tagline "i live. i ride. i am." Assuming the final assertion alludes to the Cartesian claims of René Descartes, rather than the divine claims of Jesus, this offers yet another interesting insight into how the world of advertising is exploiting ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/254/understanding_the_iworld</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:00:32 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=4">Worldviews &amp; Culture</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Climategate to Copenhagen]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/253/from_climategate_to_copenhagen</link><description><![CDATA['At an ethical level the scientific community, like the rest of society, can only function as it practises values which resonate with its Christian roots, such as truth-telling and co-operation. Currently these are maintained within the community largely on utilitarian grounds, but those grounds may eventually prove insufficiently robust. Naturalism has no resources to generate or justify such values. As a philosophy it provides a poor option for the healthy functioning of the scientific enterprise.' (Denis Alexander (1999) ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/253/from_climategate_to_copenhagen</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:55:41 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=9">The Environment</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=6">Science &amp; Technology</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Universal Children's Day]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/252/universal_childrens_day</link><description><![CDATA[Without any hint of irony, the British Humanist Association has today unveiled its follow-up adverts to the atheist bus campaign so as to coincide with Universal Children's Day,&#160;a day of activity devoted to promoting the ideals and objectives of the United Nations' Charter and the welfare of the children of the world. ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/252/universal_childrens_day</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:10:57 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=4">Worldviews &amp; Culture</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=11">Education</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Sex Education Plans]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/251/new_sex_education_plans</link><description><![CDATA[The Department for Children, Schools and Families has today announced its response to the Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group: 'The Government has taken forward all the major recommendations including making sex and relationships education statutory within Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education from 2011' and is to invest more than £45 million in improving young people's awareness and access to effective contraception. ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/251/new_sex_education_plans</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:20:52 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=1">Sex &amp; Families</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=11">Education</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Redefining Justice]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/250/redefining_justice</link><description><![CDATA[An independent study published today by Victims&#8217; Champion Sara Payne calls on the government to 'redefine' justice to give greater priority to victims of crime. The mother of Sarah Payne, who was murdered by a paedophile in 2000, writes, 'The most compelling theme throughout my time as Victims' Champion has been the need to treat victims and witnesses as individuals, with individual needs.'...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/250/redefining_justice</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:21:23 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=7">Crime &amp; Justice</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is my Stranger?]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/249/who_is_my_stranger</link><description><![CDATA[Lately I have noticed an increasing and worrying trend for pre-teens to be using adult social networking sites such as Facebook. When I have asked parents whether they are aware that Facebook has a minimum age policy among its terms and conditions ('4.3 You will not use Facebook if you are under 13.'), their use is usually dismissed as 'They only have contact with their schoolfriends' or 'They only play the games'. Most are unconcerned that every time a new game is played or quiz taken, personal details are being handed over to unknown strangers. Most appear not to have heard of '...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/249/who_is_my_stranger</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:04:11 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=6">Science &amp; Technology</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=5">Lifestyle Issues</category></item><atom:link href="http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog.xml.php" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /></channel></rss>