<?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, 31 Jan 2012 10:29:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><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 10:35:33 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 12:20:35 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 12:05:32 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 12:05:19 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>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 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><item><title><![CDATA[A Cure for Compulsive Consumerism]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/420/a_cure_for_compulsive_consumerism</link><description><![CDATA[Over four years ago, UNICEF published its Innocenti report Child Poverty in Perspective: An Overview of Child Well-being in Rich Countries, highlighting how the physical and emotional well-being of British children is the worst among the world's wealthiest nations. For at least some of its authors, the problem seemed to be just a question of money. Thus Professor Jonathan Bradshaw from York University claimed, 'If you're asking what is the main driver of these results, it's the fact that for a long time children in Britain have been under-invested in; not enough has been spent on them.' ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/420/a_cure_for_compulsive_consumerism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:10:05 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=5">Lifestyle Issues</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage Evidence Prevails]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/419/marriage_evidence_prevails</link><description><![CDATA[The following statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice Jonathan Djanogly, announcing the Government&#8217;s response to the ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/419/marriage_evidence_prevails</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:30:05 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=1">Sex &amp; Families</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=7">Crime &amp; Justice</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Savers and Borrowers Gap Good or Bad?]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/418/is_savers_and_borrowers_gap_good_or_bad</link><description><![CDATA[Remember how The Pinch complained about 'how the baby boomers took their children's future &#8211; and why they should give it back'? Well, today we learn that mortgage borrowers have gained £51bn owing to low interest rates, while savers have lost out on £43bn. As the Today programme put it this morning, 'These huge amounts show how low rates have shifted money between generations.' This intergenerational transfer also represents an overall gain of £8bn for the consumer, helping to drive economic growth. ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/418/is_savers_and_borrowers_gap_good_or_bad</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:19:54 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=3">Finance &amp; the Economy</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[English Riots: A Sign of The Times?]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/417/english_riots_a_sign_of_the_times</link><description><![CDATA[So, Parliament has been recalled in response to rioting in England to allow MPs to &#039;stand together in condemnation of these crimes and to stand together in determination to rebuild these communities.&#039; ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/417/english_riots_a_sign_of_the_times</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:37:53 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><item><title><![CDATA[Cyber-Bullying: The Latest Evidence]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/416/cyberbullying_the_latest_evidence</link><description><![CDATA[We have noted previously that statistics on bullying are hard to obtain and that the Commons Education and Skills Committee has identified two types of bullying of particular concern: cyber-bullying and prejudice-driven bullying. The following is the latest research on the former from academics here in Cambridge, at Anglia Ruskin University: ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/416/cyberbullying_the_latest_evidence</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:55:58 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=6">Science &amp; Technology</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=5">Lifestyle Issues</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=11">Education</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holiday Reading: God According to God by Gerald Schroeder]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/415/holiday_reading_god_according_to_god_by_gerald_schroeder</link><description><![CDATA['When we get beyond a superficial understanding of the tangible, material world, we find that the physical and the metaphysical make up a single reality, one world viewed from two vastly different perspectives.' (Gerald Schroeder, ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/415/holiday_reading_god_according_to_god_by_gerald_schroeder</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:21:32 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=6">Science &amp; Technology</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=2">Christianity &amp; Religion</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does Marriage Improve Child Development?]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/414/does_marriage_improve_child_development</link><description><![CDATA[Research published this week by the Institute for Fiscal Studies finds &#039;little or no evidence that marriage itself has any effect on children&#039;s social or cognitive development.&#039; It is worth looking at this study in the context of other similar studies. These have also found some support for theoretical perspectives emphasising parental economic disadvantage, for instance, but the most consistent support was found for a family conflict perspective. ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/414/does_marriage_improve_child_development</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:59:34 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=1">Sex &amp; Families</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Towards a Sustainable Common Fisheries Policy]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/413/towards_a_sustainable_common_fisheries_policy</link><description><![CDATA[&#039;If no reform takes place, only 8 stocks out of 136 will be at sustainable levels in 2022. In other words, if we don&#039;t make structural changes to the way we do business now, we will loose one fish stock after the other, with a possible chain reaction for the ecosystem that is hard to predict.&#039; ...]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog/413/towards_a_sustainable_common_fisheries_policy</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:24:38 GMT</pubDate><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=9">The Environment</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=5">Lifestyle Issues</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=3">Finance &amp; the Economy</category><category domain="/jubilee/blogs.php?topicID=8">Government &amp; Foreign Affairs</category></item><atom:link href="http://www.jubilee-centre.org/blog.xml.php" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /></channel></rss>
