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Time poverty is destroying family life
John Alexander, March 2005
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Although greeted with scornful and derisive laughter, we in the Keep Sunday Special Campaign tried hard in the 80s and 90s to convince the country that the destruction of Sunday as a day of rest and recreation would have terrible consequences. We argued that it would damage society in a way that all of us would regret in the years ahead.
Category: News & Research
Keywords: Lifestyle Issues
How many votes for democracy?
Martyn Eden, March 2005
Price: FREE
At the last general election, in 2001, only 59.4 per cent of the electorate turned out to vote, fewer than at any election since universal, adult franchise was introduced. The Labour Party won 63 per cent of the seats but only 41 percent of the votes. That meant that only 24 per cent of the electorate backed the Government, which was hardly a popular mandate. This result was no aberration. Seldom do more than 35 per cent vote in Local elections and the UK has the lowest turnout in elections for the European Parliament.
Category: News & Research
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs
Votewise in focus: healthcare
Nick Spencer, March 2005
Price: FREE
Nigel Lawson once called the NHS 'the closest thing the English have to a religion'. It is not hard to see what he meant. The NHS has been one of the two or three most important issues facing Britain in the public mind for each of the last fifteen years and the public's top spending priority since records began in 1983.
Category: News & Research
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs, Health
What is the Christian vision for Britain?
Michael Schluter, March 2005
Price: FREE
A well known proverb says 'Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law', Proverbs 29.18 (NIV). In the AV, this version reads, 'Where there is no vision, the people perish'. The idea is the same. A social vision matters. But a social vision ultimately has to find its roots in revelation if it is to be sustainable.
Category: News & Research
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs
Transport and Mobility - Votewise Bible Study 5
Nick Spencer, January 2005
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Able to stand on its own, but written to accompany the chapter on transport and mobility in 'Votewise: helping Christians engage with the issues' (SPCK 2004), this study explores the biblical emphasis upon rootnedness in place as well the exceptional call of God to 'leave your father's household'. It encourages us to reflect on how the principle of rootnedness might find application more generally in society today.
Category: Bible Studies
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs, Lifestyle Issues
Money and the Economy - Votewise Bible Study 8
Nick Spencer, January 2005
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Able to stand on its own, but written to accompany the chapter on criminal justice in 'Votewise: helping Christians engage with the issues' (SPCK 2004), this study explores biblical principles for economic organisation as well as biblical teaching about money generally - since it is our relationship with money that, for good or ill, shapes our wider economic objectives.
Category: Bible Studies
Keywords: Finance & the Economy, Government & Foreign Affairs
International Order - Votewise Bible Study 3
Nick Spencer, January 2005
Price: FREE
Able to stand on its own, but written to accompany the chapter on the international order in 'Votewise: helping Christians engage with the issues' (SPCK 2004), this study explores the biblical idea of a 'multi-polar' society and biblical teaching about the role of government to shed light on today's international issues.
Category: Bible Studies
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs
Jubilee Manifesto: a framework, agenda and strategy for Christian social reform
Michael Schluter and John Ashcroft (eds.), January 2005
Price: £12.99 (free download)
The definitive statement of Jubilee Centre thinking, Jubilee Manifesto arises from over two decades of serious reflection and practical experience. It presents an alternative to Capitalism, Socialism and other ideologies by identifying relationships as the foundation stone of any society. Ultimately it is the quality of those relationships in families, communities, organisations and between institutions that holds society together and makes life worth living. Through careful study of the Bible, the contributors explore how a relational society approaches nationhood, government, family, welfare, finance, economics, criminal justice and international relations. They then offer insights into the challenges of and strategies for Christian social reform. For those wanting to understand the biblical vision for society and how to go about implementing it in the 21st century there is no better place to start.
Click on the 'Download Resource' button to view a four page introduction to Jubilee Manifesto.
Category: Books
Keywords: Crime & Justice, Finance & the Economy, Government & Foreign Affairs
Education - Votewise Bible Study 4
Nick Spencer, January 2005
Price: FREE
Able to stand on its own, but written to accompany the chapter on education in 'Votewise: helping Christians engage with the issues' (SPCK 2004), this study explores the biblical emphasis upon growth in wisdom and the knowledge of God as well as being equipped for 'good works' to challenge our thinking about the methods and objectives of education.
Category: Bible Studies
Keywords: Education, Government & Foreign Affairs
Criminal Justice - Votewise Bible Study 7
Nick Spencer, January 2005
Price: FREE
Able to stand on its own, but written to accompany the chapter on criminal justice in 'Votewise: helping Christians engage with the issues' (SPCK 2004), this study invites us to consider two archetypal acts of justice - the Exodus and Christ's passion - as well as some of the criminal and civil codes of the Old Testament to inform our thinking about issues such as retributive versus rehabilitative sentencing.
Category: Bible Studies
Keywords: Crime & Justice, Government & Foreign Affairs