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New Academies, New Opportunities: An Assessment of Conservative Party Education Policy
Dr Guy Brandon & Dr John Hayward, March 2010
Price: FREE
This report responds to the Conservative Party's draft education policy. It begins by summarising the most important points of the policy and offers an overview of some of the major Christian principles of education. It then looks at the policy implications and how parents and other interested parties might help found and shape the new schools created by this initiative. The intention is to identify key opportunities and how such groups might engage with these, and the policy issues that it is hoped the Conservatives will address.
Category: Reports
Keywords: Education
Votewise Now! Helping Christians engage with the issues
Rose Lynas (ed.), March 2010
Price: £4.49
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"What this book may call us to is the revitalisation of politics as a whole." (Dr Peter Selby, former Bishop of Worcester)
Votewise Now! argues that politics should be first and foremost about right relationships, and that the best way to 'do' politics is to engage with the things that really concern people.
Containing ten concise chapters written by experts in their field, this helpful volume examines 'the most important issues facing Britain today'. After outlining the key debates within each, Votewise Now! turns to biblical teaching for a Christian perspective, and then offers a series of principles against which readers may evaluate party promises and so vote wisely. The book concludes with a Christian MP from each of the UK's three main political parties responding to the question, 'Why should a Christian vote for your party?'
Don't miss the accompanying short video and additional group discussion materials!
Category: Books
Keywords: Crime & Justice, Education, Finance & the Economy, Government & Foreign Affairs, Health, The Environment
Cohabitation in the 21st Century
John Hayward & Guy Brandon, February 2010
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The nature of cohabitation in the UK presents a rapidly changing landscape. This report provides an up-to-date analysis of cohabitation statistics, using the most recent British Household Panel Survey data. It shows that cohabitation is a less stable form of relationship today than it was 15 years ago and is generally short-lived. This is particularly pronounced for those couples with children. Contrary to popular opinion, cohabitation does not serve as a ‘trial marriage’ but instead significantly increases the odds of divorce.
Discuss the report on our blog, at Common Law Marriage.
(N.B. Report updated 4 March 2010)
Category: Reports
Keywords: Lifestyle Issues, Sex & Families
UK Marriage Index 2010
John Hayward, February 2010
Price: FREE
Marriage rates in England and Wales have fallen to their lowest level since records began in 1862. This need not necessarily be a bad thing as the number of marriages in a given year may mask, for instance, the fact that there were an unusually high number of marriages in the previous year or that most people are already married. More worryingly, however, a broader measure of the health of marriage introduced by the Jubilee Centre in 2009 has also dropped to a new low, dipping below 60 per cent for the first time.
Category: News & Research
Keywords: Sex & Families
Dale Kuehne on his time at the Jubilee Centre
Dr Dale Kuehne, January 2010
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Politics professor and pastor, the author of "Sex and the iWorld: Rethinking relationships in an age of individualism" describes a life-changing journey of discovery that started with the Jubilee Centre and his contact with the media. To find out more about Dale's iWorld discovery, come hear him speak at our May 15th conference, Beyond Individualism.
Category: AV Media
Keywords: Christianity & Religion
'From Every Kind of Oppression'
John Hayward, December 2009
Price: FREE
Modern slavery is thriving and millions of vulnerable people are subjected to debt bondage and trafficked across the globe. In many parts of the world, women are oppressed by honour killings, forced prostitution, genital excision, (sex-selective) abortion, and exclusion from education and literacy. The poor are exploited by unfair trade, and large swathes of the world’s population are denied basic religious freedoms.
Category: News & Research
Keywords: Christianity & Religion
'To Release the Oppressed': Reclaiming a biblical theology of liberation
John Coffey, December 2009 4 comments
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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 ‘to release the oppressed’. 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.
Category: Cambridge Papers
Keywords: Christianity & Religion
Book Review: Peacemakers - Building stability in a complex world
Peter Dixon (reviewed by David Wong), November 2009
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Written from a primarily Christian perspective but also applying widely accepted international principles, Peacemakers: Building stability in a complex world by Peter Dixon explores the nature and causes of conflict and the options for intervention before going on to suggest how people can involve themselves in working towards peace, stability and reconciliation as third parties in 21st century violent conflict, particularly those of an intra-state nature.
Category: News & Research
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs
The Best Idea in the World: How putting relationships first transforms everything
Mark Greene, November 2009
Price: £6.00
The greatest commandment is to think relationally: “Love God. Love your neighbour.” In this compelling and liberating book, Mark Greene reveals its extraordinarily practical implications for every area of life, showing how putting relationships first in our thinking and living is not only a liberating basis for our personal lives but a robust and dynamic foundation for our society and our global community.
Category: Books
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Lifestyle Issues
Creation in Crisis: Christian Perspectives on Sustainability
Robert White (ed.), October 2009
Price: £9.50
Following on from the success of Christianity, Climate Change and Sustainable Living, Professor White has brought together a distinguished group of scientific and theological minds to explore 'the seriousness of environmental degradation and climate change, the root causes and possible solutions, and the contribution of Christian thinking to these issues.'
Contributions include Sir John Houghton on sustainable climate and the future of energy, chapters by Ellen Davis, Calvin DeWitt and Richard Carter on agriculture, land use and water, Douglas Moo on transforming Christian perspectives on creation and new creation, and Jonathan Moo on environmental unsustainability and a biblical vision of the earth's future.
Category: Books
Keywords: The Environment