Last night’s news of the explosions in Boston was truly horrendous. Within moments of it happening my Twitter feed went into overdrive with every picture and piece of video flying round the world as it was hastily retweeted. Even though… Read More ›
Nudge – Tearfund’s new campaigning app – a brief review
Time for a quick review of the new app from Tearfund released this week. Nudge is the sort of thing that I’ve been hoping we’d see for a while now. Tearfund like other NGOs takes lobbying and campaigning seriously, but… Read More ›
First Birthday! What I’ve learnt over the last year
Today God and Politics in the UK is one year old! On November 30th 2011 I published my first post on St. Paul’s and the Occupy protests, which you can read here. I have to admit that I had no idea what… Read More ›
Justin Welby – new Archbishop of Canterbury – this is your moment
It’s been officially unofficial over the last couple of days, but the truth is now out; Justin Welby, the Bishop of Durham, will be the new Archbishop of Canterbury. John Ingham and Jonathan Wynne-Jones’ article in the Telegraph finally gives sufficient… Read More ›
Barclays and Coutts decide ‘Bigot of the Year’ is not such a great idea after all
Can you imagine if the Church of England gave out a well publicised award for Atheist Bigot of the Year or if the Catholic Church had one for Pro-abortion Bigot of the Year? I suspect there might be one or… Read More ›
Has Social Networking Changed our Morality?
Today’s guest post is by Jennie Pollock. Jennie is currently Editor of UK media and communications at Newfrontiers. Prior to that she worked for Theos think tank. She is endlessly thankful that she gets to live in the heart of the… Read More ›