Archive for January 2014

Religion in the United Nations

Posted on: 19/01/14 | Posted By: Jeremy Carrette | Category: Blog

“United Nations too Christian” was the Guardian headline for a story on our report Religious NGOs at The United Nations this January. This slant caught the imagination, and led to news stories around the world. The research to which it refers is from an AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society project that examined the place of religious…
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The Opportunity of New Leadership

Posted on: 08/01/14 | Posted By: Charles Clarke | Category: Blog

In 2013 we got a new Pope, a new Archbishop of Canterbury and a new Chief Rabbi. As far as I can make out only once before have all these three faiths got a new leader in the same year. This was in 1758 when Clement 13, Thomas Secker and Hart Lyon took office; indeed…
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