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How many homeless people are there across England this month? The short answer is too many. But no one really knows, because it is hard to get statistics, especially as […]


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On Monday, William Temple Foundation held a gathering with over a hundred supporters and fellow travellers, in the bare brick and vaulted splendour of the People’s History Museum in Manchester. The […]


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Challenging Religious Studies: Part 3

by John Atherton

31 Oct 2014

This third and final edited extract from ‘Challenging Religious Studies: The Wealth, Wellbeing and Inequalities of Nations’ consists of the concluding note or ‘Afterword’ to the book. It summarises the […]


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Re-reading the Bible in Public Life

by Jo Henderson-Merrygold

29 Oct 2014

Guest blogger Jo Merrygold is an MA student in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Leeds. She is Project Assistant for the Community Religions Project (CRP). When considering […]


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Challenging Religious Studies: Part 2

by John Atherton

20 Oct 2014

In the second of a three part series to celebrate the publication of his landmark new book, William Temple Foundation Associate Research Fellow John Atherton introduces the key themes of […]


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Is the Church Abandoning the Rural?

by John Reader

15 Oct 2014

Last Thursday evening I was fortunate enough to be invited to participate in the first of the Faith Debates on the Future of the Church of England organised by Linda […]


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Our guest blogger Dr Joyce Miller is Chair of the RE Council. All opinions expressed in this blog are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of the […]


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Challenging Religious Studies: Part 1

by John Atherton

6 Oct 2014

In the first of a three part series to celebrate the publication of his landmark new book ‘Challenging Religious Studies: The Wealth, Wellbeing and Inequalities of Nations’ John Atherton introduces the […]


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Where Has Global Poverty Gone?

by Emily Winter

30 Sep 2014

Guest blogger Emily Winter is a PhD candidate at the University of Lancaster. Emily’s research focuses on Christian social action groups’ strategies to engage young people. [Editorial Note 04/19: Sadly, the […]


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The ‘Scottish’ idea of government would make the whole UK happier – so why do we persist in creating societies that do the opposite? With the date for the referendum […]


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