Personal diary of John Barnabas (aka Barney) Leith
From the monthly archives:
Questions raised over C of E report on church schools and community cohesion
By staff writers
27 Nov 2009
A report commissioned by the Church of England claims that faith schools are better at building relationships with their local communities than non-religious schools.
But critics say that the report does not demonstrate this, and instead gives church schools [...]
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From The Times
November 26, 2009
Violence: let’s separate the men from the boys
Posters, T-shirts and education campaigns won’t do. Only robust child protection will break the cycle for boys – and girls
Camila Batmanghelidjh
It is wonderful to hear that the Government is launching an “ambitious strategy aiming to bring an [...]
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Well, last week was an interesting one. Monday I drove over to Windsor (yes, Windsor where the Castle is) to follow the “Many Heavens, One Earth” celebration of environmental commitments by major faith communities.
I had been asked to provide material for the story about the event that appeared on the Baha’i World News Service.
Who was [...]
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Human dignity is indivisible
By David Kilgour, Citizen SpecialNovember 6, 2009Be the first to post a comment
One dismaying estimate of the number of people who died violently because of their religion between 1900 and 2000 includes 70 million Muslims; 35 million Christians; 11 million Hindus; nine million Jews; four million Buddhists; two million Sikhs and one [...]
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