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European Court of Human Rights - Strasbourg, France. An international court established by the European Convention on Human Rights. It hears applications alleging that a contracting state has breached one or more of the human rights provisions concerning civil and political rights set out in the Convention and its protocols.

Should the UK leave the European Convention on Human Rights?

Post author:Julian Rivers
Post published:6 January 2026
Post category:News

The Council of Europe ((I am grateful to John Duddington, Peter Frost, David McIlroy and, as ever, the members of the Cambridge Papers editorial group for their extensive engagement with…

The Old Testament prophets and human flourishing

Post author:Tony Watkins
Post published:12 July 2025
Post category:News

Introduction In the modern world it is very easy to drift through a shallow version of life, experiencing fleeting pleasures, concerned only with the surface. Social media is designed to…

The Israel-Hamas War and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Post author:Colin Chapman
Post published:10 July 2024
Post category:News

Introduction Hamas’s brutal attack on 7 October 2023, and Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza have brought the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to a head. ‘Gaza,’ writes Tareq Baconi, ‘is one microcosm,…

Cashing Out? Biblical thoughts on the future of money

Post author:Paul Mills
Post published:29 December 2023
Post category:News

Introduction We are living through tumultuous times in monetary affairs. After a decade of record low, even negative interest rates, inflation has returned with a vengeance and interest rates have…

Pastoral care for the common good: How the Church can respond better in the next pandemic

Post author:Robert White
Post published:31 July 2023
Post category:News

Introduction In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new edition of The Tyranny of Merit: What’s become of the common good? (2021) was published. Its author, Michael Sandel, a…

Christianity and critical race theory

Post author:Christopher Watkin
Post published:22 July 2022
Post category:News

‘today my church, like so many others, is sharply divided, despite the fact that its ministers can agree on a very long and detailed doctrinal statement, the Westminster standards. So…

Pitfalls in combatting persecution

Post author:Judd Birdsall
Post published:5 January 2019
Post category:News

A big number of Western Christians have laudably invested their time, money, and energy to confront the massive global challenge of religious persecution.

Integration, assimilation and British values

Post author:Sean Oliver-Dee
Post published:9 October 2017
Post category:News

This paper tracks the short-term history of how questions of identity, citizenship and ‘Britishness’ were engaged with.

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Brexit in a fractured Europe

Post author:Paul Mills
Post published:29 March 2017
Post category:News

The outcome of the UK’s referendum on EU membership has highlighted deep divisions within the populace. How can we find a strategy for reconciliation?

Peacebuilding and the ending of apartheid

Post author:Jeremy Ive
Post published:7 July 2014
Post category:News

The Newick Park Initiative (NPI) in South Africa was a Christian initiative which helped to build the trust and a shared national vision.

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Should the UK leave the European Convention on Human Rights?

The Old Testament prophets and human flourishing

The Israel-Hamas War and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Cashing Out? Biblical thoughts on the future of money

Pastoral care for the common good: How the Church can respond better in the next pandemic

Christianity and critical race theory

Pitfalls in combatting persecution

Integration, assimilation and British values

Brexit in a fractured Europe

Peacebuilding and the ending of apartheid

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