I’ve been wondering recently how politicians should relate to churches and other faith groups. What sparked it was a service at Coventry Cathedral this Sunday. The event was basically a get-together of several different churches in the city, and had a short slot where a leading local councillor was asked about how the city as [...]
Having said in my last post that there is no party that entirely reflects Christian values, that raises the question of why I chose to join the Green Party. The answer lies not in policies, which change over time, but in values, which tend to be stable for much longer.
Of the six national parties with [...]
Although faith and politics should not be separated, Christians need to be careful how we link the two. There are ways of doing politics as Christians which are unhelpful. The most obvious example of getting it wrong is America’s Religious Right, who have turned many US churches into de facto branches of the Republican Party [...]
Ghandi once said that “anyone who thinks that religion and politics can be kept apart understands neither religion or politics”. For a Christian like myself who is a member of a political party, the question of how my faith and my politics should interact is really important.
In today’s world there are many different takes on [...]