Visit KLICE’s Election 2015 page for theological and other resources to help you reflect on the issues in the general election from a serious Christian perspective.
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In the penultimate issue in the Ethics in Brief 2015 Election series, 'Blue Labour + Red Tory = Christian Democracy?' Nicholas Townsend reflects on the continental European political movement Christian Democracy, explains why British scepticism towards it is ill-judged and finds parallels in two recent trends in domestic politics.
The final issue in the series, on the Labour Party, will be published soon.
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In April’s KLICE Election Comment, Adrian Hilton addresses the United Kingdom Independence Party, a party not covered in our Election Ethics in Brief series, and argues that there are plausible ethical reasons for Christians to support it.
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A second Show Up video encouraging Christians to get involved in politics was launched at Spring Harvest on 14th April. Conservative MP Gary Streeter MP and Labour MP Rob Flello have issued this press release.
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Read a review of the Archbishop of York's book On Rock or Sand? by Jonathan Warner.
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Keep Sunday Special (a project of the Relationships Foundation) and USDAW have launched a new pre-election campaign to protect Sundays in the next Parliament.
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KLICE's Ethics in Brief 'A Greener Faith: Christianity and the Green Party' was cited on the front page of the 17 April edition of Church of England Newspaper and online, and in Church Times.
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