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Director's Publications - a selection of downloadable pieces:

For more of the Director’s publications, see the People page and the Ethics in Brief page.

• A feature article entitled 'Why a "Just Society" must also be a "Big Society"', in the policy journal of a Canadian Christian think tank, Cardus.

• "Football needs a theology of liberation'': published in the online Comment is Free section of the Guardian

• "Law can be influenced by religion'': published in the online Comment is Free section of the Guardian

• "Will there ever be a US president who doesn't do God?'': published in the online Comment is Free section of the Guardian

• "Religion, royalty and the media'': published in the online Comment is Free section of the Guardian

• "Was the Osama bin Laden killing an act of just war?'': published in the online Comment is Free section of the Guardian

• A selection of writings and audio on the Cardus website

• A view of the first 6 months of the Coalition government, for a North American readership: 'Coalitions, cuts and compromises' in Comment magazine

• On the McFarlane v Relate case: 'Religious influence on law: a response to Lord Justice Laws', UKSC blog 11 June

• 'A response to the 'secularist manifesto'': published in the online Comment is Free section of the Guardian

• 'The Westminster Declaration Defended': published in the online Comment is Free section of the Guardian

• 'There's more to faith than sex':published in the online Comment is Free section of the Guardian

• 'The statecraft of the UK Coalition Government', in 'Capital Commentary'

• 'Bipartisanship 101, UK style', in 'Capital Commentary'

• On electoral reform, in 'Comment and Debate' section of Theos website

Click here for a rebuttal by human rights lawyer James Collins.

• Reflections on the rise in religous involvement in the election:

'Comment and Debate' section of Theos website

• Pre-election article in Ethics in Brief

• Feature article, 'Loving Faithful Institutions: Building Blocks of a Just Global Order', The Other Journal 14 April 2010.

• Guardian Face to Faith column on role of faith in democratic debate, December 2009

• articles on 'Can Nations be Christian?' and 'Can Nations be Secular?'

'Integrity in Solidarity: Christian Professionals in a Plural Public Sphere', presented at conference on higher education organised by IAPCHE, Netherlands, April 2009

• ‘States of secularism’, published in the online Comment is Free section of the Guardian

Talking God: The Legitimacy of Religious Public Reasoning (Theos, 2009)

• the 2008 ‘Kuyper Lecture’ of the Center for Public Justice, held at the University of Villanova, PA on 23 October 2008, entitled ‘A Christian-democratic Vision: Foundations and Futures’

• article on the Fulcrum website, entitled ‘Law, Faith and Freedom: A Critical Appreciation of Archbishop Williams’ Lecture

• article on ‘Christian Public Engagement in a Secularised Society’ published in The Bible in Transmission (Winter 2007), 9-11

• a posting on 'Can secularism learn to love pluralism?' in the ‘The Current Debate’ section of the Theos website, on whether politicians’ religious convictions should influence their voting

• lecture entitled ‘Speaking from Faith in Democracy’ delivered at the KLICE inaugural event, January 2007

• other articles published in the online Canadian journal Comment

• article in American journal Pro Rege, ’Defining Public Justice in a Plural Society’

• article in American journal Pro Rege, ‘Silencing the Silencers: Reclaiming a Public Voice for Christian Faith’

1. Colloquium on Biblical Law will take place on 19-20 March. Click here for booking form.

2. Latest KLICE News published for January 2012.

3. Video: Director interviewed on PM’s speech on ‘Christian Britain’.

4. Audio and video recordings of 'Sustainability in Crisis' conference now available on Faraday Institute website.