Wealth: Blessing or curse?
ResPublica's Director Phillip Blond will deliver his lecture "Towards a Moral Market" on 9th April, 7.30pm, as part of the Hugh Price Hughes Lecture Series 2013, held at the Hinde Street Methodist Church.
ResPublica's Director Phillip Blond will deliver his lecture "Towards a Moral Market" on 9th April, 7.30pm, as part of the Hugh Price Hughes Lecture Series 2013, held at the Hinde Street Methodist Church.
As part of the 2013 Westminster Faith Debates, ResPublica's Chair of Trustees, Professor John Milbank, will speak at the event 'Do Christians really oppose gay marriage?' on 18th April at 5.30 pm. The discussion will be chaired by the Rt Hon Charles Clarke and Prof Linda Woodhead, and the other speaker include Professor Stephen Holmes, […]
HowTheLightGetsIn, the world's largest philosophy and music festival, will this year be held between 23rd May and 2nd June. ResPublica's Director, Phillip Blond, will be speaking at three events on Monday 27th May. 12.00pm - Politics, Power, and Religion From the divine right of kings to the Protestant work ethic and the exporting of Christianity, […]
On 12th June 2013, ResPublica will launch its latest publication, Risk Waiver: closing the protection gap and easing the flow of credit, which explores the potential for insurance protection products to stimulate the credit market. Recent Bank of England of England statistics suggest current Government attempts to stimulate the market are having a limited effect […]
This year's Blue Labour Midlands Seminar will take place on the 5th July at the University of Nottingham. ResPublica's Professor John Milbank, Dr Adrian Pabst and Caroline Julian will take part in the discussions. The aim of this seminar is to gather Blue Labour thinkers, supporters and activists to explore and discuss substantive and emerging […]
On Wednesday 10th July 2013, ResPublica launched its latest report, Holistic Mission: Social Action and the Church of England, authored by ResPublica Director, Phillip Blond and ResPublica Research Associate, James Noyes. The report urges that the Church must be recognised by the state as an enabling institution that plays a crucial role in delivering public […]
ResPublica hosted a full day 'thought leaders' conference, entitled 'Raising the Roof', which explored and identified a new 'social bar' for housing associations, setting out the sector's ambitions for the future. In the context of the Localism and Social Value Acts, and the enormous transformations in welfare and public sector provision, the conference set out […]
ResPublica is launching its latest report: 'The Community Renewables Economy: Starting up, scaling up and spinning out'. Supported by RenewableUK, Co-operative Energy, Airvolution and Infinergy, and drawing on new data based on an independent survey, the Green Paper sets out the potential GW capacity of community energy in the UK, and outlines a series of […]
4000% Are payday loans ever in the consumer interest? On the back of a recent Office for Fair Trading report on payday loans; the short-term lending sector has come under increased criticism and scrutiny. With some payday lenders exhibiting unethical and unscrupulous behaviour, it is unclear whether payday lending functions as a crucial form of […]
4000% Are payday loans ever in the consumer interest? On the back of a recent Office for Fair Trading report on payday loans; the short-term lending sector has come under increased criticism and scrutiny. With some payday lenders exhibiting unethical and unscrupulous behaviour, it is unclear whether payday lending functions as a crucial form of […]