Is there a biblical case for making reparations for slavery?

Mar 21, 2024 by

by Colin Hart, Christian Today: The issue of whether reparations should be made for British involvement in the transatlantic slave trade has come to the fore again as a result of the recent report from the oversight group set up by the...

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Lord Sewell: Church slavery fund is just for show

Mar 17, 2024 by

By Alice Thomson, James Beal, The Times: The Church of England’s £1 billion ­slavery reparation fund is “almost like bribery”, the government’s former race tsar said, as he said that ­Britain was much less racist than 40 years ago. Lord...

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Church of England’s slavery fund is ‘almost like bribery’, says Tory peer

Mar 16, 2024 by

from The Telegraph: Lord Sewell, who led a Government inquiry into racial inequality, says the church’s investment scheme is ‘for show’. A Tory peer who led a controversial government inquiry into racial disparity has claimed the Church...

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‘The Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice’: a discussion

Mar 15, 2024 by

by John Root, Psephizo: By a macabre coincidence the Church of England is simultaneously engaged in debates about safeguarding and the victims of abuse, and responses to its involvement in slavery in the Caribbean. Both issues raise two...

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Where is the debate on slavery reparations?

Mar 14, 2024 by

by Andrew Carey, CEN: It is surprising that the first civilisation to abolish slavery – a near universal historical practice – is also the first to be so racked with guilt that it is prepared to make reparations centuries after the...

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Should the Church generate a £1 billion fund for slavery reparations?

Mar 8, 2024 by

by Ian Paul, Psephizo: PR car-crashes for the Church of England are like buses—there are none for ages, then three come along at once. Except for the Church of England, the ‘there are none for ages’ bit isn’t true. Following the constant...

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