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Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...religion: Islam, you will explore how attitudes and opinions within a single religious tradition can be internally diverse. You will look at Islam in particular, considering the diversity of Muslim attitudes to same-sex relationships. This will focus mainly on relationships between men because Muslim legal experts did not pay nearly as much attention to lesbian sex and...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Exploring Religion in London
History & The Arts

Exploring Religion in London

...Religion in London Wat Buddhapadipa Temple Phramaha Bhatsakorn Piyobhaso: My name is Phramaha Bhatsakorn Piyobhaso. I would like to welcome you to the Buddhapadipa Temple, as a part of a 360 video. The main temple was completed in 1981, and we started in 1979. The building was designed by the national Thai architect, in a Thai style. We wanted to show the western people...
Environment: LA River
Nature & Environment

Environment: LA River

...LA River A short introduction to this album. Who Killed the LA River? The worst floods in the history of Los Angeles. How the river was contained and its flood plain became part of the city. Rediscovering the LA River The forgotten part of Los Angeles. A journey through the unused public land that lines the river today. LA: Chinatown Yard Claiming the last vast space in...
60-Second Adventures in Religion
History & The Arts

60-Second Adventures in Religion

...religion was like Opium - or whether religion is possible without a god? Voiced by David Mitchell, this series of four 60 second animations examines different ways that religion has been viewed by non-religious thinkers. As well as Marx and Dawkins, religion is put under the microscope by thinkers Auguste Comte and JJ Bachoffen... Religion as social control Had ......
The ‘boundarylessness’ of African-Caribbean religions
History & The Arts

The ‘boundarylessness’ of African-Caribbean religions

...religions? Hilde Capparella, a PhD research student at The Open University, explores African-Caribbean traditions and religions in this article...Transcript African and African-Caribbean religions and the issue of stigmatisation [George Baxter, The Reverend Robert Moffat, 1 April 1843] The Reverend Robert Moffat by George Baxter (1843) Historically, African traditional...
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...Dan Kitwood/Getty Images...Religious diversity: rethinking religion: 2.4 Pentecostal Christianity in London - Today, Pentecostal churches may account for half of London’s Christian worshippers (Fesenmyer, 2016). Pentecostals emphasize the immediacy, power and present-day reality of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost is recorded in the Acts of Apostles in the New Testament of...
Religion, Faith, Spirituality and Worldviews?
History & The Arts

Religion, Faith, Spirituality and Worldviews?

...religion, faith, spirituality and worldviews mean? This animation explores the themes further. ...People today use various terms to describe their beliefs about the world and the practices and rituals which go alongside them. In this film we look closely at four frequently used terms: religion, faith, spirituality, and worldviews. We see that while they will sometimes...