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What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?
History & The Arts

What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?

...religion, the French Enlightenment thinker prefigured an approach now familiar in the West...[Voltaire by William Blake] Voltaire by William Blake After Ignatius Loyola formed the Society of Jesus in 1539, he required that his missionaries send back detailed letters describing their activities and the peoples and places they encountered. In France, over the course of the...
Sacred and secular: Jaclyn Neo
Society, Politics & Law

Sacred and secular: Jaclyn Neo

A focus on the Malaysian government's use of law and religion to exercise power...Transcript
Sacred and secular
Society, Politics & Law

Sacred and secular

Leaders in the fields of religion, law and business discuss the complications when the three align in this short video series.
Sacred and secular: Cole Durham
Society, Politics & Law

Sacred and secular: Cole Durham

Broader autonomy is needed in religious organisations, argues the director of International Center for Law and Religion Studies...Transcript
Sacred and secular: Silvio Ferrari
Society, Politics & Law

Sacred and secular: Silvio Ferrari

This video looks at the problems connected to religious freedom and the imbalanced protection of religion within the secular state. ...Transcript
Sacred and secular: Iain Benson
Society, Politics & Law

Sacred and secular: Iain Benson

Recognising differences is one way law and religion can complement eachother, says Professor Iain Benson. ...Transcript
Philosophy and the Human Situation
History & The Arts

Philosophy and the Human Situation

...religion and another, or between some religion and no religion, can be rationally held Environmental Values Philosophy lecturer Chris Belshaw discusses environmental philosophy and distinguishes between ways in which it has been claimed that aspects of the environment can be valuable Functionalism about the mind Philosophy lecturer Alex Barber discusses two materialist...
Revolutions of the Sixties
History & The Arts

Revolutions of the Sixties

...religion, economics and technology. In A Spiritual Revolution?: Wicca and religious change in the 1960s, you’ll consider whether religious change in the Sixties can be considered as a spiritual revolution. You’ll explore how traditional religion was challenged, and how new religions such as Wicca (a form of modern Paganism) emerged from an age where sexual norms,...