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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...
How can we improve teaching about Islam?
Education & Development

How can we improve teaching about Islam?

...religion and Muslim women are oppressed. Popular films like “American Sniper” reduce places like Iraq to dusty war zones, devoid of any culture or history. Fears and anxiety manifest themselves in Islamophobic actions such as burning mosques or even attacking people physically. At the heart of such fear is ignorance. A December 2015 poll found that a majority of...
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...religion across the UK. The approach can be applied in any local context. It encourages reflection upon personal lived experience and its relationship to the complexities of identity, ethnicity and religion, as observed in the census statistics over time...This free course brings national census data to life by highlighting the vibrant stories of the diverse residents of...
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Our top OpenLearn hubs to get you started

...Religion, Belief & Worldviews – religion, spirituality, and insights into different cultures AI – further your AI knowledge, in partnership with Microsoft Neurodiversity – exploring how minds work differently and brilliantly Social Work – personal and professional development for social work practitioners and students In addition, there are also two key...
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Fancy getting involved in a good old discussion? ...Below you'll find a range of OpenLearn Discussion Hubs covering topics from women in religion to crime. If you'd like us to run a Discussion Hub around any other topics, use the Comments facility below to let us know. [Woman with megaphone]
Max Weber and the Protestant Ethic
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Max Weber and the Protestant Ethic

...in the value of hard work into our everyday ethic. ...How does religion fit with the world of business? Perhaps more closely than you think. The sociologist and economist Max Weber argued that after the Reformation one form of Christian Protestantism, Calvinism, encouraged a different attitude to work, with far-reaching effects. Delve deeper into some of the themes raised...
Representations of hell in Christian art
History & The Arts

Representations of hell in Christian art

...religions and cultures over the plethora of centuries that humanity has persevered, it has multiple names and descriptions. Nevertheless, it has common underlining characteristics: it is a dark, unbearably hot, smelly and eerie place, certainly not a place one would choose to reside forever. ‘Hell was often designated with the classical terms of Hades or, more rarely,...
Wilberforce
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Wilberforce

...religion to cultural, social and political change in Britain in the years after the French Revolution...Wilberforce: 1.1 Early influences - In the early summer of 1771, the clergyman and writer John Newton (1725–1807) was visited at Olney by two of his admirers, William and Hannah Wilberforce, a wealthy childless couple, and their 11-year-old nephew and heir, also named...
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