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Graham Harvey on Davi Kopenawa at Oxford University
History & The Arts

Graham Harvey on Davi Kopenawa at Oxford University

...religion and others involved in the “ontological turn”, seeking to understand how people relate to the world. In particular Davi’s scholarship has encouraged a rethinking of the “culture/nature” distinction which structures so much of modern Western thought and life (including the separation of “natural sciences” from “social sciences” and...
Mi'kmaq: First Nation people
History & The Arts

Mi'kmaq: First Nation people

...religion controversial?... A community reawakening The Mi'kmaq people have lived in Newfoundland for generations Living off the land Their diet would often depend on the season Mi'kmaq culture 25 years ago Conne River secured protected status when it became a reserve Mi'kmaq Powwows powwows give indigenous people to come together and celebrate their own culture...
Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision

...religion for quite a long time and then there’s lots of fights about who has control over the editorial, so until the BBC becomes a bit more holistic and different departments work more closely together, I think that’s a difficult one. The Natural History Unit has made inroads into current affairs, small inroads but it has, but it struggles, I think,...
The Dates of the Buddha
History & The Arts

The Dates of the Buddha

...religion, despite the fact the Buddha, its founder, does not seem to have had any kind of metaphysical or religious concerns. There are still areas in which there is no agreement among scholars and these include disputes over translations of different key doctrinal terms, reliability of different sources, even the date in which the Buddha was born and died is uncertain....
How we live is seen as a justification: Why the French way of life became a target
Society, Politics & Law

How we live is seen as a justification: Why the French way of life became a target

...religion. Though they may sometimes describe us as “crusaders”, some of the victims of the attacks in Paris were Muslims and a lot were non-believers. Nor do their motives have the advantage of being linked to a political ideology: Islamic State (IS) works with “the market” when it comes to oil or weapons. [The Casa Nostra, Paris, scene of one of the terror...
Can you resist zombification?
History & The Arts

Can you resist zombification?

...religion that fused elements of different African traditions with ideas and practices that suited the conditions of slavery. Vodou played a significant role in the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) against French rule. The poverty that continues to haunt Haiti encourages the continuing popularity of Vodou and other religions that mix comfort with resistance and encouragement...
Regina Jonas: the first female rabbi
History & The Arts

Regina Jonas: the first female rabbi

...religion controversial?... Who was Regina Jonas? Stefanie Sinclair takes a journey through Berlin, detailing the life of Regina Jonas, the world’s first female rabbi. Stefanie visits the Centrum Judaicum, Regina Jonas’ house, and Abraham Geiger College to examine details of Rabbi Jonas’ life. Regina Jonas' Legacy Stefanie Sinclair talks to Rabbi Elizabeth Tikvah...
Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system
Education & Development

Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system

...religion, in not only its own schools, but also in the public school system. Parents will not however have to buy new editions of the Bible, to their relief perhaps and to the chagrin of the publishers, as the 2016 curriculum for the course on Religion, by and large backs existing versions of the Bible. It re-states the “fact” that the cosmos was created by divine...