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History & The Arts
Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology
Paul-François Tremlett explains how Western representations of the Cargo Cults was in the contexts of colonialism, capitalism and racism in this video.
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A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s
This free course, A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s looks at the ‘crisis’ of traditional religion in the Sixties in the Western world. It explores the process of religious renewal, looking at the development of Wicca, the prototypical form of modern Paganism. Originally presented as a Goddess religion of great ...
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Education & Development
Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Are you an educator, someone working with children or with adult students, who hopes to use the Black History Month resources to make your teaching practice more inclusive for pupils and students from a black or minority ethnic background? Here are some quick tips from Anita Naoko Pilgrim on how you might approach that work.
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Glastonbury and the festival
Glastonbury, a town nestled in southwest England, is one of the most popular and sacred pilgrimage sites, and it also happens to host one of the world’s most famous music festivals!
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Buddhism's four Noble Truths
This animation explores the Buddha's Four Noble Truths.
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Max Weber and the Protestant Ethic
The founder of sociology, Max Weber drilled in the value of hard work into our everyday ethic.
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History & The Arts
The Dates of the Buddha
How accurately can we put a date on the life of the Buddha, and why is it so hard to pinpoint when he lived?
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Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London
Paul-Francois Tremlett explored the spaces the Occupy movement created - physical spaces, but also political spaces.
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How can we improve teaching about Islam?
Fear and distrust can grow where there's a lack of understanding. Could a different approach to teaching about Islam in schools help?
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Child spirituality
Janet Seden explores the importance of understanding children’s spiritual and religious needs.
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Veiling
This free course explores controversies associated with the practice of 'veiling' within Islam. The Islamic 'veil', be it in the form of the hijab, niqab, jilbab or burqa (we shall explore this terminology in more detail later), has been at the centre of many different controversies. Many of these controversies can be understood in the context ...
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Introducing the philosophy of religion
In this free course, Introducing the philosophy of religion, Timothy Chappell, Professor of Philosophy, asks what the words 'God' and 'religion' mean, and what it means to ask philosophical questions about them.