Category - Religion

Poetry, tears and religion

Michael Robbins — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:11:44 +0000

Several of the greatest poets in the English tradition from the Renaissance onward have sought to replace God with the human imagination, says Michael Robbins. They have succeeded and failed in interesting ways.

Prayer for the non-pious

Henry Morgan — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:35:01 +0100

Many people have lost touch with ‘institutional religion’, but not with spirituality. Henry Morgan explains how people’s passions and everyday experience can reconnect them with the God they already knew, and with prayer as a natural, integrating, liberating activity.

Religion and the Market: are they in conflict?

Jordan Tchilingirian — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:32:31 +0100

Start: 01/06/2009 - 18:30

End: 01/06/2009 - 20:00

The global revival of religion has been predominantly fuelled by the creation of a religious free market defined by entrepreneurship, choice and personal revelation.

Religion and the Market: are they in conflict?

Jordan Tchilingirian — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:32:30 +0100

Start: 01/06/2009 - 18:30

End: 01/06/2009 - 20:00

The global revival of religion has been predominantly fuelled by the creation of a religious free market defined by entrepreneurship, choice and personal revelation.

Changing belief patterns in the USA

Simon Barrow — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:58:08 +0000

The dominance of religion in American public life has taken a different form to that of Europe under Christendom. But the US picture is changing too.

How faith can face the challenge of freedom

Press Office — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:01:43 +0000

Rather than resorting to fearful rhetoric about 'marginalisation' or 'persecution', Christians and people of faith in Britain have a real opportunity to contribute to the public good and to defend the civic freedoms upon which we all rely

Welsh equality seminar rounds off series on 'religion or belief' issues

staff writers — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:19:54 +0000

The last of four major conferences looking into issues regarding equality, human rights and ‘religion or belief’ took place in Cardiff earlier this week

Religion, belief and non-discrimination law

Simon Barrow — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:32:51 +0000

Over the past eleven years, the British government has passed a number of laws that specifically tackle, or include directly in their provisions, protection of the freedom of ‘religion or belief’ – based on the right to hold or not to hold religious or other philosophical beliefs. This paper looks specifically at how ‘religion or belief’ is defined, particularly in relation to the Equality Act 2006 / 2007, and locates this within the wider policy-led and academic attempts to define ‘religion’. Looking at some of the implications of the definitions applied, it goes on to summarise key elements of current law on non-discrimination, drawing on public sources and examples from the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Nothing in this background paper constitutes legal advice or should be read as constituting such advice. If you have legal questions or requirements, please consult a qualified lawyer.

Simon Barrow

Overwhelming support for head teacher in school religion row

staff writers — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:54:20 +0000

Parents and local residents have overwhelmingly backed the head teacher of a Devon school where a young child was reprimanded for upsetting a classmate by telling her she would "go to hell" for not believing in God.

Giving Crediton where it's due

Simon Barrow — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:43:00 +0000

Parents and staff - including a local Religious Education teacher - are rallying around a school they say has been wrongly accused of telling children 'not to talk about God'.