Category - secularisation

Religious Defamation

Jordan Tchilingirian — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:11:58 +0000

Start: 01/03/2009 - 14:00

End: 01/03/2009 - 15:30

A year after the repeal of blasphemy from English law, religious defamation laws are tightening their grip on the world, with the apparent support of the United Nations.

Did religion make a difference? The American elections and beyond

Jordan Tchilingirian — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:54:59 +0100

Start: 11/11/2008 - 18:30

End: 11/11/2008 - 20:00

This event will reflect on the American presidential election, drawing on expert insights into the place of religion in the US, as compared with the European context.

Christian Research data defended, but church decline continues

staff writers — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:20:54 +0100

The Christian Research organisation, whose latest data survey on the decline of UK church attendance has annoyed the Church of England, has defended its work against accusations of being misleading.

Western Secularisation and Globalisation - an evening with Jose Casanova

Jordan Tchilingirian — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:04:04 +0100

Start: 16/06/2008 - 18:30

End: 16/06/2008 - 20:00

The lecture will examine the links between the particular historical process of Christian secularisation in the West and its diverse globalised forms in other axial civilisations.

Secularization and Fundamentalism: two faces of the same coin?

Jordan Tchilingirian — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:44:55 +0000

Start: 16/01/2008 - 16:00

World expert of political Islam, Prof.Olivier Roy (EHESS, Paris), who will speak on: "Secularization and Fundamentalism: two faces of the same coin?"

Christianity in Ireland 'disappearing from general knowledge'

staff writers — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:54:30 +0000

Levels of religious knowledge throughout Ireland are decreasing significantly, and in Northern Ireland are even lower than in the Republic according to a new poll, believed to be the first ever conducted on the subject in Northern Ireland

Secularisation and Multiculturalism

Jordan Tchilingirian — Wed, 30 May 2007 11:22:21 +0100

Start: 06/06/2007 - 18:30

The recent revival of religion around the globe has raised fundamental questions not only about its role in both national and international politics, but also concerning its claim to serve as a princi

Sociologist says Islam questions privatization of religion thesis

staff writers — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The growth of Islam in Europe is challenging deeply-held notions that faith is a private matter which should be banished from public life, a prominent sociologist of religion has told a gathering of European Christian leaders - writes Stephen Brown for Ecumenical News International (ENI).

Christendom misrepresents Christianity by Giles Fraser

Giles Fraser — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 20:05:50 +0000

How ecclesial power betrays the God of Jesus

The veils governing our own thinking by Simon Barrow

Simon Barrow — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:22:59 +0100

Many people will argue that House of Commons leader Jack Straw has been brave in his recent pronouncements about the full public veiling of Muslim women