26 March 2022
This week second year Religion Philosophy and Ethics students hosted Dr Abdalla (OBE) and Prof. Asim from the Onyx Link Interfaith Foundation (https://onyxlinkfoundation.org) based in Newport Wales. In keeping with the overall ethos of the course the object…
Read more26 March 2022
First year Students from the Religion, Philosophy and Ethics course at University of Gloucestershire were offered a real insight in to the New Kadampa Buddhist tradition when they visited the Akanishta Kadampa Buddhist Centre in Cheltenham (meditationincheltenham.org.uk –…
Read more14 March 2022
A couple of posts ago I featured a meeting that I had with a Krishna archarya called Para who runs a prasadam food distribution to those who need it in the heart of London. Over the last fortnight…
Read more14 March 2022
After two years of social distancing and Covid mitigation the level 4 Religion, Philosophy and Ethics students were finally able to physically visit the Cheltenham Hindu Mandir. It was very much worth the wait and Teams online visit,…
Read more3 March 2022
As an active researcher in the field of contemporary religion as well as lecturer in Hinduism at the University of Gloucestershire I have been privileged to work with a number of contemporary Hindu traditions in The U.K. New…
Read more19 February 2022
AS part of our Contemporary Religious Landscapes module Level 4 students were invited to join members of the Cheltenham Jewish community this week. Now most social distancing mitigation has been relaxed students were welcomed in to the Cheltenham…
Read more16 December 2021
Students on the religion Philosophy and Ethics degree course at University of Gloucestershire were found themselves immersed in the vast universe of the Baha’i tradition as they spoke to Stephen Vickers an important and extremely knowledgeable spokesperson for…
Read more18 November 2021
This week level 4 students were fortunate to meet Radha Mohan Das and Nila Madhva Das from the International Society of Krishna Consciousness’ main temple and headquarters for the tradition in the UK, Bhaktivedanta Manor. We were immersed…
Read more9 November 2021
After 18 months of lock down and several major Hindu festival dates missed Religion, Philosophy and Ethics students from University of Gloucestershire were really privileged to be invited to the Shri Sanatan Dharm mandir in Alperton, West London,…
Read more19 October 2021
Today our new level four students were incredibly fortunate to spend a couple hours in the company of Stuart Brogan a prominent spokesperson and author for and in Heathenism. Stuart offered an amazingly interesting insight in to the…
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