Month: May 2014 - Page 2

Popular Culture & Western Esotericism

In this video Dr Dave Webster interviews Dr Kennet Granholm about the interplay between Western Esoteric traditions and popular culture: ———————————————————————————– See our RPE Course blog at http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/

Future Directions in Studying Western Esotericism

In this video, Dr David Webster asks Manon Hedenborg-White (from Uppsala University) about the future direction for the study of Western Esotericism:   ———————————————————————————– See our RPE Course blog at http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/

Wicca, Western Esotericism, UFO religion, Spiritism and more…

In preparation for the module H6502: Emergent Spiritualities – which starts the coming academic year- I’ve been adding some new material to uniofglos.blog/rpe/ – such as this video on Wicca, or the one further down of ‘Otherkin’: All…

What is Wicca?

In this video, Dr David Webster asks Manon Hedenborg-White (from Uppsala University) about the term ‘Wicca’: — See our RPE Course blog at http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/

Al-Raziq's 'Islam and the Foundations of Governance'

Dr Webster talks to Dr Jackson about Al-Raziq’s controversial work ‘Islam and the Foundations of Governance’

The Problem of Evil in Islam

In this short video Dr Jackson and Dr Webster talk about the Islamic understanding of the Problem of Evil: Notes for this video: There are mentioned in the video Moses and Khidr (Quran 18: 60-82)  The Asharites  bila…

What is the ‘969 Movement’?

An interview by Dr Dave Webster of Dr Paul Fuller, about the 969 Movement in Burma.  Although thr 969 is led by Buddhist monks, their Anti-Islamic and Nationalist attitudes don’t represent all Burmese Buddhism. Dr Fuller explored this in a recent…

‘Militant’ Buddhism

In this video, Dr Dave Webster talks to Justin Whitaker – author of the influential American Buddhist Perspective blog and Dr Paul Fuller, who blogs about Buddhism, about more ‘militant’ forms of Buddhism – and Western responses:  In case you’re interested – there is more…

Buddhist and Kantian Ethics

In this video, Dr Dave Webster talks to Justin Whitaker – author of the influential American Buddhist Perspective blog – about his work on the intersection between Buddhist and Kantian ethics. Can Justin persuade Dave that there is some mileage in comparing Kant to…

What is the ‘Sangha’?

In this video, Dr Dave Webster talks to Justin Whitaker – author of the influential American Buddhist Perspective blog – about the Sangha:   Religion, Philosophy & Ethics course at University of Gloucestershire. See our blog at http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/