Month: May 2014 - Page 3

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Buddhism in Burma

An interview by Dr Dave Webster of Dr Paul Fuller, about the situation regarding Buddhism in Burma.  Religion, Philosophy & Ethics course at University of Gloucestershire. See our blog at http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/

Interfaith Marriage Laws in Burma

An interview with Dr Paul Fuller about proposed Interfaith Marriage Laws in Burma, preventing marriages between Buddhist women and Muslim men, unless the men convert to Buddhism: Dr Fuller gives the background to this issue on his blog: http://drpaulfuller.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/on-buddhist-monks-proposing-interfaith-marriage-laws/…

Open Days this Summer..

These events have now taken place – but to find out about our other, upcoming, Open Days, see:  http://www.glos.ac.uk/open/Pages/OpenDays.aspx  — As Summer approaches, we look forward to welcoming Religion, Philosophy & Ethics applicants / guests to Open Days…

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Teleology, Deontology & Ethics

Dr William Large and Dr David Webster discuss Deontology & Teleology as ethical terms / ideas: See more about the course at http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Satanic Statue in Oklahoma Controversy

You’ve maybe heard about this? The crowdfunded bid by The Satanic Temple to place a Satanist Statue at the Oklahoma Capitol Building – partly in protest at a public building having a Ten Commandments monument.. Over at https://uniofglos.blog/rpe/2014/05/09/the-satanic-statue-controversy-an-interview/ I…

The Satanic statue controversy – an interview

Following recent news stories about the possible Satanist monument / statue at the Oklahoma Capitol Building, I interview Cimminnee Holt, a graduate student at Concordia University in Montreal – who has expertise in this area – about the…

What is Historical Geography?

Cultural, Historical and Heritage issues within Geography concern Prof Roy Jones in this short video: During his time at the University of Gloucestershire, Prof Jones has given papers and given us a real insight into his research: even this philosopher found…

Week of victory!

It’s been quite a week for RPE.. Firstly – Professor Melissa Raphael‘s book The Female Face of God in Auschwitz (2003) has been listed by the American website Theology Degrees Online as one of the top 99 most important works of…