Month: July 2014 - Page 2

Contemporary usages of the idea of a ‘Caliphate’ in Islam. Why did ISIS/’The Islamic State’ use this term?

When ISIS declares a ‘Caliphate’ – why is that term chosen and what is its resonance with audiences?   In this short video Dr Jackson and Dr Webster talk about the use of this term. — See our RPE Course blog at http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/…

Dr Roy Jackson interviewed about the notion of a ‘Caliphate’ within Islam

In this short video Dr Jackson and Dr Webster talk about the idea in Islam of a Caliphate: — See our RPE Course blog at http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/

Open Day: September 27th next, plus on-line info about the RPE degree

As you can see from the pictures, the sun (mostly) shone on our June Open Days. If you missed them, the next big one for Undergraduate courses – including Religion, Philosophy & Ethics, is 27th September 2014. Visit http://www.glos.ac.uk/open/Pages/OpenDays.aspx…

Our tour guide at the Casa de Sefarad sings to us.. (on an RPE field trip)

Not an interview this time – but a video from our Spain (Cordoba) field trip. Our tour guide, Alex, from the Casda de Sefarad, finishes the guided tour of the museum by singing to us: