Month: March 2022

Onyx Link Interfaith Foundation @ Uni Glos RPE.

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…

New Kadampa Buddhism: Uni Glos RPE.

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 –…

Food For All: Krishna monk Parasurama giving prasadam on the Polish Border…

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…

Uni Glos RPE meet Hindu mandir community at last!

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,…

Uni Glos Research : Sacred Food for All

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…