16 October 2014
I ask Dr John Hockey – do you feel your meditation practice makes you count as a Buddhist? We explore issues issues of practice and identity in Western Buddhist contexts.. Find us on twitter @RPEatGlos, or see our…
26 September 2014
Dr David Webster from the University of Gloucestershire, asking Paul Caddle about his experience of being a Buddhist in the UK: From the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics (RPE) team at the University of Gloucestershire #WeAreRPE
25 September 2014
Dr David Webster from the University of Gloucestershire, asking a practitioner about Nichiren Buddhism, and SGI: You can see more regarding SGI’s status as a New Religious Movement here. From the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics (RPE) team at…
19 May 2014
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…
19 May 2014
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…
19 May 2014
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…
19 May 2014
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/
19 May 2014
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/…
28 January 2014
A short podcast on issues of self/not-self in Buddhism: Staff from the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics course at University of Gloucestershire. FEEL FREE TO VISIT/JOIN OUR COURSE FACEBOOK GROUP.. – Current and past students talking about Philosophy,Religion, Ethics, Religious Education and more.. (and…
26 January 2014
A longer video – which looks at kamma and rebirth, before a reading of the Ambalatthika-rahulovada Sutta, to think about kamma and ethics: (you may notice, I’ve got some nice new software for making this kind of resource – which…