3 October 2014
A definition of the Teleological Argument from Dr Roy Jackson, Religion, Philosophy & Ethics Course Leader at the University of Gloucestershire… Find us on twitter @RPEatGlos, or see our Course Blog at http://r-p-e.blogspot.com
4 July 2013
Is Buddhism a form of Atheism? In this video I refer to texts you can find at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ – you may want to look at the passage where Brahma asserts he is the supreme God, but.. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.11.0.than.html#bigbrahma — Staff from the Religion, Philosophy…
21 May 2013
Staff from the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics course at University of Gloucestershire talking about Philosophy of Religion – here DrRoy Jackson talks about EVIL FEEL FREE TO VISIT/JOIN OUR COURSE FACEBOOK GROUP.. – Current and past students talking about Philosophy ,Religion, Religious Education and more…..
20 March 2013
Roy responds to an issue raised by a teacher: “If God knows all our moral choices in advance, then we cannot be justly blamed or rewarded for what we do.” This is part of the OCR A2 “Attributes…
15 November 2012
What is classical theism? Interview with Dr Roy Jackson at the University of Gloucestershire..
13 November 2012
Another submitted question: Do you find Dawkins argument less convincing than Tinker and other contemporary philosophers because he is essentially a fundamentalist atheist? (The Edexcel textbook references this article: http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/2006/10/dawkinss-dilemmas/) How could one criticise Tinker’s critique of Dawkins?…
12 November 2012
Click below : A podcast from The Religious Studies Project where they interview Robert Orsi about Otto.. RSP37-Orsi.mp3 Rudolf Otto was a highly influential figure in the history of Religious Studies, but whether that influence was for good or not…
9 October 2012
Professor McConville on whether scientific discoveries about the origins of the universe make the Bible’s teachings on creation obsolete. Professor Gordon McConville is part of the TRS team at the University of Gloucestershire
10 October 2010
Some of you might have heard of the recent brouhaha surrounding Stephen Hawking’s announcement that we don’t need God any more. I am always surprised how what is taken to be novel and revolutionary has in fact been…
8 April 2009
New Statesman at http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2009/04/richard-dawkins-hitchens has an issue focused around God and the relationship between politics and religion..Might be of interest..d.