4 February 2017
I had the privilege of visiting the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion in Cambridge a few days ago – and took the chance to speak with Dr Beth Singler. I first interviewed her in a 2014 video, when she…
1 May 2016
In this video, Dr David Webster chats with Ben den Ouden, a postgraduate student at the University of Groningen, in the Faculty of Theology & Religious Studies. Ben used to be an active member of the International Society…
24 October 2014
In this short video, Dr David Webster asks Cambridge PhD student Beth Singler about her interest in Religion and fandom, popular culture, and the idea of consciously ‘made up’ religions.. See the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics course blog at http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/
22 October 2014
In this short video, Dr David Webster asks Cambridge PhD student Beth Singler about her work on Indigo Children. In the conversation we also talk about the phrase ‘Starseed’: See the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics course blog at http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/
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…
11 August 2014
In some new videos practising Pagans, David and Geoff, answer my questions – and I began by asking them what originally drew them towards Paganism: See the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics course blog at http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/
22 July 2014
In this video, Dr David Webster asks Venetia Robertson (Sydney) what is meant by the term ‘Otherkin’. At http://sydney.academia.edu/VenetiaRobertson you can see some of Venetia’s published work on Therianthropy, mermaids, Brony fandom and more.. [the sound is a bit blowy at the start…
3 June 2014
In this video Dr Dave Webster interviews Erik A.W. Östling about the relation between popular culture and UFO religions. Erik has presented some materials on this topic such as THIS paper in Israel recently, and THIS article on the Raëlian religion. If you are seriously interested in…
26 May 2014
In this video Dr Dave Webster interviews Dr Kennet Granholm about the notion of ‘magic’ within Western Esoteric traditions: ———————————————————————————– See our RPE Course blog at http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/
26 May 2014
In this video Dr Dave Webster interviews Erik A.W. Östling about the notion of Alien Abduction and UFO religion: Erik has presented some materials on this topic such as THIS paper in Israel recently, and THIS article on the Raëlian religion. In this interview he mentions the…