29 March 2008
Friday saw me endure a 5+ hour driving extravaganza as the UK road system seemed close to collapse – or somehow trying to thwart my efforts to get to St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar school in Slough and back……
28 February 2008
Turkey’s Department of Religious Affairs has commissioned a team of theologians at Ankara to revise the Islamic texts known as hadith. The hadith, which are thousands in number, are considered to be the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad…
11 January 2008
Those of you doing RPE208 – Indian Religions – may wish to download the Four Noble Truths podcast that I talked about in class. You can find it at http://r-p-e.blogspot.com/2007/02/buddhism-podcast-2-four-noble-truths.html – and download via a link there. You…
6 January 2008
“How should Islam’s sacred book be read in the 21st century? How should non-Muslims interpret its message? In a year-long project, Ziauddin Sardar will read the Qur’an from beginning to end, discussing its verses, themes, language and meaning.”…
7 December 2007
Well – chaos and confusion rule – but Shajaat has finally sent me the FINAL details: I’m really sorry, but among all the chaos and confusion the situation has been resolved. Due to David Webster’s talk at the…
3 December 2007
The people from Cafe Scientifique have persuaded me to do an evening talk on Monday 10th December at the Beehive pub, Tivoli, Cheltenham: see http://cafescientifique.org/cheltenham.htm or download details at http://cafescientifique.org/downloads/religion%20good%20or%20evil1.pdf The topic is Religion: Good or Evil? So,…
1 October 2007
Are atheists the unsung heroes of the modern age? You may have read in the papers that ‘Darwin’s rottweiler’ Richard Dawkins is spearheading a campaign in America to trumpet the voice of the nation’s atheists who are seemingly…
3 September 2007
An article on the Times website reports on a YouGov poll that finds that: NEARLY half the British think that religion is harmful, according to a pollcarried out by YouGov. Yet more than half also believe in God…
12 March 2007
The theme of religious fundamentalism will be discussed at a panel event at the University of Gloucestershire (FCH campus) on Thursday 15 March at 7.30pm.Organised by the University of Gloucestershire chaplaincy, the panel will include Mr Ahmed Bham…