Category: spirituality

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Star Wars, and the Jedi religion.

I visited the  Faraday Institute for Science and Religion in Cambridge and asked Dr Beth Singler about the Jedi religion, mostly in the UK. Are there really Jedi roaming the streets of England?

Dr Kate Tomas on the Church and Female Mystics

I recently spent some time in Oxford, and had the chance to chat with Dr Kate Tomas. We had spoken before, about her research, but this was an opportunity to see where her, now completed, doctoral research had…

Talking about religion and fandom: from Jedi and Vampires to Game of Thrones..

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/

Paganism as a way of Life? A question about its impact..

In this short video, Dr David Webster asks “How does being a Pagan effect your life?” David and Geoff, the interviewees then discuss how it has had impacts on them, and how they live: See the Religion, Philosophy &…

How has Paganism changed over recent years?

In this short video, Dr David Webster asks David and Geoff, the interviewees, about how Paganism has changed during the time they’ve been involved with it. See the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics course blog at http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/

"What drew you to Paganism?"

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/  

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How do different academic disciplines use the term ‘Spirituality’?

In this video, Dr David Webster talks to Knut Melvær about the different ways a variety of academic areas use the term ‘Spirituality’: ——- See the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics course blog at http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/

Asking Knut Melvær about his Study of Spirituality in 20th Century Norway

In this video, Dr David Webster asks Knut Melvær about his Study of Spirituality in 20th Century Norway – and this raises some general issues about the nature and study of Spirituality more widely: ——- See the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics course blog…

Talking to Knut Melvær about the term ‘Spirituality’

In this video, Dr David Webster asks Knut Melvær about the notion of Spirituality – and Knut gives us some of the historical context: ——- See the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics course blog at http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/

Professor Gordon McConville – the Old Testament

Professor McConville, who part of the Theology & Religious Studies staff here at Gloucestershire, and Professor of Old Testament Theology, talks about why the Old Testament deserves our attention – and explores the notion of human flourishing: In the course of the…