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This week, students on the Contemporary Religious Landscapes module were invited to the New Kadampa Buddhist meditation centre in Cheltenham as part of their exploration of the town's religious landscape.

Level five students enjoyed an enriching two hours with prominent members of the Cheltenham Quaker community.

Long standing friend of RPE @Glos and research colleague Parasurama Das has opened a cafe in London offering free healthy meals to those who need it most.

Students visited Glastonbury, the centre of a web of ancient Pagan practice, Celtic spirituality and Christian heritage.

This week, as part of an ongoing series of student visits to places of religious and spiritual significance in the Cheltenham area students were invited to the local Quakers meeting house to discuss aspects of sacred space and social justice…

As students and lecturers of the study of Religion, Philosophy and Ethics we often find ourselves engaging with the subject of death and what may or may not come afterwards. Death is a theme that many find difficult to talk…

Students have once again been privileged enough to be invited to join the Cheltenham Hindu community in their mandir, just opposite the Francis Close Hall campus. We have developed a long-standing relationship with devotees who have had a substantial religious…

This week we warmly welcomed back Rohini Das for the Ty Krishna temple in Cardiff, but due to the fact that he was off to India the next day he could not make it in person and had to join…