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Okay – we talked about Richard Gere: I suggest we now collect examples of pop-stars and other celebs giving their views on Buddhism – and indeed other spiritual matters: I will start with Ricky Martin (remember him?) talking on Buddhist…
The Philosophy Dept at University of California, Santa Barbara has a course blog at: – they seem to really get stuck into the comments thing too. I like their discussion of whether of not Unicorns exist at: 2006/08/do-unicorns-exist.html Maybe…
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Should ethnic and religious minorities be allowed to use traditional or religious laws to settle civil disputes (not criminal)? See for a discussion – but I would advise you to follow the links and listen to the associated programme…
Wikipedia has an article on proposals for Slavery reparations at – which may be helpful re the debate below – you may wish to use the comments on this post to carry on discussions – as they may be…
Thanks to one of the second years for this extra link on this story: —————— has a story about attempts to push ID / Creationism back into school science lessons… Should we keep faith-based approaches in Religious Education lessons…
The BBC is reporting that Tony Blair has expressed his ‘sorrow’ over Britain’s role in the slave trade – but stopped short of a full apology – apparently because of fears that this may lead to demands for (financial) reparations.…
Hi. Some of the Student Reps wanted to know how much interest there was – as they are planning an RPE Xmas event… A meal is the plan – venue suggestions welcome – and a final annoucement will go on…
The Ethical Traditions students have been asked to read Sarte’s Existentialism is a Humanism – enjoy! Also, the Hinduism class needs to review material on Gandhi – this is the Wiki link, but also see , and the BBC site…