Religion, Philosophy & Ethics

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…

Many thanks to Jason Chambers (RPE, Level 2) for report the below of his trip – along with 2 fellow RPE students, to a recording of the BBC’s Question Time – thanks Jason – and others are welcome to send…

From the BBC: ‘Should there be a right to wear a cross at work?Does the Christian cross have a place in the workplace? A British Airways (BA) employee has lost her fight to openly wear a cross necklace at work…

On Thursday, the RPE102 class went to the Cheltenham Hindu Temple… If any of those who went want to write a short summary for the blog – it would be nice to have your impressions here – either use the…

is a website (in conjunction with the Reg Vardy Gallery in Sunderland – where they also have a rather cool flip-book festival) which asks you to ‘draw a picture of your soul’… This picture is by Espen Fribery –…