Sunday Lecture – Sexual and reproductive healthcare: the role of religious organisations
Marge Berer talks about sexual and reproductive healthcare and their role in religious organisations; Religious institutions contribute massively to the provision of health care in many countries Religious organisations and leaders are in a powerful position – able to influence the public and public policy including law and policy on many aspects of health care. […]
Romani Literature Identity… and You
A charity benefit by Trafika Europe Romani Literature Identity… and You to support the European Roma Rights Centre with an evening of new Roma writing art discussion and performance This evening gala will include: new and newly translated Romani fiction and poetry; musical performance; a modest charity art auction and an expert roundtable on issues […]
Sunday Lecture – A Secular Society?
The Conway Hall Ethical Society presents; Keith Porteous Wood will be talking about the National Secular Society’s campaigning work which has been exceptionally wide-ranging in the last year.; The key focus has been on education the area where the absence of secularism impinges on most directly on citizens. Religious education and evangelisation in schools has […]
Sunday Lecture: Behind the Myths – The Foundations of Judaism Christianity and Islam
Behind the Myths: The Foundations of Judaism Christianity and Islam was inspired initially by Karl Kautsky’s bookThe Foundations of Christianity (1908) although it seeks to update and broaden the scope of the work to include Judaism and Islam.; This book is the fruit of ten years of research and study of all the current literature […]
Science and NonDuality
Shankara and the Vedanta – Thu Aug 22 East v West: Berkeley v Shankara – Thu Aug 29 Berkeley’s Key Texts – Thu Sep 12 Shankara’s Key Texts -Thu Sep 26 Entry: £7 www.peterblloyd.org For any queries please email: peter.b.lloyd@fencroft.com
School of Life Sunday Sermon: Jon Ronson on Humiliation
Humiliation – the personal fear of it and the professional bestowing of it upon others – is a huge part of our lives. We make choices based on avoidance of humiliation. But if we could overcome this fear how would it change our lives? Would it could it make us invincible? Is it even a […]
Noreena Hertz on Choosing Wisely
The School of Life presents; How to Make Smart Decisions in a Confusing World; Most of us think we make decisions for the right reasons: we scour books we talk over options with our friends we search the internet we ask experts we look at data or we trust our guts. But how hard do […]
Sunday Lecture – The ‘Unholy Mrs Knight’ and the BBC
Callum Brown Professor of Religious and Cultural History at the University of Dundee describes the events preceding and arising from the infamous case of Margaret Knight the first openly atheist and Humanist woman to broadcast live on the BBC.; 11.00 £3 on the door/free to members.
Sunday Lecture – An Atheist’s Guide to the Alpha Course
An Atheist’s Guide to the Alpha Course; What can atheists learn from the church?; The Alpha Course runs in 162 countries and has been attended according to their website by 20 Million people. Over a 9 week period students are guided through Christian theology ostensibly to “Explore the meaning of Life”. Simon Clare an unabashed […]