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Pre-sessional mock exam 2001 - Religion and Secularisation in UK
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Steve Marshall , 2000
Pre-sessional mock exam with OLD format
- Exams
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Pre-sessional mock exam with OLD format
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Raining Stones
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Ken Loach , 1993
This Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money.
- Films
- English subtitles
- 90
This Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money.
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There Will Be Blood
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Paul Thomas Anderson , 2007
A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
- Films
- English subtitles
- 158
A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
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Atheism, Humanism and the Soul, 2013
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Professor John Martin
Diploma lecture 2012-13
Diploma lecture 2012-13
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Atheism, Humanism, and the Soul
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Prof. John Martin
Diploma Lecture 2012
Diploma Lecture 2012
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A Brief History of the End of Everything - 01 It's OK, the universe is eternal
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Brother Guy Consolmagno
A series exploring how our ideas about the end of the universe have been shaped by religion, belief, and the contemporary state of scientific thinking and observation. The series is presented by Vatican Astronomer, Brother Guy Consolmagno. He is a Jesuit astro-physicist who came to religion via science and his wonder at the universe. At the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, he compares cutting edge cosmology with Chinese, Ancient Greek, Buddhist, Medieval and Victorian ideas about the end of everything.
A series exploring how our ideas about the end of the universe have been shaped by religion, belief, and the contemporary state of scientific thinking and observation. The series is presented by Vatican Astronomer, Brother Guy Consolmagno. He is a Jesuit astro-physicist who came to religion via science and his wonder at the universe. At the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, he compares cutting edge cosmology with Chinese, Ancient Greek, Buddhist, Medieval and Victorian ideas about the end of everything.
Melvyn tells the story of Darwin's early life in Shropshire and discusses the significance of the three years he spent at Cambridge, where his interests shifted from religion to natural science. Featuring contributions from Darwin biographer Jim Moore, geneticist at University College London Steve Jones, fellow of Christ's College Cambridge David Norman and assistant librarian at Christ's College Cambridge Colin Higgins.
Melvyn tells the story of Darwin's early life in Shropshire and discusses the significance of the three years he spent at Cambridge, where his interests shifted from religion to natural science. Featuring contributions from Darwin biographer Jim Moore, geneticist at University College London Steve Jones, fellow of Christ's College Cambridge David Norman and assistant librarian at Christ's College Cambridge Colin Higgins.
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In Our Time - Science and Religion
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Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the areas of conflict and agreement between science and religion.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the areas of conflict and agreement between science and religion.
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In Our Time - Space in Religion and Science
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Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of thought about space, and examines whether cyberspace has introduced a new concept of space in our world or if its roots are in Einsteinian physics.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of thought about space, and examines whether cyberspace has introduced a new concept of space in our world or if its roots are in Einsteinian physics.
Edward Gibbon wrote of the decline of the Roman Empire, "While that great body was invaded by open violence, or undermined by slow decay, a pure and humble religion gently insinuated itself into the minds of men, grew up in silence and obscurity, derived new vigour from opposition, and finally erected the triumphant banner of the cross on the ruins of the Capitol."
Edward Gibbon wrote of the decline of the Roman Empire, "While that great body was invaded by open violence, or undermined by slow decay, a pure and humble religion gently insinuated itself into the minds of men, grew up in silence and obscurity, derived new vigour from opposition, and finally erected the triumphant banner of the cross on the ruins of the Capitol."
When Osama bin Laden declares that the world is divided between believers and non-believers, it is easy to identify the menace of the fanatic mind but, in what other company can we place George Bush when we hear him declare that 'you are either with us or you are on the side of the terrorists'? We fail at our peril to recognize a twin strain of the same fanatic spore that threatens to consume the world in its messianic fires. What could be the role of the 'invisible' religions and world views in tempering the forces that seek to dichotomise the world?
When Osama bin Laden declares that the world is divided between believers and non-believers, it is easy to identify the menace of the fanatic mind but, in what other company can we place George Bush when we hear him declare that 'you are either with us or you are on the side of the terrorists'? We fail at our peril to recognize a twin strain of the same fanatic spore that threatens to consume the world in its messianic fires. What could be the role of the 'invisible' religions and world views in tempering the forces that seek to dichotomise the world?
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Korea - People, Country and Culture
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Keith Howard, Susan Pares & Tessa English , SOAS , 1996
From centuries of relative obscurity, Korea is rapidly becoming a major economic force in the world. This book is intended to act as a useful resource bank of information, including sections on geography, history, religion, art and economics
- 0728602660 1276
- Special Interest
- Geography
- Special Interest
- 1 copies
- B2 C1 C2
From centuries of relative obscurity, Korea is rapidly becoming a major economic force in the world. This book is intended to act as a useful resource bank of information, including sections on geography, history, religion, art and economics
Neil Oliver continues his journey through the world of Ancient Britain as he encounters an age of cosmological priests and some of the greatest monuments of the Stone Age, including Stonehenge itself. This is a time of elite travellers, who were inventing the very idea of Heaven itself.
- TV-Recordings
- History
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 60
Neil Oliver continues his journey through the world of Ancient Britain as he encounters an age of cosmological priests and some of the greatest monuments of the Stone Age, including Stonehenge itself. This is a time of elite travellers, who were inventing the very idea of Heaven itself.
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A History of Christianity
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Diarmaid MacCulloch
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch - one of the world's leading historians - reveals the origins of Christianity and explores what it means to be a Christian
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- No
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch - one of the world's leading historians - reveals the origins of Christianity and explores what it means to be a Christian
Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the extraordinary rise of Roman Catholic Church.
- TV-Recordings
- History
- Religion
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 60
Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the extraordinary rise of Roman Catholic Church.
Diarmaid MacCulloch examines the concept of scepticism in Western Christianity.
- TV-Recordings
- History
- Religion
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 60
Diarmaid MacCulloch examines the concept of scepticism in Western Christianity.
Diarmaid MacCulloch explores Eastern Orthodox Christianity's fight for survival.
- TV-Recordings
- History
- Religion
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 60
Diarmaid MacCulloch explores Eastern Orthodox Christianity's fight for survival.
Diarmaid MacCulloch traces the growth of Evangelical Protestantism across the globe.
- TV-Recordings
- Religion
- No subtitles
- 60
Diarmaid MacCulloch traces the growth of Evangelical Protestantism across the globe.
Diarmaid MacCulloch looks at the Reformation and its attack on the Catholic Church.
- TV-Recordings
- History
- Religion
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 60
Diarmaid MacCulloch looks at the Reformation and its attack on the Catholic Church.
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Africa's Great Civilisations - Series 1: Episode 2: The Cross and the Crescent
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Henry Louis Gates Jr
This episode charts the emergence of Christianity and Islam and examines how the two religions reshaped Africa between the first and the 12th centuries AD, as well as for centuries thereafter.
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
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This episode charts the emergence of Christianity and Islam and examines how the two religions reshaped Africa between the first and the 12th centuries AD, as well as for centuries thereafter.
The Bible describes how Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed in a storm of fire and brimstone. Could the inspiration for this story come from a natural apocalypse around the Dead Sea in the Middle East?
- TV-Recordings
- Classical Civilisation
- Religion
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 50
The Bible describes how Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed in a storm of fire and brimstone. Could the inspiration for this story come from a natural apocalypse around the Dead Sea in the Middle East?
Just how did the Devil get inside our heads? And who put him there? For Halloween, award-winning comedy writer and performer Andy Hamilton (creator and star of Radio 4's acclaimed infernal comedy Old Harry's Game) explores just who the devil Satan is, where he comes from and what he has been up to all this time.
- TV-Recordings
- Humanities
- Other
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
- 60
Just how did the Devil get inside our heads? And who put him there? For Halloween, award-winning comedy writer and performer Andy Hamilton (creator and star of Radio 4's acclaimed infernal comedy Old Harry's Game) explores just who the devil Satan is, where he comes from and what he has been up to all this time.
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Around the World in 80 Faiths
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Pete Owen Jones presents the definitive guide to faith on earth, with eighty rituals across six continents in the space of a year
- TV-Recordings
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Pete Owen Jones presents the definitive guide to faith on earth, with eighty rituals across six continents in the space of a year
One year, six continents, 80 rituals - smoking babies, naked men festivals, cargo cults and serpent-handling. From Taoism in China to a Voodoo mass in West Africa, Pete Owen Jones presents the definitive guide to faith on earth.
- TV-Recordings
- Other
- Religion
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
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One year, six continents, 80 rituals - smoking babies, naked men festivals, cargo cults and serpent-handling. From Taoism in China to a Voodoo mass in West Africa, Pete Owen Jones presents the definitive guide to faith on earth.
Pete Owen Jones's epic journey exploring the world's beliefs continues in the Middle East, where he encounters an unknown side to a land scarred by religious strife.
- TV-Recordings
- Other
- Religion
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
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Pete Owen Jones's epic journey exploring the world's beliefs continues in the Middle East, where he encounters an unknown side to a land scarred by religious strife.
Pete Owen Jones's adventures continue as he embarks on the American leg of his religious odyssey to find out why, when it comes to ritual, anything goes.
- TV-Recordings
- Other
- Religion
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
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Pete Owen Jones's adventures continue as he embarks on the American leg of his religious odyssey to find out why, when it comes to ritual, anything goes.
After examining 49 faiths, Pete Owen Jones journeys from the Nepalese Himalayas to the south of India to make sense of the mystery of Indian religions, including the transmigration of the soul, karma, the pantheon of gods and the high regard for gurus.
- TV-Recordings
- Other
- Religion
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
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After examining 49 faiths, Pete Owen Jones journeys from the Nepalese Himalayas to the south of India to make sense of the mystery of Indian religions, including the transmigration of the soul, karma, the pantheon of gods and the high regard for gurus.
Exceptional figures from politics, business, sport, culture, religion and science share their insights into being black and British today, how they got where they are and their thoughts on what the future holds.
- TV-Recordings
- English subtitles
- 30
Exceptional figures from politics, business, sport, culture, religion and science share their insights into being black and British today, how they got where they are and their thoughts on what the future holds.
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Christianity: A History. Episode 1.Jesus the Jew
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Novelist Howard Jacobson
Leading British writer Howard Jacobson, a Jew himself, examines the origins and consequences of Christian belief. He argues that although Christianity originated in devout Judaism, for Jews it has been, for the most part, a calamity.
- TV-Recordings
- Humanities
- Religion
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
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Leading British writer Howard Jacobson, a Jew himself, examines the origins and consequences of Christian belief. He argues that although Christianity originated in devout Judaism, for Jews it has been, for the most part, a calamity.
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Christianity: A History. Eposode 4. Crusades
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Rageh Omaar
Acclaimed war correspondent Rageh Omaar examines the effect the Crusades have on the world today. In the West, the Crusades are a chapter of Christian history that has little impact on our everyday lives, but in the Middle East many believe that the Crusades are happening again.
- TV-Recordings
- Humanities
- Religion
- TV-Recordings
- No subtitles
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Acclaimed war correspondent Rageh Omaar examines the effect the Crusades have on the world today. In the West, the Crusades are a chapter of Christian history that has little impact on our everyday lives, but in the Middle East many believe that the Crusades are happening again.