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  1. Is God a Virus?

    Subject
    Religious studies; Science

    Lecture by Dr Denis Alexander. The title is based on Richard Dawkins comparing religion to a virus or meme which spreads like a disease and is "one of the world’s great evils". In his lecture Alexander...

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  2. Steve Jones: Why Creationism is Wrong and Evolution is Right (2006)

    Subject
    Biology; Religious studies

    A streamed video recording of a public lecture given by Steve Jones at the Royal Society. Science is about disbelief. It accepts that all knowledge is provisional and that any theory might in principle be...

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  3. Ambivalent Atheism: Neoliberalism and Old Age (2015)

    Producer
    Jayne Egerton
    Subject
    Religious studies; Social Studies

    Podcast. THINKING ALOUD is a BBC 4 radio discussion series first broadcast in 1998 and hosted by Laurie Taylor focusing on the latest social science research. In this edition Laurie Taylor talks to Lois Lee,...

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  4. Small Question of Religion, The: Faith and Rights in the Workplace (2010)

    Subject
    Law

    Civil liberties campaigner and lawyer, Shami Chakrabarti speaks about whether people have the legal right to wear religious symbols and dress in the workplace. [43 minutes]

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  5. Why we Need a Social Science of Religion (2009)

    Subject
    Religious studies; Social sciences

    Professor Steve Bruce, of the University of Aberdeen, delivers the First Annual Lecture for the Centre for Religion and Contemporary Society at Birkbeck College, University of London. [48 minutes]

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  6. Galatians

    Director
    Brady Haran
    Subject
    Religious studies

    This short film looks at Paul’s letter to the Galatians, which is seen as one of Paul’s most radical statements on religious freedom. Theologians Karen Kilby, John Milbank and Richard Bell offer their...

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  7. A S Byatt with Iris Murdoch (1985 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 40 minutes), £89.00 or free online viewing

    A S Byatt discusses with Iris Murdoch the influences of the 19th century novel; realism vs the novel of ideas; writing about sex; power and accuracy of language; belief, religion and ritual.

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  8. Islam Denounces Terrorism

    Subject
    Religious studies

    This film presents the Muslim response to and denunciation of terrorism. Beginning with the events of September 11, the film explains that all kinds of violence against civilians are crimes against humanity...

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  9. Wired for Books: Norman Sherry (About Graham Greene) (1989)

    Subject
    English language and literature

    Norman Sherry, author of The Life of Graham Greene series, speaks with Don Swaim in this 1989 interview about the life of Graham Greene. Norman Sherry shares insights into Greene’s life, who he was, and...

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  10. God Debate, The (2010)

    Subject
    Politics & government; Religious studies

    Professor Terry Eagleton’s Gifford Lecture - The God Debate was recorded on 1 March, 2010 at the Playfair Library Hall, the University of Edinburgh. In his lecture, Professor Eagleton asks "Why has God...

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