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3. Interviews
4. Lessons
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8. World religion calendar

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1. Articles

Buddhism

• The Buddha: An Introduction
• The Noble Eightfold Path
• Buddhism on life after death: An introduction
• The Moral Precepts of Buddhism
• Buddhist ethics: An introduction
• Tibetan prayer flags

Ethics

Articles related to the theme or topic of determinism and freewill

• Determinism: Some preliminary thoughts...
• Some thoughts on the matter of freewill and some suggested resolutions of the determinism/freewill paradox

Articles related to the theme or topic of feminism

• Feminism: A brief history of...
• Feminism: A brief history of... (continued)
• Feminist ethics: Key ideas and issues... (Part 1)
• Feminist ethics: Key ideas and issues... (Part 2)
• Gender equality: An introduction

Articles related to the theme or topic of marriage and the family

• Divorce: An introduction
• Religion and family life (Part 1): Introduction and key teaching (Christianity)
• Religion and family life (Part 2): How children are raised (Christianity)

Articles related to the theme or topic of medical ethics

• Abortion: An introduction
• Euthanasia: An introduction
• Christian attitudes to abortion (Part 1): Introduction, Roman Catholic and Church of England teaching
• Christian attitudes to abortion (Part 2): Methodist and Quaker teaching, pro-life and pro-choice arguments
• Christian attitudes to euthanasia (Part 1): Introduction, Roman Catholic teaching
• Christian attitudes to euthanasia (Part 2): The Church of England and other Christian views
• Christian attitudes to euthanasia (Appendix): Letter to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill 2nd September 2004
• Jewish attitudes to abortion

Articles related to moral theories

• Immanuel Kant and the categorical imperative
• Emotivism: An overview and critique (Part 1)
• Emotivism: An overview and critique (Part 2)
• Eudaimonia: An introduction
• Utilitarianism (Part 1): Introduction, Bentham and Mill
• Utilitarianism (Part 2): Singer, developments and critiques
• Virtue ethics: A very brief introduction

Articles related to the theme or topic of race relations

• What is Truth?: An Introduction to Holocaust Denial Theory
• Black theodicy: Evil and suffering in Black Theology
• The Kairos Document (extract)

Articles related to the theme or topic of religion and ethics

• The divine command theory of ethics (Part 1): Introduction and arguments for...
• The divine command theory of ethics (Part 2): Arguments against...
• Don Cupitt and the new Christian ethics (or the non-God moral argument)

Articles related to the theme or topic of society

• Capital punishment: An introduction
• Justice: A brief introduction
• Political authority: An introduction

Articles related to the theme or topic of war

• Some thoughts on the matter of violence, war and conflict (Part 1): Introduction, the nature of humanity, religious attitudes
• Some thoughts on the matter of violence, war and conflict (Part 2): Weaponry and nuclear bombs
• Some thoughts on the matter of violence, war and conflict (Part 3): The cost of war and pacifism

Hinduism

• The Bhagavad-Gita: An introduction
• Hinduism on life after death: An introduction

Introduction

• God: An introduction
• Some thoughts about religion, religions and the religious

Key Facts

• Asoka: Key facts
• Buddhism: Key facts
• Bodhisattvas: Key facts
• Dalai Lama: Key facts
• Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO): Key facts
• Mahayana Buddhism ("Great Vehicle"): Key facts
• Pure Land Buddhism: Key facts
• Theravada Buddhism ("Doctrine of the elders"): Key facts
• Tibetan (Tantric) Buddhism: Key facts
• Vajrayana Buddhism ("Diamond Vehicle"): Key facts
• Zen Buddhism: Key facts
• Christianity: Key facts
• The Sea of Faith Network: Key facts
• Hinduism: Key facts
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: Key facts
• Islam: Key facts
• The Qur'an: Key facts
• Jehovah's Witnesses: Key facts
• Judaism: Key facts
• Latter Day Saints (Mormons): Key facts
• Religious sects: Key facts
• Major world religions: Key facts
• Sikhism: Key facts
• Unitarian Universalism: Key facts

Philosophy of Religion

Articles related to the theme or topic of atheism/agnosticism

• Atheism: An introduction
• Agnosticism: An introduction

Articles related to the theme or topic of the problem of evil and suffering

• Black theodicy: Evil and suffering in Black Theology
• The problem of evil and suffering: Christian Responses
• The problem of evil and suffering: An introduction
• The freewill defense (St. Augustine of Hippo): Part 1
• The freewill defense (St. Augustine of Hippo): Part 2
• An Irenaean Theodicy (John Hick): Part 1
• An Irenaean Theodicy (John Hick): Part 2
• Jehovah's Witnesses on the problem of evil and suffering (Part 1)
• Jehovah's Witnesses on the problem of evil and suffering (Part 2)
• The 'crimes of nature' (John Stuart Mill on the problem of evil and suffering)
• Process theodicy - Creation out of chaos and the problem of evil (David Ray Griffin): Part 1
• Process theodicy - Creation out of chaos and the problem of evil (David Ray Griffin): Part 2
• John K Roth: A Theodicy of Protest

Articles related to the theme or topic of arguments for God's existence

• Thomas Aquinas' Five Ways (Part 1): Introduction, motion, causation
• Thomas Aquinas' Five Ways (Part 2): Contingency, goodness, design
• Arguments for the existence of God (Part 1): Introduction and design
• Arguments for the existence of God (Part 2): Cosmology
• Arguments for the existence of God (Part 3): Morality and religion
• Cosmological arguments for the existence of God (Judeo-Christian): An introduction
• G. W. Leibniz 'On the Ultimate Origination of Things'
• The Kalam cosmological argument (William Lane Craig)
• Design arguments for the existence of God (Judeo-Christian) Part 1: Introduction, the Bible, Aquinas and Paley
• Design arguments for the existence of God (Judeo-Christian) Part 2: Evidence and critiques
• The Ontological Argument: Anselm of Canterbury
• Pascal's wager: An introduction
• Religious experience: An introduction

Articles related to the theme or topic of life after death

• Buddhism on life after death: An introduction
• Hinduism on life after death: An introduction
• Life after death: An introduction
• On the matter of life after death: An atheist perspective

Articles related to the theme or topic of miracles

• Miracles: An introduction
• Miracles in the Bible (Part 1): Introduction
• Miracles in the Bible (Part 2): Issues and responses
• David Hume: 'Of Miracles' (Part 1)
• David Hume: 'Of Miracles' (Part 2)

Theology

Faith and worship

• Comparing Christian and Buddhist forms of worship (Part 1)
• Comparing Christian and Buddhist forms of worship (Part 2)

Theologians (Christian)

• St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
• St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
• Don Cupitt: Taking leave of God (and everything else!)

Theological issues

• A Brief History of Satan (Part 1): Introduction and Old Testament
• A Brief History of Satan (Part 2): Inter and New Testament periods
• A Brief History of Satan (Part 3): Middle ages and modern era
• John Hick's pluralist hypothesis

Feminism/women

• Women and Islam (Part 1): Introduction and pre-Islamic attitudes to women
• Women and the Church
• Women and the Church (continued)

2. Features

Visits

• Churches in Taos, New Mexico (USA)
• Site of the I-35W bridge disaster (Minneapolis, Minnesota USA)
• Lutheran Church
• World Trade Centre site (Ground Zero)
• Zen Meditation Center

Podcasts

• Religious and moral themes in the film Bruce Almighty

3. Interviews

Talking about beliefs

• Interview with Asma Afsaruddin (Part 1)
• Interview with Asma Afsaruddin (Part 2)
• Interview with Asma Afsaruddin (Part 3)
• Interview with Durga McBroom
• What Christianity means to me... (Luke)
• My faith (Beth)
• My faith (Sarah)

Talking about books

• At the frontier of faith (John Hick)
• After God (Mark Vernon)

Talking about issues

• Interview with David Paxson (World Population Balance)

Talking about movies

• It's a dread-full life, but I love it! (Uncle Creepy)
• Religion at the movies (Felix Vasquez Jr.)

4. Lessons

• Capital punishment: Overview and critique
• Immanuel Kant and the Categorical Imperative: A Critical Evaluation
• Evil and suffering (Christian theology): A quick guide
• John Hick's Pluralist Hypothesis (Part 1): Introduction and Overview
• Lessons: FAQs
• Lessons: Sample
• Natural Law: A Quick Guide
• The Ontological Argument (Part 1): Introduction and Overview
• The Ontological Argument (Part 2): Gaunilo v Anselm
• The Ontological Argument (Part 3): Descartes v Kant
• Package deals
• Situation Ethics (Part 1): Introduction and Overview
• Thank you for your payment!
• Utilitarianism: A Quick Guide
• Virtue Ethics: An Introduction and Overview (Aristotle and MacIntyre)

5. Revision Podcasts

• Christian attitudes to abortion
• Christian attitudes to euthanasia
• Religion and Life based on a study of Christianity and at least one other religion (Edexcel Unit A): Preparing for the exam

6. Reviews

Books

• Atheism - A very short introduction (Julian Baggini)
• Fortress Introduction to Contemporary Theologies
• The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
• Letter to a Christian Nation (Sam Harris)
• Letters and Papers from Prison (Dietrich Bonheoffer)
• Book review: Lifetimes - The beautiful way to explain death to children
• Book review: Parenting beyond belief: On raising ethical, caring kids without religion
• Book review: Plato and a Platypus walk into a bar... Understanding philosophy through jokes
• Tricks of the mind (Derren Brown)
• The Universe in a Single Atom (Dalai Lama)
• What Makes You Not A Buddhist (Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse)

Movies/DVDs

• An Inconvenient Truth
• Color of the Cross
• Control Room
• Fatwa
• Hate Crime
• How to know God
• Keep The River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale
• Let the Church say Amen
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
• Lost Tomb of Jesus, The
• N Word, The
• Nativity Story, The
• Pan's Labyrinth
• Protocols of Zion, The

7. Worksheets

• Attitudes to abortion (discussion worksheet)
• Attitudes to euthanasia (discussion worksheet)

8. World religion calendar

World religion calendar

• All Saints Day (Christianity)
• Corpus Christi (Christianity)