Category - secularism

The Challenges Of Religious Pluralism: The ISSR Annual Conference 2009

Jordan Tchilingirian — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:55:53 +0100

Start: 27/07/2009 - 16:00

End: 31/07/2009 - 14:00

Religious diversity is a constant feature of human societies.

The Challenges Of Religious Pluralism: The ISSR Annual Conference 2009

Jordan Tchilingirian — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:55:39 +0100

Start: 27/07/2009 - 16:00

End: 31/07/2009 - 14:00

Religious diversity is a constant feature of human societies.

Bishop Nazir-Ali in new ‘Christian nation’ and Islam row

staff writers — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:28:07 +0100

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, who earlier caused anger by suggesting some Muslim communities were ‘no go areas’ has created a fresh argument by claiming that the collapse of a ‘Christian nation’ has left Britain in a moral vacuum.

Seeing both the positive and negative in religion

Simon Barrow — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:13:02 +0100

Much of the current public discourse on 'religion' assumes that 'it' (actually a complex and multi-faceted phenomenon) is either a good or a bad thing per se.

A Critical Defense of Secularism

Jordan Tchilingirian — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:11:17 +0100

Start: 10/06/2008 - 18:30

End: 10/06/2008 - 20:00

The global revival of religion has raised fundamental questions about its role in politics and its claim that it serves as a principle of identity, indispensable to the continuing survival of communit

Secularism and Shared Values

Jordan Tchilingirian — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:56:19 +0100

Start: 03/06/2008 - 18:30

End: 03/06/2008 - 20:00

What is Wrong with Secularism of all Sorts? Priority for Democracy

Jordan Tchilingirian — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:51:18 +0100

Start: 29/05/2008 - 18:30

End: 29/05/2008 - 20:00

The lecture presents a contextualised criticism of first and second order myths of secularisms and of the conflation of liberal-democratic institutions with secular ones, and argues for the priority o

Religion and Society research programme

Simon Barrow — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:50:53 +0000

A major five year research programme on faith and society is underway, and has a valuable new website.

Islam and Secularism in France and Turkey

Jordan Tchilingirian — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:44:30 +0000

Start: 14/02/2008 - 18:30

End: 14/02/2008 - 20:00

This event launches the LSE Forum on Religion, established to provide LSE and the broader community with a space for coordinated, interdisciplinary discussion on religion in contemporary society.

Religion and secularism: a dynamic balance?

staff writers — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:08:22 +0000

Start: 30/01/2008 - 16:45

End: 01/02/2008 - 13:30

Recently published books by well-known secularists claim that religion is poisonous. Some varieties of secularism say that religion need not, and should not, play any role in the life of our society.