Religion

History of Marriage

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

by Jenny Griffiths

a neat little summary of the history of marriage. 10 key moments.

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TED - videoed talks

Monday, January 23, 2012

by Jenny Griffiths

TED is a fantastic resources of talks on a multitude of subjects. Go and have a browse - you are sure to find something interesting / fun / challenging / useful / eye-opening…

I like this selection on ‘what makes us happy?’

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Declining Religion?

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

by David Abbott

We’ve posted on this before I know, and a general election has just been called (no doubt more on that later), but this week’s Thinking Allowed has some provocative stuff on secularisation, so I’ll give it a plug here.