The week in London
TUESDAY Delighted to be at the House of Lords on Tuesday (security in overdrive – day before the State Opening of Parliament) for the Syeda Fatima Interfaith Conference. Surrounded by … Continue reading
Secular Europe
It’s £47.50, so probably not an impulse buy, but Lorenzo Zucca’s new book, A Secular Europe: Law and Religion in the European Constitutional Landscape is a good one*. I asked Lorenzo … Continue reading
Philosophy? Wisdom? Spirituality? The Financial Times struggles to find the right word
The FT Weekend has a story this weekend on how the Minniapolis company General [Häagen-Dazs] Mills has embraced eastern philosophy – er, wisdom – no, spirituality- in a bid to … Continue reading
How important to religion is belief?
If you’re religious, do you suffer reputational damage from attending a humanist or secularist event? Or, if you’re atheist, from going to religious events? Compared to the huge number of … Continue reading
Theists and atheists
The public conversation around the place of religion in 2010 society can be knee-jerky and defensive. I’m not convinced the Westminster Declaration does a great deal, if anything, to help … Continue reading
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