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Posts By: peter
Summary – The God Delusion (Dawkins)
source Richard Dawkins is arguably the most popular atheist writer/ teacher of our time. His background includes a PhD in zoology…
Read MoreArticle Critique of Freud’s the Future of an Illusion
source A Critique of Freud’s The Future of an Illusion Sigmund Freud’s The Future of an Illusion (1927) seeks to prove…
Read MoreExtract – God Returns to Europe
source The highbrow monthly Prospect put it more bluntly in its November cover story: “God returns to Europe.” One might cheekily…
Read MoreExtract – Freud and Illusion
I know how difficult it is to avoid illusions; perhaps the hopes I have confessed to are of an illusory nature,…
Read MoreSummary – Freud The Future of an Illusion
This is a chapter summary of The Future of an Illusion by Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, produced by Zack…
Read MoreArticle – A Comparison between France and America
In this chapter, we will discuss different French and American approaches to religious minorities and to religion’s place in society. Tocqueville…
Read MoreExtract – Religion and Secularism Karen Armstrong
We now take the secular state so much for granted that it is hard for us to appreciate its novelty, since…
Read MoreArticle – Secularism and Pluralism
source Secularism must now be seen as a positive worldview in the modern world that takes its place alongside other traditional…
Read MoreWhat is Secularism?
Here is the front page of the Secular Society’s website. It makes some important claims – for example, that secularism is…
Read MoreExtracts – Further Suggested Bible Passages
The syllabus suggests we study Ephesians 5 (see previous extract “wives obey your husbands”) and then the two extracts below. …
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Practise Questions 2020
Religious Studies Guides – 2020
