Extract – 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. …
Read MoreExtract – Ephesians 5:22-33
Ephesians 5:22-33 – New International Version (NIV) 22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord….
Read MorePresentation: Augustine on Human Nature
Aimee Horsley explains Augustine’s view of human nature – that we are all tainted by the Fall of humankind (Genesis 3) in the Garden of Eden, the curse of pain for women in childbirth, the existence of sexual lust and the idea of ‘dominion’ or power of men over women
Read MoreArticle – Hick’s Transcendental Pluralism
Exposition: A Brief Summary of Hick’s Pluralist Hypothesis source: Bradley Cochran https://theophilogue.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/hicks-philosphical-advocacy-for-pluralism__version-3d.pdf There are many general interpretations of religion. These have usually…
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