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Extract – 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 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 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 MoreReligious Pluralism and Religious Language
An ontologically transcendent being is somehow distinct, separate, and different from everything else. “God is more distant from any creature than…
Read MoreJohn Hick and the Pluralist Hypothesis
The pluralist position put forward by John Hick has been one of the most significant and influential philosophical approaches to religious…
Read MoreReligious Pluralism and Hermeneutics
Hermeneutic approaches to religious diversity take seriously both the deep divergences between different religious traditions and the idea that diverse religions’…
Read MoreExtract – Daly’s Promethean Journey
Mary Daly expropriates ancient myths such as the myth of Prometheus and reworks them to encourage the creative force within the…
Read MoreExtract Mulieris Dignitatem
Commentary and Introduction Mulieris Dignitatem (the Dignity of Women) explains a Catholic Response to the Women’s movement as it entered its…
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Practise Questions 2020
Religious Studies Guides – 2020
