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richard dawkins

August 23, 2012

Christians disagree over Dawkins book event invitation

Conservative Scottish Christians are calling for a boycott of a talk by well-known atheist Richard Dawkins, scheduled for a book festival in late October.
March 3, 2012

Lent: human origins, human freedom

As Lenten continues, I share two items that I suggest are 'a must-watch' and 'a must-read' for reflecting on Christian and human concerns far and wide.
February 23, 2012

Dawkins and Williams discuss human origins

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, former Oxford don and outspoken atheist Dr Richard Dawkins and philosopher Professor Anthony Kenny engaged in a public discussion of the origin of human life in Oxford today.
February 17, 2012

The myth of 'religion' and the tyranny of Dawkins’ discontinuous mind

Richard Dawkins' oft-publicised arguments about beliefs rest on classificatory dividing lines between ‘religion’ and ‘science’, ‘faith’ and ‘secular’ reason. In his passionate rebuttal, Dr Timothy Fitzgerald suggests that, contrary to popular perception, the armies of generalities so deployed have little meaningful content, but instead serve to legitimate rhetorical positions behind which lie the framework of liberal capitalist ideology derived from colonialism.
February 15, 2012

Professor Terry Eagleton: ‘Culture and the Death of God’

As the place of religion in society once again hits the headlines in the UK, literary critic Professor Terry Eagleton, Distinguished Professor of English Literature at Lancaster University, is giving the 2012 Firth Lectures on the theme ‘Culture and the Death of God’.
February 14, 2012

Dawkins provides Christians with a positive opportunity
February 14, 2012

'Census Christians' not very committed, opinion research suggests

Data analysing the beliefs and practices of people who ticked ‘Christian’ on the national Census shows that many of them have few or no religious convictions.
December 31, 2011

David Cameron and Richard Dawkins: misunderstanding Christianity

Britain is “a Christian country”, the language, culture and politics of which is “steeped in the Bible”, declared UK Prime Minister David Cameron recently. The Bible provides an "appalling moral compass", biologist and vigorous atheist Richard Dawkins responded. Both, despite elements of truth, revealed a deep misunderstanding of Christianity, says Savi Hensman.
March 31, 2011

Faith leaders refute 'extremism' scaremongering over voting reform

People of different faiths and none have united behind Yes to Fairer Votes, after anti-AV campaigners claimed voting reform would encourage extremists.
June 18, 2010

Top scientists and educators stress the importance of evolution teaching in schools

Twenty-six of the UK’s top scientists and science educators including three Nobel laureates, have called on the Government to protect and promote science in schools.