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  • August 7, 2013
    Thinking again about religion

    Religion is a 'hot topic' one way or another. Some love it, some loathe it, many go meh... but you can't ignore the diverse belief mix that now makes up a modern plural society.

  • August 6, 2013
    Call to make sectarianism history in Scotland

    Members of the Scottish government's independent advisory group on combatting sectarianism say that the time for change is now.

  • August 6, 2013
    Life on both sides of the lens

    The European Parliament and the Lux Prize have partnered with Just Festival to bring to screen four films that were contenders for the prize in previous years.

  • August 6, 2013
    Israel-Palestine: reality of occupation, challenge of peace

    "Of course Israel has a right to exist... but with Palestine, not at the expense of the Palestinians." That was the message of an ecumenical accompanier speaking today (6th August 2013) at Just Festival in Edinburgh.

  • August 6, 2013
    Does slavery exist in Scotland today, panel will ask

    Campaigners, police and public authorities will engage in conversation tomorrow night over the nature and extend of what they say amounts to slavery in modern Scotland.

  • August 6, 2013
    Standing up to sectarianism

    As part of a series of events at Just Festival looking at how to break down barriers and confront bigotry locally and globally, a discussion is taking place tonight (Tuesday 6th August), on tackling sectarianism.

  • August 5, 2013
    A conversation among creative and hopeful sceptics

    What would a conversation about religion among those who have abandoned it, or who are on the very edge of it, sound and feel like?

  • August 5, 2013
    Faith and beliefs today: how do we go forward?

    Twenty years ago, many public commentators believed that religion was dead, or at least 'on the way out'. How wrong that proved. Simon Barrow looks at how the conversation about faith is deepening and broadening in the face of growing religious and non-religious diversity.

  • August 5, 2013
    Changing the world: real conversation is the key

    As the huge media coverage of internet abuse has made clear (not least the appalling targeting of women on Twitter and other social media platforms), when public conversation is debased, we all suffer - though those at the sharp end suffer most.

  • August 5, 2013
    Imagine no religion...?

    The lines in the John Lennon song are famous by now: "Imagine there's no religion... it's easy if you try..." But is it, and what would it mean?