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The Bishop of Manchester is set to open The Playing God Film Series on Thursday 5 March. This unique film series, which is the first of its kind, will focus on the roles of science and religion in movies.

Humanities Center fellow and historian of Islam Fred Donner builds on his theories about the diverse religious origins of Islam through an intensive study and translation of previously neglected or unknown documents from the seventh century.

Menashe Unger started life as a good 19th-century Polish Hasidic Jew, the youngest son of a revered rabbi, and received rabbinic ordination at the age of 17 - then he turned his back on the religious world to attend university and join the Labor Zionist movement.

FACULTY Q&A For the last few weeks, Puerto Rico's streets have seen protesters for and against the incorporation of 'perspectivas de género' or gender perspectives in the public schools' curriculum.

While this may help ease anxiety if religious issues come up in class discussions and talks with concerned parents, it is ultimately knowledge of the science of evolution that will provide biology teachers with the confidence for effective science instruction.

Stanford scholar and former U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry says that U.S. military intervention should be the exception, not the norm, toward failed states like Syria, Iraq and Yemen.

A unique film series which is the first of its kind opens in Manchester next month focusing on the roles of science and religion in movies.

In the aftermath of the attacks that left 17 dead in the offices of Charlie Hebdo, in a kosher grocery store and in the streets of Paris, relations between Muslim immigrants and European host countries have become increasingly strained.

'Western Europe will not find a partner of values and morals in Vladimir Putin', said Sir John Sawers, former Chief of MI6 in his inaugural lecture as Visiting Professor at King's College London.

A new exhibition at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute Museum will offer a glimpse into everyday life in a lively, multicultural city in ancient Egypt.

The threat to peace posed by the Islamic State group has been described as "unprecedented in the modern age", yet research on the rise and fall of an extremist group in 1980s Lebanon suggests that we may have seen this all before.

"The idea that Muslims hold values that make it difficult for them to integrate into Canadian society is misguided," says Jeff Reitz A landmark study on gender equality among religious minorities in

We can but hope, argue sociologist Dr Jeff Miley and Gates Scholar Johanna Riha, who here summarise some of their observations following a recent field visit to Rojava in northern Syria, and give a brief overview of the political and social ideologies underpinning the Kurdish revolution.

The United Arab Emirates security is seriously challenged by the conflict with extremist groups in its neighbouring countries, the son of the Emir of Abu Dhabi told an audience at King's College London on 28th January.

In this post, Professor Tim Bale of QMUL's School of Politics and International Relations, discusses the findings of new polling data on attitudes to Jewish political leaders.

Dr Catherine Fletcher from the University of Sheffield's Department of History comments on her role as advisor to the BBC's forthcoming version of Wolf Hall.

What does Love mean to you? Don't miss the Jewish Museum London's first crowd-sourced exhibition featuring everyday objects, historic artefacts and works of art inspired by love.

'Attack on Freedom'; 'La Liberté assassinée'. Headlines like those in The Times and Le Figaro proclaim that the commando-style attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday was an attack on free speech itself.

In a major contribution to Biblical and Mesopotamian studies, the first extra-biblical archive from the exiled Judean community in Babylonia in the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. has been published as part of a series edited by Cornell professor David I. Owen.

For Michael Fontaine, Latin and the ancient world are alive and profoundly relevant today. To him, Latin is and should be a spoken language: At Cornell, he teaches classes in Latin, having learned to speak it years ago from a papal secretary.

Alfred Stepan has been called the democracy whisperer. As the Wallace Sayre Professor of Government, he's been watching, advising and studying government and democracy for over 40 years.

Research in Religious Studies at Lancaster University has been ranked as having the biggest impact on culture and society in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF).

Buddhism, symbolized by this reclining Buddha in Wat Phra That Hariphunchai temple, Thailand, inspires a different set of spiritual experiences than evangelical Christianity, according to Stanford anthropology Professor Tanya Luhrmann. (Jedsada Kiatpornmongkol / Shutterstock ) Stanford anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann finds that social, bodily and cultural contexts shape and give meaning to spiritual experiences.

Research finds support for attacks on civilians in the United States among people in some Muslim countries is linked to negative views of American culture rather than perceptions of its foreign polic

QMUL's Dr Christopher Phillips argues that despite a weaker economy and the domestic threat of ISIS, Moscow is unlikely to change course on Syria.

In the first-ever ethnography of Hindu nationalism and music, Stanford music Professor Anna Schultz examines an Indian performance medium embedded with nationalist political messages.

Interpreting auditory imagery in a text is as challenging as understanding visual references. Near Eastern studies professor Kim Haines-Eitzen explores how natural desert sounds influenced monastic texts, from tropes like the wind as God's voice to demons sounding like thunder.

In 1714, the British Parliament offered large rewards for finding longitude at sea. Men around the world submitted schemes but only one woman, Jane Squire, published a proposal her own name.

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Leading historian Professor Amy-Jill Levine is to give this year's Edward Cadbury Lectures at the University of Birmingham.

A Hebrew Bible scholar and piano historian, Edwin Good was known for his literary approach to ancient Hebrew texts and his passion for early pianos.

In the keynote address at a daylong celebration of Cornell veterans and military personnel on campus Nov.

Tristan Dunning Honorary Research Fellow in the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at The University of Queensland As the Kurdish town of Kobane continues to defy Islamic State (IS)

In recent years, there has been increasing scrutiny in New York City on Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism.

An epic new history of England offers some eye-catching conclusions on Englishness - suggesting, among other things, that a "remarkable" level of cultural unity and a relative openness to other cultures are both key components of English national identity.

What happens when addiction is defined as a sin instead of a sickness? In Guatemala, it means snatching addicts off the streets and holding them against their will in "compulsory" Christian rehabilitation centres.

Bonfire night marks a plot in 1605 to burn down the Houses of Parliament. It's also a reminder of the ferocious divides that existed between Protestants and Roman Catholics.

Related links: Prof Callum Brown Secularisation and Humanist History at Glasgow Humanist Society Scotland The first project undertaken in Scotland since the Victorian era to assess the effect to whic

An influential group of academics, lawyers and religious leaders will gather at the University of Queensland this month to explore issues associated with religious freedom.

Research by a digital anthropologist is looking at how new religious movements are harnessing online platforms.

Anglican clergy are very concerned with maintaining a high level of welfare spending, and see it as a way of protecting the weak and the poor - a left-leaning political stance out of step with most of the general population and most Anglicans.

Describing her experience writing the 2012 book "The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin," Russian-American journalist and LGBTQ activist Masha Gessen recalled feeling optimism while writing the book's epilogue during protests against Russian government corruption.

Papers opened to the public today reveal how the Brighton bombing stopped Margaret Thatcher from widening her infamous 'enemy within' rhetoric to include not only the striking miners but also the wider Labour movement and Party.

Title Land cover 2010 Released 02/10/2014 11:52 am Copyright ESA/CCI Land Cover/Université catholique de Louvain Description This global land-cover map was created using data from the Envisat mission for the 2010 epoch (2008-12).

This lunchtime the new Principal and President, Professor Ed Byrne, was installed at the College's Opening of Year Service.

A major international research project led by the University of Leeds has attracted significant funding from the AHRC to shine new light on forgotten works by Jewish artists.

Ahead of the UN summit on climate change, two leading scholars in the field make a watershed appeal to religious leaders for help in mobilising public opinion on the planet's future.

A £1.1m campaign by Cambridge University Library to secure one of the most important New Testament manuscripts - the seventh-century Codex Zacynthius - has been a success.