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The boundaries between art and ritual are becoming more and more porous as artists engage in performance work with highly stylized routines or actions and celebrants (religious and non-religious) explore the use of art to help people mark the important milestones in their lives.
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The way we teach religion in our schools really matters. What sort of RE is appropriate for British society today? This consultation with schools and RE professionals of all kinds will share experience about what is working well in the classroom, and what needs to change.
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News of religious persecution around the world has given religious freedom new prominence. This debate brings together policy makers, journalists and religious specialists from the UK and US to discuss how foreign policy can best respond, what the priorities are, and where the dangers lie.
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Where do we look for moral authority? A recent YouGov poll finds that the Queen, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Malala get the most votes. Have we lost trust in traditional authorities, both religious and political, does it matter, and what takes their place?
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This year the Church of England appointed its first woman bishop, the Rt Rev Libby Lane. In other churches and other faiths, there have been senior women leaders for some time. This debate draws several of them together to ask what difference woman bishops are likely to make.
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This event looks back to the disturbances of 2001 in Bradford, Burnley, Oldham and other Pennine towns. It asks what went wrong and how effectively it has been addressed. Drawing together researchers and local people who dealt with the aftermath of 2001, it invites them to reflect on the lessons learned.
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Since 2011 there has been an explosion of research and policy on how to deal with violent extremism, yet the problem has not gone away. This event brings together leading experts on the topic to discuss what we have learned about how to deal with radicalisation in schools, colleges and universities, and what else needs to be done.
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Recent research suggests that having a parish system is a factor which unites declining Churches across Europe. Yet parish churches are often considered the jewel in the CofE’s crown. Can the parish church-parish priest model survive, and if not what takes its place?
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The CofE is asset rich but feels poor. Whether it’s repairing the roof, raising parish share, or financing pensions, issues of resourcing often set the Church’s direction of travel. Are there creative ways of managing the Church’s material assets, so they help rather than hinder its work?
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Does the Church have the right people in the right roles? Is talent being wasted? Are clergy deployed and supported correctly, and why are so many leaving? Can lay Anglicans play a fuller role within the church’s structures, and how good is the Church at engaging its members?
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Friday, 4th December 2015
