by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Secularisation
Working as a group, investigate the religious buildings in your nearest town or city. Make notes of what you find and pool your findings. a) Are there any buildings that are derelict? b) Are there any that have been turned into housing or shops, or taken over by other...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Secularisation
Divide into groups of about 6 students and choose several events from the list below. Three of you should put together religious or supernatural explanations for the events. The other three should put together rational/technological explanations for the events. You...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Secularisation
40% (c) a third. Because of the rise of rationality and the growth of science and technology. A pluralist society, containing religious diversity. Where one faith and one set of beliefs covers the whole society and is shared by all. The influence and functions of...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Religion & Change
Galileo (1564-1642) was an Italian astronomer. Like Copernicus, his studies and measurements of the heavens led him to believe that the sun is the centre of our solar system and that the earth spins and circles around the sun. At this time the Roman Catholic Church...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Religion & Change
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, Benjamin Franklin, produced a list of 13 virtues (below). Franklin sought to cultivate his character by adherence to the thirteen virtues, which he developed in 1726 when he was 20 year old and continued to...
