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this looks rather interesting, overall. Mark Mark R D Johnson Emeritus Professor of Diversity in Health & Social Care Mary Seacole Research Centre / CEEHD De Montfort University Leicester LE1 9BH please use e-mail: telephone messages may not be received ________________________________________ From: David Perfect [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 30 October 2014 12:04 To: Research Subject: Information for Religion or Belief Network members Dear Religion or Belief Network member New EHRC project on religion or belief I would like to draw your attention to a new Procurement opportunity that the Equality and Human Rights Commission advertised on 27 October, Religion or belief: guidance documents and good practice materials for employers and service providers. This forms part of our ongoing work to implement our strategy on religion or belief, Shared understandings. Please visit our website for brief details of the project; the deadline for submissions of tenders is 25 November: http://equalityhumanrights.g2b.info/cgi-gen/profile.pl?action=view_profile&oid=6246#top<http://equalityhumanrights.g2b.info/cgi-gen/profile.pl?action=view_profile&oid=6246%23top> Full tender packs can be requested from: [log in to unmask] Please use the subject line EHRC 050-1415 when requesting the full specification. EHRC Call for evidence on religion or belief in the workplace and service delivery The call for evidence will close on 31 October. We have received over 2,100 responses to date and will be reporting the findings to Network members in 2015. Forthcoming events: Equality and Religious Freedom in a Changing World Saturday 1 November, 10.00 – 17.00 - Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London The Cutting Edge Consortium Conference will be held on 1 November. There will be two plenary sessions, one focusing on the international context of faith based homophobia, biphobia and transphobia, and the other focusing on the changing nature of LGBT activism in the UK. We will also have a panel session on the current political situation for LGBT rights in the UK and worldwide. Speakers will include prominent LGBT campaigners, trade unionists, lawyers and academics as well as politicians and representatives from faith communities. Workshop discussions will also be held on a variety of topics including; activism – the next generation; deconstructing complimentarity in the theology of marriage; the future of civil partnerships; resisting gay cures; religious accommodation in schools and public services; activism and well being; celibacy? monogamy? polyamory? spirituality and sexuality; intersex issues; feminism and gender; bisexual caucus. A full programme is available on the CEC website: www.cuttingedgeconsortium.co.uk<http://www.cuttingedgeconsortium.co.uk> Information from Martin Pendergast (Cutting Edge Consortium) Reclaiming the Public Space: Archbishop William Temple 70th Anniversary Conference Monday 10 November, 11.00 – 18.30 – People’s History Museum, Manchester Marking seventy years since the death of Archbishop William Temple, ‘Reclaiming the Public Space’ will examine the role of Christianity, and other faiths, in developing a just society. Bringing together academics, community activists, clergy and faith-based organisations, a diverse range of excellent speakers includes: - Prof Linda Woodhead (University of Lancaster) - Prof Craig Calhoun (LSE) - Chris Mould (Trussell Trust) - Bruce Clark (The Economist) - Elaine Graham (University of Chester) - And many more for lectures, interactive workshops and panel debates. Full information and booking: http://williamtemplefoundation.org.uk/conference2014/ Information from Charlotte Dando (William Temple Foundation) Humanism, Laïcité, Atheism, Secularism across Europe (ENORB UK event for Inter Faith Week 2014) Wednesday 12 November 10am – 12 noon, Europe House, Smith Square, SW1P 3EU Speaker: Andrew Copson (British Humanist Association) who will explore how we can work together across religious and belief traditions for fair treatment for all. Registration is required for entry to Europe House. Email [log in to unmask]<[log in to unmask]> by 10 November to reserve a place. Information from Catriona Robertson (ENORB) National Inter Faith Week, 16 – 22 November National Inter Faith Week will take place in England, Northern Ireland and Wales from Sunday 16 – Saturday 22 November. The aims of the Week are to strengthening good inter faith relations at all levels; increase awareness of the different and distinct faith communities in the UK, in particular celebrating and building on the contribution which their members make to their neighbourhoods and to wider society; increase understanding between people of religious and non-religious beliefs. Many different kinds of organisation will be taking part, running events to mark the Week in their own contexts. A list of all known events can be found on the website at www.interfaithweek.org<http://www.interfaithweek.org>. The listings are being added to regularly, and if you are planning to mark the Week yourself, you can register your event at www.interfaithweek.org/submit<http://www.interfaithweek.org/submit>. Information from Ashley Beck (Inter Faith Network) Recent publications: Janet Eccles (Independent researcher), ‘The Chaplaincy Experience: Negotiating (multi-faith) Time and Space in a Northern English General Hospital’, Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling, 68, 3 (2014) Abstract: This article reports on the inception and work of the first multi-faith chaplaincy team in a general hospital outside of London. The problematic beginnings are described as the team, previously run by and based on Anglican Christian ministry expanded to multi-faith care. The importance of the chapel/worship space in such a project diminished and chaplains and volunteer visitors of all faiths and none now minister in more secular spaces throughout the hospital and outside its walls. This is a reflection of the becoming more interfaith as chaplains ministering to those of different faiths from their own evolved to more spiritually rather than religiously oriented focus in generating patient-centred care in the context of a changing British culture, now considered simultaneously Christian, religiously plural,and secular. Clive Field (University of Birmingham), ‘No Popery’s Ghost? Does Popular Anti-Catholicism Survive in Contemporary Britain’, Journal of Popular Religion 7 (2014): 116-49. Abstract: Anti-Catholicism has been a feature of British history from the Reformation, but it has been little studied for the period since the Second World War, and rarely using quantitative methods. A thematically-arranged aggregate analysis of around 180 opinion polls among representative samples of adults since the 1950s offers insights into developing attitudes of the British public to Catholics and the Catholic Church. Anti-Catholicism against individual Catholics is found to have diminished. Negativity toward the Catholic Church and its leadership has increased, especially since the Millennium. Generic and specific explanations are offered for these trends, within the context of other manifestations of religious prejudice and other religious changes. Roger Trigg (University of Oxford), Religious Diversity: Philosophical and Political Dimensions (Cambridge University Press, 2014). Description: Should we merely celebrate diversity in the sphere of religion? What of the social cohesion of a country? There is a constant tug between belief in religious truth and the need for respect for other religions. Religious Diversity: Philosophical and Political Dimensions examines how far a firm faith can allow for toleration of difference and respect the need for religious freedom. It elucidates the philosophical credentials of different approaches to truth in religion, ranging from a dogmatic fundamentalism to a pluralism that shades into relativism. Must we resort to a secularism that treats all religion as a personal and private matter, with nothing to contribute to discussions about the common good? How should law approach the issue of religious freedom? Introducing the relevance of central discussions in modern philosophy of religion, the book goes on to examine the political implications of increasing religious diversity in a democracy. Project reports: Information from John Wolffe and Gavin Moorhead (Open University): We are very pleased to announce the publication of the Religion, Security and Global Uncertainties report for the Religion, Martyrdom and Global Uncertainties (1914-2014) project. This report examines the relationship between religion and security, including terrorism and so-called ‘religious violence’. It has two key objectives: * To provide guidance on identifying circumstances in which religion (either on its own or in combination with other factors) is likely to give rise to security challenges. * To provide a constructive interrogation of some underexplored assumptions relating to religion and security. The report is informed by research conducted between October 2013 and January 2014, which included a series of interviews with academic researchers and roundtable discussions with MPs, public policy officers, journalists, church ministers, and representatives of faith communities, local community organisations and NGOs. The full report and executive summary can be found at: www.open.ac.uk/arts/research/religion-martyrdom-global-uncertainties/reports<http://www.open.ac.uk/arts/research/religion-martyrdom-global-uncertainties/reports> Regular publications: The latest issue of KLICE News for November 2014 is available at: http://tyndalehouse.cmail1.com/t/ViewEmail/r/F0A5D2A946E52D3A2540EF23F30FEDED/0FC8F437D3A28564A2432AF2E34A2A5F The online journal, Public Spirit, has recently published a series of articles on the Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life. For these, and other new articles, go to: http://www.publicspirit.org.uk/ Next Network e-mail Please e-mail me details of forthcoming events in December and early 2015, as well as new publications etc, as soon as possible. I intend to e-mail Network members again in late November. 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