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The UK National Conference
Tue 27 – Thu 29 July 2010
Leicester University
Watch this space as we will shortly be publishing podcasts and transcriptions of the various talks.
Speakers:
- Maryam Namazie: Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain
- Kumi Naidoo: Executive, Director of Greenpeace International
- Julian Baggini: Philosopher and Journalist
- Don Cupitt: Reflecting on each day's activities
New Manchester SOF Local Group!
Do you live in the Greater Manchester area and would you like to meet up with like-minded people interested in exploring religion as a human creation?
See the website and the blog. Contact the convenor for more information.
New Book from Dinah Livingstone
“Poetic Tales”
an essay in four chapters
If we regard God or gods and the whole supernatural realm as the rich product of the human imagination, what value can such 'poetic tales' still have for us, once we have discarded the supernatural? The surprising answer is as much as ever. Not only does everyone, atheist or otherwise, need some theology, without which so much of our history and culture remains baffling, but when taken and sifted with what Coleridge called poetic faith, those tales are found to contain treasures of wisdom.
Poetic Tales is subtitled 'Logosofia Down to Earth'. For more than twenty years Coleridge planned a huge work to be called Logosophia but never actually got round to it. This book is not, of course, the one Coleridge would have written. Although its scope has a dash of Coleridgean ambition, it is more a train of thought than a treatise, combining a defence of poetry, a natural theology (with nothing supernatural about it) and a quest for kindness. More...
Sofia - The Sea of Faith magazine
Read editorial and articles from the latest edition of Sofia magazine.
Sofia is the magazine of the Sea of Faith Network (UK) and is published quarterly. It is free to all members of the UK network but non-members can also subscribe to the magazine. Further details...
New SOF Book
The new SOF book This Life on Earth, edited by Dinah Livingstone, was published at the SOF Conference in Leicester (21st-23rd July).
The book contains 176 pages with 38 contributors, 19 women and 19 men. It costs £9.50. Orders by post may be sent to:
Sea of Faith, 3 Belle Grove Place, Spital Tongues, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4LH.
Please send a cheque for £11 (to include postage) made out to 'Sea of Faith'.
Philosophy Bites!
Philosophy Bites is a fairly new website that features audio-interviews with leading philosophers which can be played on-line or downloaded as podcasts. As the name suggests the programmes are bite-sized chunks of philosophical discussion -- each programme lasts no longer than 15 minutes.
One of the first podcasts, which will be of interest to SoFers, features Don Cupitt talking about Non-realism and God. Other topics that are well worth listening to include the Problem of Evil, the Meaning of Life, Multiculturalism, Atheism, Moral Relativism, Happiness and Humanism.
Read Faith in the Classroom —
A report of the Sea of Faith Commission on Faith Schools.
We have pleasure in presenting Faith in the Classroom, the report of the Sea of Faith Commission on church schools. We believe that the three recommendations, unanimously agreed by all the members of the commission, present a way forward in the debate on faith schools.
Read the latest Thought Bubble...
Thought Bubbles (or TBubbles for short) are a new ventue for SoF. Every other week we are publishing short opinion-pieces by a variety of contributors on a variety of topics. Tbubbles are between 500 and 800 words long and appear on a sister website. You can receive them by email by contacting the Bubble-Master (contact details on the TBubbles site). Click on the TBubble image to browse the website
Local Group Blogs...
Sea of Faith has a network of local groups throughout the UK. Everyone is welcome to attend a local group - you don't have to be a member of the national network. Many of the groups have their own publicity sites where you can see their schedule of activities. Click HERE to see the list of groups and links to their sites.
Please contact the webmaster if you have any comments. Contact details of other SoF officers
can be found on the Trustees page
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See the Film!
The Film of the TV series of the book is available as a DVD set at a cost of £23 (inc p&p) More...
