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Religious Epistemology, Contextualism, and Pragmatic Encroachment

The Rev’d Mr Bayes and the Life Everlasting

Peter van Inwagen (Notre Dame) gives the second talk for the New Insights in Religious Epistemology International Conference, held in Oxford in June 2015. The commentator is Jeffrey Sanford Russell (USC).

Phenomenal Conservatism and Religious Belief

Richard Swinburne, University of Oxford, gives the first talk in the New Insights in Religious Epistemology International Conference, held in Oxford in June 2015.

TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

The Unspeakability of Trauma, the Unspeakability of Joy: The Pursuit of the Real at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century

A lecture by Amy Hollywood with response from Kate Kirkpatrick and Johannes Depnering.

Henry Adams, Henry James, and Minnie Temple: The Pursuit of the Real at the Turn of the 20th Century

A lecture by Amy Hollywood.

The Real, the True, and Critique: Mysticism in the Study of Religion

A lecture by Amy Hollywood with response from Vincent Gillespie and Joana Serrado.

Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

OxPeace 2015: Themes in the relationship between development and peace

Jonathan Granoff gives a talk for Session C of the 2015 OxPeace conference; Peace and the proposed UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Oxpeace 2015: ISIL and Islamic responses to extremism

Imam Monwar Hussain give a talk for Session B of the 2015 OxPeace conference; Religion in peace and conflict: extreme war-making, didcated peacebuilding.

OxPeace 2015: In the name of religion: the untold story of faith-based conflict prevention

Professor Alpaslan Ozerdem and Laura Payne give a talk for Session B of the 2015 OxPeace conference; Religion in peace and conflict: extreme war-making, didcated peacebuilding

Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - From the Editors

An introductory note on FMR 48, 'Faith and Responses to Displacement', from the Editors.

FMR 48 - Religious leaders unite to disarm hearts and minds

In the Central African Republic, where religion has been used as a tool to divide and manipulate the population, religious leaders have come together to promote tolerance and forgiveness as a basis for rebuilding peaceful cohabitation.

FMR 48 - Local faith actors and protection in complex and insecure environments

Faith leaders, faith-based organisations and local faith communities play a major role in the protection of people affected by conflict, disaster and displacement. Humanitarians, however, have only recently begun to fully appreciate their protection work.

FMR 48 - The value of accompaniment

Friendship and compassionate companionship with the most vulnerable provide a powerful type of humanitarian service giving priority to personal accompaniment.

FMR 48 - How local faith communities can aid asylum seekers

Local faith communities are able to offer assistance to asylum seekers in ways that faith-based organisations, constrained by eligibility criteria, are not.

FMR 48 - The role of religion in the formation of cross-community relationships

Spiritual life is a priority in many conflict-affected communities. It is rarely prioritised by aid agencies, yet may be central to the formation and maintaining of strong and effective cross-community relationships.

FMR 48 - The contribution of FBOs working with the displaced

Faith-based organisations take from their religious traditions both strong motivations & access to a long history of thinking concerning social and political issues. This can make them ideally placed to fill the gaps in the implementation of human rights

FMR 48 - Faith and the secular: tensions in realising humanitarian principles

There is good reason to engage faith-based organisations and local faith communities in humanitarian response but doing so raises challenging issues for the interpretation of humanitarian principles in what some see as a post-secular age.

FMR 48 - Faith motivation and effectiveness: a Catholic experience

CAFOD’s ability to partner with other FBOs and communities brings significant advantages for its work with displaced people. However, modern-day humanitarianism does not always sit comfortably alongside some of the practices of the major religions.

FMR 48 - The dignity of the human person

Catholic Social Teaching’s emphasis on the dignity of the human person is a lens that Catholic institutions use to evaluate how we as a global society enhance or threaten the dignity of the human person, especially the most vulnerable of people.

FMR 48 - Journeys of a secular organisation in south Lebanon

A secular NGO’s experiences in south Lebanon demonstrate that it is possible for non-faith-based organisations to develop productive relationships with faith-based actors without compromising their secular identities.

FMR 48 - Reflections from the field

Working with religious leaders is an essential element of serving local communities, as is an understanding of the religious life of local communities and how belief influences their decision making.

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