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Terror and the Rule of Law
The Revolutionary tribunals in 1790s Paris; the Moscow show trials of the late 1930s; and the prosecution of conspirators in the assassination attemp…
4 years, 1 month ago
What is Happening to Christianity? Insights from Africa
Christianity’s centre of gravity has shifted to the Global South. Prosperity churches, 'born again' politicians, prophets, healers and exor…
4 years, 1 month ago
Structures in the Universe
How did the cosmos transition into space characterised by galaxies in a plethora of different shapes of great beauty?
This lecture will consider what…
4 years, 1 month ago
How To Make Financial Decisions
Individuals and businesses make financial decisions all the time – whether to go to university, buy a house, build a factory, or train one’s workforc…
4 years, 1 month ago
Shostakovich on Trial: from Lady Macbeth to the Fifth Symphony
This lecture focuses on one of the watershed moments of Soviet music history: the censure of Shostakovich’s opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, and the co…
4 years, 1 month ago
Your Body Parts and the Law
Do we own our own body parts? What can we do with them? Can we sell them and control what others do with them? People often say, "it’s my body&q…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Universal Value of Nature
Does nature have a universal value? Can we consider natural capital as equivalent to financial capital?
This lecture gives a brief history of value, …
4 years, 1 month ago
Sexually Transmitted and Intravenous Infections
Some diseases are specialised in using sexual behaviour for transmission. Major pandemics including HIV and syphilis have been transmitted via this r…
4 years, 1 month ago
Pornography
Pornography reflects as well as creates sexual norms and practices. The period from the 1960s to the mid-1980s has been called the 'Golden Age o…
4 years, 2 months ago
Seeing God in Art: The Christian Faith in 30 Images
Lord Richard Harries has selected 30 images to convey the essential truths of the Christian faith, some ancient and some modern. Drawn from both the …
4 years, 2 months ago