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Ep 09: Simon Barrow | Exploring religious freedom
Posted: Wed, 8th May 2019
Continuing our series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with Simon Barrow. Simon is the director of Ekklesia - a Christian think tank focusing on politics, social justice and belief. Simon is a commentator, journalist, publisher, NGO consultant, adult educator/trainer and theologian.
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This was part of a series of interviews leading up to our major conference Secularism 2019: Reclaiming Religious Freedom. Information on all the speakers and a videos from all the talks are now available.
Links from Simon:
Ep 08: Izzy Posen | Exploring religious freedom
Posted: Wed, 17th Apr 2019
Continuing our series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with Izzy Posen. Izzy grew up in the Chasidic community and attended an illegal, unregistered school where corporal punishment was routinely used, particularly to silence children who asked questions. He is now president of Bristol University's Free Speech Society.
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This was part of a series of interviews leading up to our major conference Secularism 2019: Reclaiming Religious Freedom. Information on all the speakers and a videos from all the talks are now available.
Links from Izzy
Ep 07: Geoffrey Robertson QC | Exploring religious freedom
Posted: Tue, 9th Apr 2019
Continuing our series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with Geoffrey Robertson QC – the internationally renowned human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster and founder of Doughty Street Chambers.
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This was part of a series of interviews leading up to our major conference Secularism 2019: Reclaiming Religious Freedom. Information on all the speakers and a videos from all the talks are now available.
Links from Geoffrey
Ep 04: Annie Laurie Gaylor | Exploring religious freedom
Posted: Tue, 26th Feb 2019
Continuing our series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with secularist activist Annie Laurie Gaylor. Annie Laurie is a co-founder of – and, current co-president of – the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
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This was part of a series of interviews leading up to our major conference Secularism 2019: Reclaiming Religious Freedom. Information on all the speakers and a videos from all the talks are now available.
Links from Annie Laurie
- Freedom From Religion Foundation
- One Woman's Fight, by Vashti McCollum
- The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American, by Andrew L Seidel
Ep 03: Maryam Namazie | Exploring religious freedom
Posted: Mon, 11th Feb 2019
Continuing our series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with secularist activist Maryam Namazie. Maryam is the spokesperson for Iran Solidarity, One Law for All, and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and is a patron of London Black Atheists and the Pink Triangle Trust.
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This was part of a series of interviews leading up to our major conference Secularism 2019: Reclaiming Religious Freedom. Information on all the speakers and a videos from all the talks are now available.
Links from Maryam:
- Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain
- Islam's Non-Believers
- Why we defended Rushdie and why it is still important today
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Ep 02: Rachel Laser | Exploring religious freedom
Posted: Tue, 29th Jan 2019
Continuing our series of discussions exploring religious freedom, Alastair Lichten spoke with Rachel Laser – head of Americans United for separation of church and state, and the keynote speaker at our upcoming conference Secularism 2019: Reclaiming Religious Freedom.
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This was part of a series of interviews leading up to our major conference Secularism 2019: Reclaiming Religious Freedom. Information on all the speakers and a videos from all the talks are now available.
Rachel's links:
- God and Government: Twenty-Five Years of Fighting for Equality, Secularism, and Freedom Of Conscience, by Rev. Barry Lynn
- The End of White Christian America, by Robert P Jones
- Seven Types of Atheism, by John Gray
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