Autograph letter collection, second batch
A second batch of letters from the Autograph Letter Collection totalling 3,200 letters. This collection contains letters of prominent correspondents dating from 1851 to 1975. They cover such themes as suffrage, education, medicine, women and the Church, literature, employment, temperance, scholarship, industry, travel and the arts. Many of these letters were considered ‘Autograph’ letters by famous […]
Oral history recordings from Gay Christian activists
From LSE digital library, this series includes the recordings of interviews with pioneering Gay Christian activists, advocates and allies, carried out as part of an heritage project called ‘Christian Voices Coming Out’. The project marked the 40th anniversary since the foundation of the Gay Christian Movement in 1976. The website contains details of the history […]
EDI in HEIs
Equality, diversity and inclusion showcase – London Higher A report, case studies and information on the work HEIs have done recently on gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, disability or religion, or types of interventions such as decolonisation projects. Accompanying the report, is a range of videos from member institutions showing what they are doing in the […]
ACLED-Religion
ACLED-Religion A new project collecting data on religious repression, disorder and violence. Coverage begins at the end of January 2021. The pilot project currently collects real-time data on seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, and Yemen. Building off ACLED’s core methodology for monitoring global political violence and […]
What does the Church of England think of same sex marriage?
Controversy, The House of Bishops Report: We need each other, has arisen over a recent paper to the synod which was presented as a general paper to the synod GS 2055 – Marriage and Same Sex Relationships after the Shared Conversations: A Report from the House of Bishops [item 14]. However a number of clergy objected to its […]
International Religious Freedom Report 2015
Published annually by the US State Department it measures commitment to allow individuals to practice individual religious beliefs in countries worldwide. Long term trends can be traced via their website which has the full text of all reports from 2001 onwards. Each country section has a religious demography profile, information on legal protection of religious […]
Religious and Ethnic Groups Data
Composition of Religious and Ethnic Groups Data Free access the University of Illinois to statistical data which provides information on religious and ethnic diversity in over 100 nations worldwide from the 1940s to the present day. The main data sources used for compliation are the Britannica Book of the Year, the CIA World Factbook and the […]
Social Media and the Vatican
Social Media and the Vatican The canonisation of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II on 27 April was a social media event. A special website was created. This has event schedules, biographies of the popes and explanations of their canonisations. You can also view online videos of the ceremonies. There was a Twitter handle@2popesaints. This makes interesting reading with […]
American Foreign Policy Council on Islamism
Open Access Encyclopedia: World Almanac of Islamism …a publication of The American Foreign Policy Council. The free web version states that its purpose is to ‘ provide an accurate picture of the rise or decline of radical Islamism on a national, regional and global level.’ For instance an entry on Al Qaeda gives facts on history, […]
International Political Science Association conference papers
International Political Science Association conference papers. 2012 now available from the paper room of the IPSA website which also holds a wide range of papers from conferences dating from 2006 onwards. Search by theme or title. Key topics for 2012 included gender, religion and identity, However there is also extensive coverage of political parties, elections, […]
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