Transcript -- Why is secular Egypt returning to Islam?

Religion Today - for iPod/iPhone

Transcript -- Egypt's return to Islam

Religion Today

Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.

Transcript -- Religion Today

Is religion dead in Sweden, or can it be resurrected?

Religion in modern Sweden

Transcript -- Is religion dead in Sweden, or can it be resurrected?

Transcript -- Religion in modern Sweden

Egypt's return to Islam

Studying, living and learning at a Buddhist temple in the Lake District, Britain

Buddhism in the Lake District

Transcript -- Studying, living and learning at a Buddhist temple in the Lake District, Britain

Transcript -- Buddhism in the Lake District

Buddhism in Birmingham

Transcript -- Buddhism in Birmingham

Education

Religion is a powerful force in today’s world, as almost any newspaper or news broadcast will make clear. Inextricably linked with nationalism, popular culture, social norms and the lives of individuals, it touches almost every area of public and private life. This course examines many of the most exciting and controversial issues in religion today, including the impact of globalisation/Evangelicalism, feminism and environmentalism, and whether secularisation might mean the eventual death of religious practices and institutions, or whether New Age, Wicca and other alternative spiritualities might become the new face of post-modern religion.  This material is taken from The Open University Course AD317 Religion today: tradition, modernity and change.