Culture Short Courses in London
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Introduction to Islam: historical emergence, current issues
Course Date: Sun 17 Mar 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetWhat is Islam? Who is a Muslim? Explore these questions through a study of the Quran, the Prophet and the socio-political and religious developments in the early history of Muslims.Full fee: £49.00Senior fee: £39.00Concession: £25.00 -
Children's Bibles and the Bible in children's books
Course Date: Sat 1 Jun 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis course focuses on the impact of the Bible on children’s literature, looking at examples taken from the earliest illustrated children's Bibles, and analysing their impact within the socio-cultural milieu from which they emerged. We will also consider some well-known children’s books in which biblical stories have been used and transformed.Full fee: £49.00Senior fee: £39.00Concession: £25.00 -
The priest as poet
Course Date: Sat 8 Jun 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetFrom Shakespeare’s time to our own, priest-poets have given particularly forceful and poignant expression to both the rewards and the difficulties of faith. This innovative course will illuminate both their visions and their tribulations.Full fee: £49.00Senior fee: £39.00Concession: £25.00 -
An introduction to Jainism
Course Date: Sat 22 Jun 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThe Jain religion is non-theistic and believes in an everlasting soul and a material body. Its morality is based on non-violence. Jains metaphysics extend to 6 substances with correspondence to some aspects of Western Philosophy.Full fee: £49.00Senior fee: £39.00Concession: £25.00
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