Religious Studies OU
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- Three Kings window by Augusto Giacometti, St Martin’s Church, Chur, Switzerland
- Pilgrim Reception Centre/ Tourist Information Centre, Glastonbury
- Easter specialities appearing in January!
- Pilgrim Reception Centre/ Tourist Information Centre, Glastonbury
- Good to see the Knights of the Round Table taking recycling seriously!
- Increasingly elaborate memorial installations at Duck Bay, Loch Lomond
- Christmas at Blackhill Civic Amenity Site
- Upcycled Xmas trees, Dundee
- 🚨 New blog post! 🚨 #DealOrNoDeal - just a game show? What does it reveal about non-empirical ways of knowing? Read how @d_g_robertson thinks it through Latour’s “modes of being” and vernacular religion www.open.ac.uk/blogs/religi... @thebasr @OU_FASS
- War Memorial, Glasgow Central Station
- Christmas Tree Festival, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Bradford on Avon
- Ben Edge Children of Albion exhibition at Fitzrovia Chapel London
- The future of Religious Education in England is at a turning point. Will it become a part of the national curriculum? Learn what this means at a free webinar with Deborah Weston on 9 Dec, 4:30pm. open.ac.uk/blogs/religi...
- 🚨 New blog post! 🚨 The future of Religious Education in England is at a turning point. Will it become a part of the national curriculum? Learn what this means at a free webinar with Deborah Weston on 9 Dec, 4:30pm. www.open.ac.uk/blogs/religi...
- Paintings by Italian Prisoner of War Giuseppe Balkan for mud chapel at Second World War POW camp at Lafaruk, Somalia.
- Sandyford Henderson Church, Glasgow
- Jesus is Real! Graffiti, Bath
- The Risen Son at Avebury, Ben Edge, Children of Albion Exhibition
- 🚨 New blog post! 🚨 #Mamdani’s historic rise as NYC’s first Muslim Mayor-elect sparked intense media attention, with religion often at the centre. Read Hugh Beattie’s blog about the role of religion in the campaign and how Mamdani navigates it www.open.ac.uk/blogs/religi... @thebasr @OU_FASS
- Milton Keynes at Summer Solstice, Ben Edge’s Children of Albion exhibition
- Eastre, Anglo Saxon Goddess of Spring by JD Fergusson (1924)
- Trees taken over as memorials, Duck Bay, #LochLomond
- #MateuszSzczypinski's "Wisielec" uses the Hanged Man Tarot card to critique contemporary patriarchy.
- #TomaszKulka's paintings evoke medieval religious paintings, with a modern science-fiction and horror gloss #krakow
- Alchemical symbolism in #Krakow
- Fitzrovia Chapel, former chapel of Middlesex Hospital, London
- Last week, Steve Roud, creator of the Roud Indexes, received an honorary Doctor of the University from The Open University. Read Marion Bowman’s blog about the ceremony and Dr Roud's academic contributions! open.ac.uk/blogs/religi... @thebasr @OU_FASS
- #PennyfortheGuy! at Paulton Hospital. Keeping alive the Bonfire Night tradition of making and displaying a Guy before the 5th November bonfire.
- Rainbow on Bath Abbey
- Bath Tea House Emporium pumpkins! #Halloween
- Marion and Honorary Graduate Steve Roud at Birmingham ceremony
- Malawi Mission themed tablecloth, Stockbridge Church, Edinburgh
- #Halloween lanterns at former Temperance Hall, now Escape Room, Widcombe, Bath.
- Preparing with gusto/ghosto for #Halloween, Bath
- Memorial/ shrine outside Julian House night shelter, Bath
- German John Wesley plaque, 1924, in Wesley Museum, London
- 🚨 New blog post! 🚨 With Pope Francis's death and the election of Leo XIV, UK media coverage was surprisingly positive. Read John Wolffe's blog on whether Britain moved beyond its old ‘No Popery’ tradition www.open.ac.uk/blogs/religi... @thebasr @OU_FASS
- Memorial, Moorgate Tube Crash, 1975
- John Wesley’s grave, in grounds of Chapel now surrounded by modern buildings, London
- Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor, East End London, 1902
- Contrasting London buildings, Euston Road
- Scientologists offering free stress tests
- Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh
- Amish quilt on display at Quaker Meeting House, Edinburgh
- Golden Threads Reawakened tapestry, Dovecot Studio, Edinburgh
- Monument to Founder of Sunday Schools, Victoria Embankment Gardens, London
- Monument to Conscientious Objectors, Tavistock Square, London
- Bench ‘shrine’ to musician Khalil Fong (died February 2025) at Victoria Embankment Gardens, London
- 🚨 New blog post! 🚨 Religion as culture of resistance: Rebel Christians, XR Buddhists & Eco-Pagans in Maria Nita’s blog about ritualised protests in the UK climate movement www.open.ac.uk/blogs/religi... @thebasr @informreligion @OU_FASS
