Wednesday 16:00-16:30 Laurie Taylor discusses the latest social science research.
09 May 2007 repeat 13 May 2007
SPENDING THE HOME People are increasingly considering their home as the main part of their financial future. With house prices on the rise, one third of people are cashing in on their house equity early spending the money in a variety of ways, from holidays, to house improvements, to children’s education and even for personal retirement. Susan Smith, Professor of Geography at Durham University, thinks that this shift fundamentally changes what 'home' means to the UK population and talks about the findings of her latest research ‘Banking on Housing; Spending the Home.’
THE NEW AGE COMMUNITY OF ESALEN Laurie Taylor is joined by Professor Jeffrey Kripal author of Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion and Eileen Barker,Professor Emeritus of Sociology with Special Reference to the Study of Religion at the London School of Economics to discuss the history of Esalen, its philosophy and the effects it has had on the new age.
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Susan Smith, Professor of Geography at Durham University
Eileen Barker, Professor Emeritus of Sociology with Special Reference to the Study of Religion at the London School of Economics
New Religious Movements Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd ISBN-10: 0889468648 ISBN-13: 978-0889468641
Findhorn Foundation “The Findhorn Foundation is the educational and organisational cornerstone of the Findhorn Community, and its work is based on the values of planetary service, co-creation with nature and attunement to the divinity within all beings.”
INFORM (Information Network Focus on Religious Movements) “Inform is an independent charity that was founded in 1988 with the support of the British Home Office and the mainstream Churches with the aim of obtaining and making available objective and up-to-date information about new religious movements or 'cults'.”
Jeffrey J. Kripal, J. Newton Rayzor Professor and Chair of Religious Studies, Rice University, Houston, Texas
Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion Jeffrey J. Kripal Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN-10: 0226453693 ISBN-13: 978-0226453699
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