Videos from the NWHumanists Conference 2013/2012

(Courtesy of the Chris Worfolk Foundation )

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2013

David Pollock - What is Humanism by chrisworfolkfoundation

Sara Passmore - What the BHA does for you by chrisworfolkfoundation

Brief extract from a performance by the NW Humanist Choir

Introduction to the Question Time Event .

Robin Crosse - Humanism and the Armed Forces by chrisworfolkfoundation

Amy Walden - Providing Pastoral Support in Prisons by chrisworfolkfoundation

2012

Professor Richard Norman - Humanism for a Better... by chrisworfolkfoundation
Should we be working together, as Humanists, for a better world?
Professor Richard Norman addresses the potential problems and poses some questions.

Pavan Dhaliwal - Campaigning for a Secular World by chrisworfolkfoundation
In this talk, Pavan reviews the position as to secularism and religion in Britain today,
and discusses some current campaigns the British Humanist Association are working on.

Professor Callum Brown - How Do People Lose Religion... by chrisworfolkfoundation
Millions of people have lost religion in the western world since the 1960.
How does this happen? At what ages? What are the triggers? Professor Callum Brown draws on the accounts of those he has interviewed in North America and Britain.

Dr Julian Baggini - Learning From Monks by chrisworfolkfoundation
Julian has spent several days visiting and staying at monastries researching a forthcoming article for the Financial Times magazine. He and his partner were asking the question: does monastic life contain any lessons from the secular world? In this talk, he discusses his conclusions.