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SUMMARY:How religion has changed in Britain since the 1980s\, and what it 
 means for policy - Professor Linda Woodhead\, Professor of Sociology of Re
 ligion\, Lancaster University
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DTEND:20121120T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Since the 1980s there has been a fundamental change in the rel
 igious landscape of the UK\, along with many other European countries. Pro
 fessor Woodhead suggests that this shift is so significant that it amounts
  to a ‘De-Reformation’ of religion whereby the mode of religion shaped
  by the 16thcentury Reformation has\, for the first time in over four cent
 uries\, ceased to be the dominant mode in Britain.\n\nShe will examine how
  and why this shift has occurred\, looking first at how the historic churc
 hes\, both Catholic and Protestant\, have been increasingly side-lined in 
 society as the result of both external and internal pressures. She will di
 scuss the new mode of being religious or spiritual which has taken over fr
 om the Reformation mode\, and try to isolate its defining characteristics\
 , including a rejection of hierarchy and embrace of what would once have b
 een dismissed as ‘magic’.\n\nThis discussion will conclude with a cons
 ideration of how the UK’s new\, more diverse\, more individualised\, and
  more religious landscape calls for changes in various areas of policy\; i
 ncluding the way religion is taught in schools\, how religious identity is
  treated in law\, and how the state relates to religion.\n\n\n------------
 -------------------------\n\n\nThese seminars bring together a diverse ran
 ge of individuals from the humanities as well as social and natural scienc
 es to discuss the public policy implications of their work and research.\n
 \nThey will take place on Tuesdays between 1-2pm\, throughout the year. Ve
 nue to be confirmed.\n\nEach talk will last 25-30 minutes and will be foll
 owed by open discussion.\n\n*To register for this event please follow the 
 link "here.":http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/events/cppseminar-linda-woodhead/si
 gnup/* 
LOCATION:Latimer Room\, Clare College (Old Court on Trinity Lane\, behind 
 Kings College Chapel)
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