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Philosophy of Religion
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Normative and applied ethics — Natural Law, Situation Ethics, Kant, Utilitarianism, conscience, meta-ethics and contemporary dilemmas.
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Secular Britain: decline, displacement or transformation?
Falling affiliation does not settle what secularisation means. The sharper debate concerns authority, belonging and the changing public role of Christianity.
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