NWH Conference 2012

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   Learning From Monks

   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.

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   How Do People Lose Religion?

   Millions of people have lost religion in the western world since the 1960. How does this happen? At what ages? What are the triggers? Is there a difference between men and women? Professor Callum Brown draws on the accounts of those he has interviewed in North America and Britain.

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   Campaigning for a Secular World

   In this talk, Pavan reviews the position as to secularism and religion in Britain today, and then discusses some current campaigns the British Humanist Association are working on.

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   Humanism for a Better World

   Should we be working together, as humanists, for a better world? Richard addresses the potential problems and poses some questions.