The AASS is a society in Bristol whose aim is to provide discussion, support and regular socials for atheist, agnostic and open-minded students. In the coming year we will hold weekly meetings, regular debates, talks, socials/celebrations of secular events. We are a friendly, inclusive society that everybody is welcome to join, regardless of personal beliefs.
We meet every Tuesday At Micabwers (st Micheal's hill) for discussions or general socialising.
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Posted by Damian Rumble, Friday 25th September 2009 @ 3:42pm It's a new year at AASS so what better way to kick off the new year with our introductory pub crawl! our theme this year is Gods and Goddesses so let's get creative. Anyone who isn't in costume will be burnt at a chastising flame, or just endure some scowling for about 5min before we forget about it.
The route follows:
8pm - Bar 100 (union)
9pm - Lansdown
9:30pm - Illusions
10pm - Weatherspoons
10:30pm - The Ram
11pm - Start the Bus
This is the ideal occasion for any one new to the society to join in and for old members to catch up. Look forward to seeing you all there. Posted by Damian Rumble, Sunday 26th April 2009 @ 8:29pm Kicking of a new term with a new discussion
Posted by Jenny Bartle, Thursday 23rd April 2009 @ 6:15pm Discussion respect for religion Posted by Jenny Bartle, Thursday 23rd April 2009 @ 6:11pm You may recognise this talk as one which was nearly held in the first term but was cancelled. Well, Nasar Meer is now re-booked, and giving this talk:
A recent study of British opinion polling highlighted a widespread prevalence of anti- Muslim sentiment, a phenomena characterised by the study's author as an increase in 'Islamophobia'. Indeed, over the last decade or so the idea of Islamophobia has received great deal of polemical attention from different political and intellectual quarters, much of which has characterised Islamophobia as a myth. These debates have frequently suffered from conceptual confusion, however, which has made it unclear as to whether the complaint of Islamophobia is the same as the complaint of anti-Muslim racism? Whether this be disentangled from criticism of Islam as a religion? And whether there is an analytical distinction between hostility to alleged Muslim practices, and hostility to Muslims as people? This discussion will attend to these sorts to questions to explore whether the idea of Islamophobia is 'real' or 'imagined'. Previous items
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