A Review of The Glasgow Effect I recently took a look at a study by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health as part of the Health input in the Society and Lifestyles module. The Glasgow Effect is a research study that analyses the mortality rates of Glasgow compared to Liverpool and Manchester, two cities that …
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A Review of The Glasgow Effect I recently took a look at a study by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health as part of the Health input in the Society and Lifestyles module. The Glasgow Effect is a research study that analyses the mortality rates of Glasgow compared to Liverpool and Manchester, two cities that …
Continue reading “Health Part 1 – Society & Lifestyles”
Today’s Society & Lifestyles inputs focused on religion and culture, and how the two are connected. It’s almost a “chicken and egg” concept: throughout history, religion has influenced culture and culture has influenced religion, and the two are so closely interlinked that it is almost impossible to separate the two. I was most interested in …
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Today’s Society & Lifestyles inputs focused on religion and culture, and how the two are connected. It’s almost a “chicken and egg” concept: throughout history, religion has influenced culture and culture has influenced religion, and the two are so closely interlinked that it is almost impossible to separate the two. I was most interested in …
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In the first lecture in the Society and Lifestyles module today, the concept of Religion was introduced. Religion is a complex topic which is not easily defined, however there are a number of common characteristics found within different religions – as detailed in Ninian Smart’s phenomenology of religion; a multi-dimensional approach. Having (begrudgingly!) studied …
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In the first lecture in the Society and Lifestyles module today, the concept of Religion was introduced. Religion is a complex topic which is not easily defined, however there are a number of common characteristics found within different religions – as detailed in Ninian Smart’s phenomenology of religion; a multi-dimensional approach. Having (begrudgingly!) studied …
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