It’s time for another Secular Sunday. With less than seven weeks to go until our Empowering Women through Secularism conference, we profile one of the most experienced of our speakers. We’ve also got the best of Irish atheist blogs (which tend to feature Cardinal Sean Brady quite heavily this week), and of course a listing of all the most godless events we could find.
- Derek Walsh, Editor
Time for another Secular Sunday, which as well as the latest news and upcoming events, contains a profile of Rebecca Watson who’ll be speaking at the Empowering Women Through Secularism conference in June, and a focus on the case of Marie Fleming and the right to die.
- Derek Walsh, Editor
I don’t feel like I’ve saved any daylight today. I feel like I’ve been robbed of an hour that I won’t get back till October. So, produced in less time than usual, here’s this week’s newsletter.
- Derek Walsh, Editor
This week we have our usual news roundup, the best of Irish atheist blogs, and of course a list of upcoming events including a TV show tonight and this week’s return of Dublin Atheists in the Pub. We also have a profile of Kate Smurthwaite who’ll be speaking at our conference in June.
- Derek Walsh, Editor
A later than usual edition due to the demands of our national holiday and many of you are probably asleep or in a pub – or both. Never mind. You have all of Bank Holiday Monday to enjoy it.
As well as the usual news, upcoming events and blogs we have a brief profile of one of the speakers at our forthcoming conference, Maryam Namazie. A committed and passionate activist, Maryam was the keynote speaker at our last international conference in 2011 and we’re looking forward to her return. We’ll be profiling one speaker a week until the conference.
- Derek Walsh, Editor
Welcome to this week’s Secular Sunday. We have some real changes this week.
Most significantly we have a new contributor. Barbara Monea is a 30-year-old Italian who has recently joined Atheist Ireland. She is a long-time member of UAAR (Union of Atheists and Agnostics in Italy) and was a regular contributor to the news section of their website. She has kindly offered to take on a similar role here, providing a weekly digest of relevant news for this newsletter.
The email version of the newsletter is now powered by MailChimp, which allows more automation and flexibility. There will likely be some abrupt and unpopular changes in layout before I settle on a suitable format. Please be patient. Honest feedback is always appreciated.
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Time for this week’s Secular Sunday. As has now become traditional, I promise big changes very soon. But not today.
In this issue:
Secular Sunday #73 – It’s A Cracker
Another late night edition. (It’s not rational not to take advantage of unexpectedly good weather.) We have some good news about our conference, a profile of one of its speakers, the welcome return of our news roundup (helpfully compiled by Barbara Monea), as well as listings of upcoming events and a couple of thought-provoking blog posts. Enjoy!
- Derek Walsh, Editor
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