Explaining Atheism:
Between Beliefs: Film Screening and Q&A

What might dialogue, pluralism and mutual understanding look like as we enter the UK’s first ‘atheist age’ and traverse this uncharted territory? Join us in conversation with the filmmakers and researchers from the landmark Explaining Atheism programme whose work inspired these films to explore the UK’s changing landscape of belief.

Between Beliefs (Briony Campbell and Banyak Films) captures conversations between British theists and atheists, offering intimate insights into the diverse values that exist within the growing population of atheists, agnostics and other types of unbelievers and exploring the possibility of understanding across a divide – believer/unbeliever – that has defined how we think about our worldview landscape for centuries.

Big Questions with Little People (Briony Campbell and Speakit) explores belief and non-belief in magic and Gods through the eyes of children – the most atheistic generation in the UK today.

Explaining Atheism is a three year programme (2022-2024) led by Queen’s University Belfast in collaboration with the University of Kent, Brunel University London, Coventry University, St Mary’s University Twickenham London and the University of Notre Dame Australia.

The programme has been made possible through the support of Grant 61928 from the John Templeton Foundation.

Age Recommendation:

All ages. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

Price:

Standard £10 • Living Support £7 • Students £7

Access Information

Due to the age and Grade II listing of the building, there is no lift access to rooms above the ground floor.

All the ground-floor rooms are fully accessible by wheelchair. Main Hall (street access, step-free), Brockway Room (street access, step-free), Bertrand Russell Room (street access, shallow ramp), Hive Cafe (street access, step-free), There is also an accessible toilet on the ground floor opposite the Brockway Room.

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