How is the Date for Easter Calculated? An Amusing Look at the Science.

Yeah, I know, it's coming round to Easter time, and Passover. This is the story of how the two are linked and how the ecclesiastical calendar is a fiction used to keep control over the biggest mystery of all: how is the date of Easter calculated?! This is mathematics in the service of obscurantist theology. Even if you don't care about Easter, enjoy this tongue-in-cheek look at the history of calendars.

How is the date for Easter calculated?

Science, Magic and Religion Videos

Professor Courtenay Raia, from UCLA, lectures on science and religion as historical phenomena that have developed over time. She examines the earlier mind-set before 1700 when into science fitted elements that came eventually to be thought as magical. The course also looks at how Western cosmologies became "disenchanted." Magical tradition transformed into modern mysticisms is also analysed as well as the political implications of these movements. Includes discussion regarding science in totalitarian settings as well as "big science" during the Cold War.

Science, Magic and Religion