Churches
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- Posted22 March 2020
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- Posted20 March 2020
Heart and Soul. Temples of discord: Church building in Putin’s Russia. Audio, 28 minutes
Why building new churches has sparked mass protests across Russia
- AttributionBBC World Service
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- Posted12 January 2020
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- Posted11 January 2020
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- Posted20 October 2019
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- Posted17 October 2019
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- Posted3 September 2019
The Reunion. York Minster Fire. Audio, 42 minutes
Sue MacGregor reunites those who saved York Minster from the devastating fire of 1984.
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- Posted13 August 2019
The Essay. Brick, Stone, Steel, Glass, Rame Head Chapel. Audio, 14 minutes
Author Natasha Carthew on Rame Head Chapel, near Whitsand Bay, Cornwall.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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- Posted22 January 2019
The Essay. Italy Outdoors, The Church. Audio, 14 minutes
Writer Polly Coles reads The Church, her final essay about Italy’s public spaces.
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The Essay. Are You Paying Attention? Prayer and Snake Oil. Audio, 14 minutes
Writer Madeleine Bunting explores some key moments in the history of attention.
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Living with the Gods. The House of God. Audio, 14 minutes
Neil MacGregor on sacred spaces, from a 4,000-year-old temple to a brand new cathedral.
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Beyond Belief. Immigration and the Church. Audio, 30 minutes
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the impact of immigration on the church in Britain.
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The Essay. Brick, Stone, Glass, Steel, Chesterfield's Crooked Spire, Derbyshire. Audio, 15 minutes
Poet Helen explains why Chesterfield's Crooked Spire Church has inspired her.
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The Essay. Religion in the North, Forests and Faith under the Northern Lights. Audio, 15 minutes
Per Rosenberg on wooden churches in Scandinavia and the symbolic importance of the forest.
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The Disused Chapel on the Cornish Skyline. Audio, 30 minutes
Petroc Trelawny on Cornwall's disused chapels and the changing identity of the county
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The Essay. England Ejects, On Sunday Church-Going. Audio, 15 minutes
Novelist Andrew discusses the decline of Sunday church-going.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Heart and Soul. Lalibela, Lalibela: The New Jerusalem. Audio, 27 minutes
Celeste Hicks visits the unique Ethiopian churches of Lalibela.
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Heart and Soul. The Power And The Faith: Romania's Orthodox Church, The Power and the Faith: Romania’s Orthodox Church. Audio, 27 minutes
Can Romania afford to fund religion and build new churches with its economy in decline?
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Sunday Feature. The Ideas that Shaped the Baroque. Audio, 45 minutes
Professor Tim Blanning explores the shifting ideas that nurtured and shaped the Baroque.
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