Christianity
Heart and Soul. Out in Africa. Audio, 27 minutes
What it means to be gay, lesbian or transgender in the world’s most religious continent
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Slaughter of the Innocents. Audio, 28 minutes
Tim Montgomerie reflects on the largely forgotten Collect for Holy Innocents day.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Essay. Christmas Close Up, Holy Innocents. Audio, 15 minutes
The resonance of the Feast of the Holy Innocents for Christians in the Middle East.
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The Essay. Christmas Close Up, Black Magus. Audio, 15 minutes
Theologian Robert Beckford reflects on the magi as a symbol of cultural inclusion.
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The Essay. Christmas Close Up, Nativity Characters - Beyond the Christian Story. Audio, 15 minutes
What Jesus and Mary represent to Muslims beyond the story of the Incarnation.
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The Essay. Christmas Close Up, Star of Wonder. Audio, 15 minutes
Space scientist Monica Grady reflects on the symbolic power of the Star of Bethlehem.
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The Essay. Christmas Close Up, New Life. Audio, 15 minutes
John Wyatt on the fragility of new life and working on a neonatal ward at Christmas.
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Heart and Soul. Doping, Diving and God. Audio, 27 minutes
How can a champion thank God for a win if they have taken performance enhancing drugs?
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Heart and Soul. The Dilemma, The Christian Pastor and Muslim Community Leader Standing for Peace. Audio, 27 minutes
Esther Ibanga and Khadija Hawaja are promoting dialogue between Muslims and Christians
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Heart and Soul. The Dilemma, Life or Death. Audio, 27 minutes
Chad Arnold accepted a donation of a liver from his brother with devastating consequences
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Heart and Soul. The Spiritual Journey of Muhammad Ali. Audio, 27 minutes
Why Cassius Clay converted from his Baptist Christian upbringing to the Nation of Islam
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Heart and Soul. Marilynne Robinson on Fear. Audio, 27 minutes
Author Marilynne Robinson on the role fear plays in faith, politics, democracy, culture
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Assignment. The Christians Stranded in Thailand. Audio, 23 minutes
The plight of Christians fleeing violence in Pakistan and seeking refuge in Thailand
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Heart and Soul. St Lucia and the New Swedes. Audio, 27 minutes
Jo Fidgen travels to Södertӓlje to see how it marks Sweden’s most popular tradition.
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The Essay. Religion in the North, A Swedish Christmas: Andrew Brown. Audio, 15 minutes
Andrew Brown recalls his experience of a Swedish Christmas.
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A Shetland dialect version of the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols. Audio, 49 minutes
The Reverend Neil Brice from St Magnus Church presents the show.
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The Essay. Religion in the North, Christmas Father: Lars Petter Sveen. Audio, 15 minutes
Lars Petter Sveen recalls growing up in an atheist family.
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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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Heart and Soul. The Power of Forgiveness. Audio, 27 minutes
The roots of the forgiveness offered to Dylan Roof in Christianity
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Heart and Soul. The Vicar of Baghdad in Exile. Audio, 27 minutes
Dale Gavlak joins Canon Andrew White, the Vicar of Baghdad forced to leave by IS
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Charisma: Pinning Down the Butterfly. 10. The New Corinthians. Audio, 15 minutes
The contemporary paradox of charisma in banking, Christianity and beyond.
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Crossing Continents. Georgia: Orthodoxy in the Classroom. Audio, 28 minutes
A report on Georgia's schools and the radical priests who want to influence them.
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The Essay. On Earth, as It Is in Heaven, Lead Us Not into Temptation. Audio, 15 minutes
Poet and author Andrew Motion considers the penultimate lines of the Lord's Prayer.
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The Essay. On Earth, as It Is in Heaven, Forgive Us Our Trespasses. Audio, 15 minutes
Michigan-based poet and undertaker Thomas Lynch considers a line from the Lord's Prayer.
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