Open
Peter King explores openness - does it play a role in enabling us to empathise, to love and to be fully human?
Professor of History at Leicester University, and former social worker, Peter King explores 'openness' - does it play a role in enabling us to empathise, to love and to be fully human? The programme includes a look at some of the things which close our lives down - inability to forgive, fear, money, and the need to protect our often-fragile sense of self.
Peter King, a Deacon in the Anglican Church, explains why he feels the word 'open' is sacred and why being open leads to a life of adventure.
Professor King discusses how being open and ready for the new leads to chance encounters which bring fresh insights. He notes that Jesus' life began with Mary's wild and radical openness, trusting God, even though risking public disgrace.
Producer: Kim Normanton
A Loftus production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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CristΓ³bal de Morales
Parce mihi domine (Officium Defunctorum)
Performer: Jan Garbarek Performer: The Hilliard Ensemble
- Officium.
- ECM New Series.
- B000025IL0.
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Mike Scott
Open
- Still Burning.
- Steady Records.
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Choir of New College Oxford
Alma Redemptoris
Performer: Edward Higginbottom
- Nativitas.
- Erato/Warner Classics.
- B00065VUFI.
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Tracy Chapman
Baby Can I Hold You
- Tracy Chapman.
- Warner.
- B000002H5I.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
- Classic Hits 3.
- Warner.
- B000002H5I.
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Bruce Cockburn
Child of the Wind
- Nothing But a Burning Light.
- Sony.
- B0000027T0.
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