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Heaven and the Afterlife

Ernie Rea and guests discuss religious perspectives on the afterlife.

The question of what happens after we die is central to the world's faith traditions. How has the belief in an afterlife developed across the religions? And what does Heaven mean to people of faith today?

Ernie Rea discusses the concept of the afterlife with Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies; Dr Shuruq Naguib, lecturer in Islamic Studies at Lancaster University; and the writer and broadcaster Peter Stanford.

Producer:
Amanda Hancox.

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30 minutes

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Mon 28 Dec 2015 16:30

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  • Mon 28 Dec 2015 16:30

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