Discussion of religious movements and the theories and individuals behind them.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German theologian, killed for plotting against Hitler
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Augustine's account of his conversion to Christianity.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ottoman attack on the Knights Hospitaller in Malta.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, murder and impact of Thomas Becket (c 1118-1170)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of Purgatory.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss crusades against Baltic pagans from 12th Century onwards.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the goddess Lakshmi.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Margery Kempe, the medieval English mystic.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Titus Oates and his fictitious Popish Plot.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Empire.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Magdalene, one of the best-known figures in the Bible
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Salem witch trials.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the legend of Prester John.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Flavius Josephus, author of The Jewish War.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Matteo Ricci's 16th-century travels in Ming China.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval Islamic thinker Al-Ghazali.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Zen, a distinctively East Asian form of Buddhism.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval writer and mystic Hildegard of Bingen.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Talmud, a major text of rabbinical Judaism.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 18th-century philosopher George Berkeley.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Trinity, a central doctrine of Christianity.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hindu ideas about the creation of the universe.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Book of Common Prayer.
