Words of Faith Episodes Episode guide
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Lent - Ash Wednesday
Thoughts on spiritual direction, serving others, and the season of Lent
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Children of the Book
The truth behind the stereotype of Islam as an intolerant religion
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Lent - Shrove Tusday
The need for people - and institutions - to say sorry for past wrongs
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The Friend of Fasting
Why do some Muslims feel they are losing a friend when Ramadan comes to an end?
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The Unity of Death
Thoughts on the guarantee that irrespective of colour or creed, we will all die
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Prayer Rooms
Does God speak to us through what we most seek?
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Trying to be Holy
How is holiness best achieved - by striving or surrender?
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Finding the Right Name
How our own name and the name of God are bound up with one another
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Almsgiving
Reflections on the spirit of almsgiving during the season of Lent
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Killing and Religion
Can the cycle of blood-letting in the Holy Land ever be broken?
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The Kingdom in the Midst
Thoughts on the diversity of faiths represented in Jerusalem and a desire for peace
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Night of Power - Islam
The Night of Power marks the night when the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad
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Eid al-Fitr - Islam
Thoughts on the joyous day of Eid al-Fitr, the Islamic festival at end of Ramadan
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Maesta of Duccio - 4
The depiction of Christ healing the man born blind in Duccio di Buoninsegna's altarpiece
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Maesta of Duccio - 3
On Duccio di Buoninsegna's altarpiece in Siena Cathedral and its depiction of Judas
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Maesta of Duccio - 2
The depiction of the calling of Peter and Andrew in Duccio di Buoninsegna's altarpiece
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Maesta of Duccio - 1
The depiction of demonic temptations in Duccio di Buoninsegna's altarpiece
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Buddhist Convert
What can converts like Buddhist monk Allan Bennett teach us about life?
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Allan Bennet - Buddhist Monk
Remembering Allan Bennett, the second British person to be ordained as a Buddhist monk
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The Hebrew Bible
Rabbi Professor Jonathan Magonet on the contradictory truths in the Hebrew Bible
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Life's Mysteries
Memories of a lifetime spent reading detective stories
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Goethe's Faust
Thoughts on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the subtleties of evil
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The Mystery of Music
The power of songs and how they move us
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Saint Luke
Thoughts on the Gospel of Luke and the patience of Simeon
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Buddhism in England
Remembering Allan Bennett, the first Buddhist convert to lead a mission to England in 1908
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Fred Astaire's Grace
Thoughts on the grace and precision of Fred Astaire's dancing
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Guru Gobind Singh
The story of Guru Gobind Singh and Bhai Kanhayya the water carrier
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Father Christmas
A humanist mother explains why she won't deceive her children about Father Christmas
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Dealing with Death
Humanist thoughts on the way we speak - or don't - about people after their death
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The Prodigal Son - 2
Canon Eric James on the presence of the parable in literature and dance
