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Islam, Peace, and Compassion

On Islam as a religion of peace and Christianity's special place within it

• 3 mins

Ambiguity of Faith

How do believers develop such different interpretations of the same faith?

• 4 mins

Empty Spaces

Thoughts on boundaries, silence, and overlapping identities.

• 4 mins

Religious Identity

Understanding religious identities and embracing 'fragile doubt'

• 4 mins

Islam and History

How Islam has evolved and been subject to interpretation and communal acceptance

• 4 mins

The Fundamentals of Islam

Are there more fundamentals in Islam than the Five Pillars?

• 4 mins

The Prophet's Revolution

On Islam as a religion of balance, compassion, and unity

• 4 mins

The Day of Pentecost

Reverend Rosemary Wakelin on the story of Pentecost and the gift of the Holy Spirit

• 3 mins

Fact versus Faith

Are science and religion bound to be in opposition?

• 4 mins

Zarathustra

Who was the prophet Zarathustra and what was his philosophy?

• 4 mins

Rules and Freedoms

World Service science editor John Wilson reflects on faith and free will

• 4 mins

The Science of Miracles

World Service science editor John Wilson reflects on the existence of miracles

• 4 mins

Religious Life - Poverty

The vow of poverty and its spiritual discipline. Presented by Sister Lavinia Byrne

• 4 mins

Dead Man Walking

On Sister Helen Prejean a leading advocate for the abolition of the death penalty

• 4 mins

Terminator

Do the Terminator films have soul? Presented by Maggie Roux

• 4 mins

Chorus Line

Maggie Roux on the power of revelation in the movie Chorus Line

• 4 mins

The Wizard of Oz

Maggie Roux on the journey to our deepest selves and the power of myth

• 4 mins

Why Was I Created?

Is our capacity for worship and wonder what makes us human?

• 4 mins

Body Language

The ceremonies, signs, and symbols of everyday life

• 4 mins

Divided Minds

What does being in 'two minds' about something reveal about ourselves?

• 4 mins

The Power of Boredom

Is feeling bored a creative and spiritual necessity?

• 4 mins

Moral Nostalgia

Are the young really irreligious and irresponsible? Presented by Rosemary Foxtcroft.

• 4 mins

Secular Poetry

How reading non-religious poetry has brought comfort to a commuting chaplain

• 3 mins

Necessary Failure

On the importance of learning from failure

• 4 mins

Biblical Journeys

Is it better to travel hopefully than to arrive?

• 4 mins

The Story of Abraham

On how Abraham was an unlikely choice to start a "revolution in the human heart"

• 4 mins

Pondering 'The Beginning'

Thoughts on Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden: whose fault was it?

• 4 mins

The Refugee

On how the story of the refugee is as old as humanity

• 4 mins

Climbing Mount Sinai

Is it necessary for the faithful to go on pilgrimage to Mount Sinai or Jerusalem?

• 3 mins

Hezekiah's Tunnel

Roger Scopes' memories of wading through Hezekiah's Tunnel in Jerusalem

• 4 mins