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Holy Spirit
Is it possible to visualise the Holy Spirit?
Doubting Thomas
Reverend Peter McGeary on the story of Doubting Thomas
The Ascension of Christ
Thoughts poetic visions of glory and the Ascension of Christ
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Why did it take so long for Yom HaShoah to become a national memorial day in Israel?
Bishop Pierre-Marie Theas
A man imprisoned by the Nazi, who encouraged prayers for the Germans
Forgiving and Forgetting
Why is it so difficult to forgive and forget - especially forget?
Routine Prayers
Do ritual prayers encourage devotion or boredom, especially in the young?
Passover
The history and meaning behind the Passover celebrations
Buddhist Festival of Vesak
What does the Buddhist festival of Vesak - Full Moon - celebrate?
Faith and the Environment
What is the future of conservation, and are faiths doing enough?
How is the alliance between religions and conservationists working?
What difference does faith make to how we treat the world?
Forgiving Germany
Canon Paul Oestreicher, a refugee from Nazi Germany, on forgiveness and World War Two
Contemporary Jewish Experience
"It's a queue to get in and a queue to get out"
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Thoughts on the exulting, neurotic, divinely inspired poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins
Mary the Good
Away from the theological divide, why do we not remember Mary the Good?
Hajj - Islam
Why Muslims, before going on the Hajj, are recommended to get their affairs in order
The Hajj
The story of the Prophet Ibrahim and the final pillar of Islam, the Hajj
Sunni and Shia
Thoughts on the history of division between Sunni and Shia Muslims
Islam
Will Islam develop like Christianity has developed, adapting itself to changing times?
Sharia
The crucial distinction between Sharia as the Islamic way of life and as Islamic law
Sacred Sites - Thubten Choling, Nepal
Reflections on Thubten Choling, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Nepal
Sacred Sites
Why are some parts of the earth believed to have special spiritual resonance?
Maori Culture
What does it mean to live as a Maori in a multicultural society?
Jewish Museums
Do people go to Jewish museums to reflect on past evils and consider reconciliation?
VE Day in Berlin
Evelyn Friedlander reveals her mixed feelings at spending VE Day in Berlin.
Unemployment
Former British miner Malcolm Pitt on unemployment as a question of moral choice
Social Justice
A former British miner on faith, human toil, and the need for justice
Faith and Work
How faith helped a British miner cope with the closure of his mine in 1987
Jiddu Krishnamurthy
Thoughts on Krishnamurthy's simple message: leaders cannot solve an individual's problems
Indonesian Church and State
Is religion irrelevant to, or incompatible with, the modern nation state?