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Empty Spaces
Thoughts on boundaries, silence, and overlapping identities.
Religious Identity
Understanding religious identities and embracing 'fragile doubt'
Islam and History
How Islam has evolved and been subject to interpretation and communal acceptance
The Fundamentals of Islam
Are there more fundamentals in Islam than the Five Pillars?
The Prophet's Revolution
On Islam as a religion of balance, compassion, and unity
The Day of Pentecost
Reverend Rosemary Wakelin on the story of Pentecost and the gift of the Holy Spirit
Fact versus Faith
Are science and religion bound to be in opposition?
Zarathustra
Who was the prophet Zarathustra and what was his philosophy?
Rules and Freedoms
World Service science editor John Wilson reflects on faith and free will
The Science of Miracles
World Service science editor John Wilson reflects on the existence of miracles
Religious Life - Poverty
The vow of poverty and its spiritual discipline. Presented by Sister Lavinia Byrne
Dead Man Walking
On Sister Helen Prejean a leading advocate for the abolition of the death penalty
Terminator
Do the Terminator films have soul? Presented by Maggie Roux
Chorus Line
Maggie Roux on the power of revelation in the movie Chorus Line
The Wizard of Oz
Maggie Roux on the journey to our deepest selves and the power of myth
Why Was I Created?
Is our capacity for worship and wonder what makes us human?
Body Language
The ceremonies, signs, and symbols of everyday life
Divided Minds
What does being in 'two minds' about something reveal about ourselves?
The Power of Boredom
Is feeling bored a creative and spiritual necessity?
Moral Nostalgia
Are the young really irreligious and irresponsible? Presented by Rosemary Foxtcroft.
Secular Poetry
How reading non-religious poetry has brought comfort to a commuting chaplain
Necessary Failure
On the importance of learning from failure
Biblical Journeys
Is it better to travel hopefully than to arrive?
The Story of Abraham
On how Abraham was an unlikely choice to start a "revolution in the human heart"
Pondering 'The Beginning'
Thoughts on Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden: whose fault was it?
The Refugee
On how the story of the refugee is as old as humanity
Climbing Mount Sinai
Is it necessary for the faithful to go on pilgrimage to Mount Sinai or Jerusalem?
Hezekiah's Tunnel
Roger Scopes' memories of wading through Hezekiah's Tunnel in Jerusalem
Jonah and the Whale
Why didn't Jonah want to go to Nineveh? And why did he ask to be thrown overboard?
Source of the Jordan
On the River Jordan and Psalm 42:7: "Deep calls to deep at the thunder of thy cataracts."
The Martyrdom of the Bab
The martyrdom of the Bab, the herald of the Bahai faith