Mercy
Journalist Abdul-Rehman Malik explores 'the unsettling and overwhelming' mercy of God through sacred texts and music ranging from John Coltrane to John Taverner.
Journalist Abdul-Rehman Malik has been fascinated and challenged by 'the unsettling and overwhelming' mercy of God all his life - even his name means 'servant of the Merciful'. When he studies sacred texts, it is references to mercy that he seeks out first.
In this programme, Abdul has selected readings that illuminate the nature of mercy from the Quran, the Baghavad Gita, the works of William Blake, Pope Francis, and Thomas Merton - as well as the compositions of musicians as diverse as Sir John Taverner and John Coltrane.
A TBI Media production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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Joe Zawinul
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Performer: Cannonball Adderley.- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at the Club.
- Capitol.
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John Tavener
The Beautiful Names
Performer: 大象传媒 S O., Jiri Belohlavek, John Mark Ainsley, Westminster Cathedral Choristers, 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus.- Unreleased Live Recording.
- Unreleased.
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Big Jullien & His All Star
Wake The Monster
- Riviera Sound N1.
- Sonorama.
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Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass
Offering
Performer: Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass.- Passages.
- Private Music.
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John Coltrane
Part IV - Psalm
Performer: John Coltrane.- A Love Supreme.
- Impulse!.
Readings
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Title: The Name of God is Mercy
Author: Pope Francis
Publisher: 聽Bluebird
Title: The Divine Image
Author: William Blake
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Title: The Spirit of Tolerance 鈥� The Inspiring Life of Tierno Bokor
Author: Amadou Ba
Publisher: World Wisdom Books
Title: Buddhist Scriptures
Translator: Edward Conze
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Title: The Bhagavad Gita
Translator: Eknath Easwaran
Publisher: Nilgiri Press
Title: The Quran
Translator: M. A. S. Abdel Haleem
Publisher: Oxford World's Classics
Title: Psalm (contained in the liner notes of the album 鈥楢 Love Supreme鈥�)
Author: John Coltrane
Publisher: Impulse! Records
Broadcasts
- Sun 10 Apr 2016 06:05大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 10 Apr 2016 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4