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Focus on Faith

A look at the impact of religion around the world

World Service,420 episodes

Episodes

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Questioning the Resurrection
Was Christ's resurrection a historical fact or a symbolic truth?
27 mins17 Mar 1994
Church of Sweden's Female Priest Furor
The Church of Sweden is still divided over women priests after 34 years
27 mins10 Mar 1994
Bishops Covert Over Female Priests
Threats of a mass exodus of Anglicans to Rome over women priests. Jewish women in Britain. Iran and a new purist Islamic culture.
27 mins24 Feb 1994
Catholic Catechism Translation Uproar
Controversy over the new English translation of the Catholic catechism; foreign missionaries in China; reorganisation in the Church of England.
28 mins17 Feb 1994
Ecumenical Patriarch Condemns Balkan Violence
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew condemns violence in Bosnia
27 mins10 Feb 1994
Modern Technology and Religion
Prominent religious leader meet to discuss questions raised by modern technology
28 mins03 Feb 1994
World Council of Churches Central Committee
Johannesburg meeting of World Council of Churches seeks new role for church
27 mins27 Jan 1994
World Council of Churches Visits South Africa
South African government welcomes the World Council of Churches
28 mins20 Jan 1994
Sentenced to Death for Apostasy
Calls on Iran to release Christian prisoner facing execution
27 mins13 Jan 1994
Archbishop Visits Sudan
Archbishop of Canterbury visits Southern Sudan
28 mins06 Jan 1994
Clergy in the Closet
Bishop scandal sparks debate over homosexuality and Christianity
27 mins01 Jan 1994
Catholic Church in East Timor
The Catholic Church as a catalyst for nationalistic feeling in East Timor
27 mins01 Jan 1994
The Untouchables
A programme looking at the Indian caste system
28 mins14 Dec 1993
Commerce in the Cloisters
Raising funds for the repair and restoration of Britain's cathedrals
27 mins15 Sep 1993
Islam as the New 'World Threat'
King Hussein of Jordan on the chances for peace in the Middle East
27 mins05 Aug 1993
Shrine Attack in Iran
Thousands attend funeral of the 24 people killed by a bomb at Iran's holiest shiite shrine
27 mins23 Jun 1993
Faith and Hospice
The role of faith in hospice
27 mins22 Dec 1992
Healing After a Catastrophe
Coping with the effects of catastrophe after the Bijlmermeer air crash in The Netherlands
28 mins22 Oct 1992
America's 'New Civil War'
Pro and anti-choice abortion campaigners take to the streets in America's "new civil war"
26 mins16 Jul 1992
Religious Rebirth in Russia
New freedoms have opened up new possibilities of worship in Russia
27 mins22 Dec 1991
Muslims in Britain
Mike Wooldridge examines the hopes and aspirations of Muslim people living in Britain
28 mins10 Jul 1991
Southern Africa Coalition and Democracy
Maoris in New Zealand demand equal rights within the Church
14 mins28 Feb 1991
The Limits of Christianity
Who has the authority to define the limits of Christianity?
13 mins20 Feb 1991
World Council of Churches Assembly
The Seventh Assembly of the World Council of Churches opens in Canberra
13 mins07 Feb 1991
Terry Waite's Muslim Captors
Archbishop Robert Runcie prays for the release of hostage Terry Waite
13 mins24 Jan 1991
An Alternative to War in the Gulf
Churches call for alternative to violence as the prospect of war looms in the Gulf
27 mins10 Jan 1991
The Murder of Archbishop Romero
Commemorating 10 years since the murder of Archbishop Romero in El Salvador
27 mins03 May 1990
Democracy and the Church in Chile
Vindication for Roman Catholic church as democracy finally comes to Chile
27 mins14 Dec 1989
The Pope Denounces Syrian Genocide
Pope accuses Damascus of genocide. Frozen embryos -the start of life or merely property?. Christians coming together in Belfast. Mass exodus of Beirut refugees.
28 mins17 Aug 1989
Helping Mozambique, the 'world's unhappiest country'
Churches initiate peace talks on Mozambique, the "world's unhappiest country"
28 mins10 Aug 1989