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Living with the Gods

How shared beliefs have shaped societies around the world, from the very earliest days of humanity with Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum.

World Service,30 episodes

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Living with Each Other
Neil MacGregor concludes his series on how shared beliefs have shaped societies.
17 mins26 May 2018
The Search for a State
The attempts of some faiths to establish a state of their own
17 mins19 May 2018
Turning the Screw
A focus on those faiths seen as a threat to the state
17 mins12 May 2018
Living with No Gods
Neil MacGregor focuses on societies which aimed to live without religious beliefs
17 mins05 May 2018
Ruling with the Gods
The relationship between gods and the earthly rulers with a heavenly mandate
17 mins28 Apr 2018
Gods Living Together
How faiths co-exist in India
17 mins21 Apr 2018
Global Gods, Local Needs
How gods can reach new communities and faiths adapts
17 mins14 Apr 2018
The Other Side of the Leaf
The societies who believe that they share the landscape with invisible co-inhabitants
17 mins07 Apr 2018
Living with One God
How one god became central to worship in ancient Babylon and Egypt
17 mins31 Mar 2018
Living with Many Gods
The role and expression of beliefs with a focus on societies living with many gods
17 mins24 Mar 2018
Rejecting the Image
Focussing on the word: a yad is used to follow the text during readings from the Torah
17 mins17 Mar 2018
Change Your Life
Examining images of the crucifixion of Christ and a serene figure of Buddha
17 mins10 Mar 2018
The Making of Meaning
How do we begin to understand the original intention of ancient art?
17 mins03 Mar 2018
Replicating the Divine
The making of divine images such as Russian Orthodox icons and the Hindu goddess Durga
17 mins24 Feb 2018
The Protectoresses
Shared beliefs around Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico and the goddess Artemis of Ephesus
17 mins17 Feb 2018
Festivals
Festivals and their role in shaping a communal identity
17 mins10 Feb 2018
To Be a Pilgrim
Pilgrimage and its role in Christianity, Buddhism and Islam
17 mins03 Feb 2018
Holy Killing
This Aztec knife, dating from around 1500, had a brutal purpose - human sacrifice
17 mins27 Jan 2018
Gifts to the Gods
Why offerings to Gods became part of cultural practice for the Muisca population
17 mins20 Jan 2018
The House of God
The temple designed and formed in Mesopotamia about 4000 years ago to be a house of god
17 mins13 Jan 2018
The Power of Song
Kirchenpelz was not just 'Sunday Best' it showed your allegiance to the Lutheran Church
17 mins06 Jan 2018
Lines of Communication
Prayer is both a highly individualized activity and a profoundly communal act
17 mins30 Dec 2017
Becoming an Adult
Human rites of passage, that mark the transition from childhood to adulthood
17 mins23 Dec 2017
Mother and Child
How societies and communities seek to protect the newly-born and their mothers
17 mins16 Dec 2017
Living with the Dead
Deceased ancestors had great wisdom and could be called upon to help key decision-makers
17 mins09 Dec 2017
Dependence or Dominion?
How nature and seasonal change shaped shared beliefs from the Yupik people to Egyptians
17 mins02 Dec 2017
Here Comes the Sun
The importance of the sun, from the very earliest days of humanity
17 mins25 Nov 2017
Water of Life and Death
How water became an essential part of religious practise in Christianity, Islam, Judaism
17 mins18 Nov 2017
Fire and State
Many societies have seen the mesmerizing phenomenon of fire as a symbol of the divine
17 mins11 Nov 2017
The Beginnings of Belief
Through the ancient Lion Man sculpture Neil MacGregor explores the role of shared beliefs
17 mins04 Nov 2017

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