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Guilt, Repentance And Forgiveness
01/08/2009: Episode 1
Exploring some of the big questions around concepts of sin, repentance, and forgiveness, as painful to negotiate as ever.
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Women Of The Madrassa
Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world.
Faith and Finance
Lord Myners, the Minister appointed to clean up the City, is so dismayed with the greed that he is planning to study theology.
Poverty As A Spiritual Practice
Ernie Rea presents a discussion on poverty as a spirtual practice.
Aliens
How different religions view the world beyond and the implications for what it means to be 'in God's image'.
Twin Sisters, Two Faiths
Identical twin sisters have, as adults, embraced religion. But where Caroline has become Christian, Elizabeth has become Muslim.
The Ninety Nine Beautiful Names Of Allah
The practice of repeating the Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of Allah highlights different aspects of the Divine to Muslims.
Biblically Correct Tours
Frank Faulk goes on a Biblically Correct Tour and sees an encounter between an evolutionist and a creationist in Denver.
Bolivian Music
Jane Chambers travels to some tiny villages in Bolivia to find out about the sacred music which has been hidden for centuries.
Open To All
In the 80's pastor Christian Fuehrer put a sign on his church in Leipzig: Open to All. Kristine Pommert visits him 20 years on.
Bosnia's War Babies
The story of teenagers 'born from hate', as a result of war rape in Bosnia, who are now experiencing mental trauma.
Episode 2
New Jewish Life In Berlin
Through the eyes of Berlin's new Jews, Kristine Pommert portrays the Jewish community in what used to be Hitler's capital.
The Black Cube
The Ka'aba is the Black Cube in Mecca, the holiest shrine of Islam, Navid Akhtar looks at how it has intersected with the West.
Poland - The Church And The Fall Of Communism
How crucial was Poland's Catholic church in bringing about the end of Communism?
20 years after Communism, is Poland still the most Catholic country in Europe?
Muslim Televangelists
Moderate Mulsims are challenging fundamentalists and the context is being played out on satellite TV channels.
Should God Be Allowed On The Pitch?
Richard Coles explores the role faith plays in football and asks how realistic it is to expect football to be secular.
The Whoop
The Whoop is a musical, emotional method of preaching. An African American preaching style, called "singing the sermon".
Spiritual Journeys
Anne Rice
Bidisha traces the spiritual journeys of 3 writers through fiction & poetry, where they can question and celebrate their faith.
Buddhist Temple Bells
This week's Heart and Soul captures the physical and symbolic power of bonshu - the huge, bronze Buddhist temple bells in Japan.
Hospice Chronicles
Many people chose to end their lives in a hospice. We follow 2 hospice volunteers through their training and first assignments.
The Mystery Of The Mourner's Kaddish
Rabbi Naftali Brawer explores the history and meaning of the Mourner's Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead.