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East Berlin

Reflections on leaving home and starting anew

• 4 mins

German Jewish Community

The indomitable spirit of life, as seen in the new Jewish communities in Germany

• 4 mins

Silence at Christmas

The peacefulness of Christmas Day in England

• 3 mins

Hindu Marital Status

Descriptions of the indicators of marriage from various regions of India

• 4 mins

Authority and Status

The Egyptian wise fool Goha shows what happens when we confuse status with character

• 4 mins

The Sari

Writer Nima Poovaya-Smith discusses the classic costume, in high fashion for 2,000 years

• 3 mins

Identity

"We all have many identities. I'm a husband, father, son, and I'm British and a Muslim"

• 4 mins

Nima Poovaya-Smith

Favourite memories from a childhood in south India

• 4 mins

Life After Death

Canon Colin Semper ends his talks on Christian doctrines, by considering life after death

• 3 mins

The Communion of Saints

Canon Colin Semper sheds light on the Communion of Saints

• 3 mins

Religious Words

Are great religious words the result of people's need to describe the extraordinary?

• 4 mins

Christian Doctrines

Canon Colin Semper considers the doctrines of Christianity through his own experience

• 3 mins

Changing Role of the Clergy

The changing role of the clergy in the modern world - is it a vocation or a job?

• 4 mins

Christian Doctrines

Canon Colin Semper considers what is meant by the Kingdom of God.

• 3 mins

Buddhist Monk

Remembrances of Nyanaponika Mahathera, a German-born Buddhist monk

• 4 mins

The Holocaust

A Holocaust survivor contemplates the need to remember and free ourselves from the past

• 4 mins

Buddhist Monk

Reflections on the life Nyanaponika Mahathera, a German-born Buddhist monk

• 4 mins

Fathers and Sons

A father wonders at his young son's ability to enjoy the simple things in life

• 4 mins

An Alphabet of Faith - U

Reverend John Bowker on Umaswati, the 2nd Century author of the Tattvartha Sutra

• 4 mins

An Alphabet of Faith - W

Reverend John Bowker on the world's religions' attitude to women

• 4 mins

An Alphabet of Faith - Z

Reverend John Bowker on the religious ambiguity of the words zeal and zealots

• 4 mins

An Alphabet of Faith - V

Reverend John Bowker on the ancient holy city of Varanasi in India

• 4 mins

Chinese New Year

Thoughts on the Chinese New Year, and the sense of renewal among China's Christians

• 4 mins

An Alphabet of Faith - Y

Reverend John Bowker on the disciplines of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

• 4 mins

An Alphabet of Faith - T

Reverend John Bowker on how tea drinking drifted into religion

• 4 mins

Lubavitch Movement

A rabbi likens his work in the Lubavitch movement to that of an old-fashioned lamp-lighter

• 3 mins

Lubavitch

A visit to the village after which the Chabad Lubavitch movement was named

• 3 mins

Consequences

The story of a mischievous boy throws light on unforseen consequences

• 4 mins

Respect for Elders

A rabbi considers the commandment that says young people should honour their parents

• 3 mins

An Alphabet of Faith - X

Reverend John Bowker on xenoglossia, xavier, and the fast at Lent during Holy Week

• 4 mins