Beyond Belief
By BBC Radio 4
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Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world
| Episode | Date |
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The Gospel according to Bob
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May 26, 2026 |
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Inked
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May 05, 2026 |
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War and Peace
|
Apr 30, 2026 |
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Consciousness
|
Oct 21, 2025 |
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Prison Conversions
|
Oct 21, 2025 |
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Faith versus Fear
|
Sep 23, 2025 |
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Cultural Religiosity
|
Apr 22, 2025 |
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Claiming Christianity
|
Apr 15, 2025 |
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Faithful Food
|
Apr 08, 2025 |
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Mixed Blessings
|
Apr 01, 2025 |
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Pharisees: a byword for hypocrisy?
|
Jan 14, 2025 |
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Divine Comedy
|
Jan 07, 2025 |
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The Religion of Detection
|
Dec 31, 2024 |
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Blue Christmas
|
Dec 24, 2024 |
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Do our pets go to heaven?
|
Dec 17, 2024 |
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Armour of God
|
Dec 12, 2024 |
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Religious Freedom
|
Dec 05, 2024 |
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The Gift of the Garden
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Religion in the therapy room
|
Aug 13, 2024 |
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A Suffering God
|
Aug 06, 2024 |
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Wine of the Gods
|
Jul 30, 2024 |
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Spreading the Word
|
Jul 23, 2024 |
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Poetry: Reaching for Divine Heights
|
Jul 23, 2024 |
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Why We Walk
|
Jul 10, 2024 |
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More Than One Wife
|
Jul 10, 2024 |
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Monsters and Gods
|
May 20, 2024 |
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Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir: Religion and Politics in India
|
May 20, 2024 |
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Spiritual Seekers
|
May 08, 2024 |
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Embracing Neurodiversity
|
May 07, 2024 |
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Faithful Feet
|
Apr 16, 2024 |
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Assisted Dying
|
Apr 16, 2024 |
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Interfaith: Can We Still Talk?
|
Apr 08, 2024 |
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What's so funny about faith?
|
Apr 08, 2024 |
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Religion and War
|
Apr 08, 2024 |
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What Should We Teach in RE?
|
Apr 08, 2024 |
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Women in Charge?
|
Jan 24, 2024 |
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Stem Cell Steaks and the Scriptures
|
Jan 16, 2024 |
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Faith In The Psychedelic Renaissance
|
Jan 16, 2024 |
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Sacred Sounds
|
Jan 11, 2024 |
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Witches, Druids and Pagans
|
Oct 03, 2023 |
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Behind Bars
|
Oct 03, 2023 |
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Ashes to Ashes
|
Oct 03, 2023 |
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Faith and Politics
|
Sep 06, 2023 |
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Faith and Fortune
|
Sep 06, 2023 |
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Taking a Stand
|
Sep 06, 2023 |
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The God Desire
|
Sep 06, 2023 |
|
Menfluencers
|
May 16, 2023 |
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fAIth
|
May 15, 2023 |
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The Coronation
|
May 03, 2023 |
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Losing My Religion
|
May 03, 2023 |
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Without Child
|
Apr 19, 2023 |
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Addiction
|
Apr 19, 2023 |
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Grief
|
Apr 19, 2023 |
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Unforgiveness
|
Feb 13, 2023 |
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Same-Sex Marriage
|
Feb 07, 2023 |
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Finding Faith in Doubt
|
Feb 07, 2023 |
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Faith and the Holocaust
|
Feb 07, 2023 |
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At the End of the Telescope
|
Feb 07, 2023 |
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Leap of Faith
|
Feb 07, 2023 |
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Out of the Habit?
|
Feb 07, 2023 |
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The State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
|
Sep 20, 2022 |
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Atoning for Slavery
|
Sep 20, 2022 |
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The Handmaid's Tale
|
Sep 20, 2022 |
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How Religious Is Iran?
|
Sep 15, 2022 |
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What Makes a Ritual
|
Aug 30, 2022 |
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Modesty Uncovered
|
Aug 17, 2022 |
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Autism and Faith
|
May 19, 2022 |
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Fierce and Feminine: Kali and Shakti
|
May 09, 2022 |
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Who Are the Uyghurs?
|
May 02, 2022 |
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Young and Full of Faith
|
Apr 25, 2022 |
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Resurrection
|
Apr 18, 2022 |
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Religion IRL
|
Apr 11, 2022 |
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Putin's Religious War
|
Apr 04, 2022 |
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The 5Ks of Sikhism
|
Jan 03, 2022 |
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Satan
|
Dec 27, 2021 |
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Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols
|
Dec 20, 2021 |
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Boxing
|
Dec 13, 2021 |
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Young Voices in Northern Ireland
|
Dec 06, 2021 |
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Orthodox Jewish Women
|
Nov 29, 2021 |
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African Spirituality
|
Nov 22, 2021 |
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Poetry, the Language of Religion
|
Oct 04, 2021 |
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Ignatian Spirituality
|
Sep 27, 2021 |
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Scotland and the Union
|
Sep 20, 2021 |
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What do the Taliban believe?
|
Sep 13, 2021 |
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Ganesha
|
Sep 06, 2021 |
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The College of Cardinals
|
Aug 30, 2021 |
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Harry Potter
|
Aug 23, 2021 |
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The Monarch as Defender of the Faith
|
Aug 16, 2021 |
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Scottish Independence
|
May 20, 2021 |
|
Vodou
|
May 10, 2021 |
|
Myanmar
|
May 03, 2021 |
|
Dante's Inferno
|
Apr 26, 2021 |
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The Vaccine
|
Apr 19, 2021 |
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Prince Philip
|
Apr 12, 2021 |
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Bees
|
Apr 06, 2021 |
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Religion and Science in Schools
|
Jan 04, 2021 |
|
The Dalai Lama
|
Dec 28, 2020 |
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Virgin Mary
|
Dec 21, 2020 |
|
Beethoven's Spirituality
|
Dec 14, 2020 |
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Grief
|
Dec 07, 2020 |
|
Debt
|
Nov 30, 2020 |
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Religion and Soap Operas
|
Nov 23, 2020 |
|
Prayer
|
Oct 05, 2020 |
|
Hong Kong
|
Sep 28, 2020 |
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The US Presidential Election
|
Sep 21, 2020 |
|
Rosh Hashanah
|
Sep 14, 2020 |
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The Mayflower
|
Sep 07, 2020 |
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The Face
|
Aug 31, 2020 |
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Bathing
|
Aug 24, 2020 |
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Animal Farm
|
Aug 17, 2020 |
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Marriage
|
May 18, 2020 |
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Dieting
|
May 11, 2020 |
|
Wordsworth
|
May 04, 2020 |
|
Religion Online
|
Apr 27, 2020 |
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Reincarnation
|
Apr 20, 2020 |
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Ethical Investing
|
Apr 13, 2020 |
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Sin
|
Apr 06, 2020 |
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Religion and Smell
|
Jan 06, 2020 |
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Miracles
|
Dec 30, 2019 |
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
|
Dec 23, 2019 |
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Saudi Arabia and Iran
|
Dec 16, 2019 |
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Friendship
|
Dec 09, 2019 |
|
Rumi
|
Dec 02, 2019 |
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Frankenstein
|
Sep 09, 2019 |
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The Nature of God
|
Sep 02, 2019 |
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The Religion of Spain
|
Aug 26, 2019 |
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Religion and Climate Justice
|
Aug 19, 2019 |
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Relationship Education
|
Aug 12, 2019 |
|
The Religion of Game of Thrones
|
Aug 05, 2019 |
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Trees
|
Jul 29, 2019 |
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Free Will
|
Jul 22, 2019 |
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The Imagination
|
Jul 15, 2019 |
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The Ego
|
May 27, 2019 |
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Veganism
|
May 20, 2019 |
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Sri Lanka
|
May 13, 2019 |
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Space
|
May 03, 2019 |
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Notre-Dame
|
Apr 29, 2019 |
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Amritsar Massacre
|
Apr 22, 2019 |
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Passover
|
Apr 15, 2019 |
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Femininity and Religion
|
Apr 08, 2019 |
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Masculinity and Religion
|
Apr 01, 2019 |
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Superheroes
|
Dec 31, 2018 |
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Angels
|
Dec 24, 2018 |
|
Purple
|
Dec 17, 2018 |
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Blasphemy
|
Dec 10, 2018 |
|
The Far Right and Christianity
|
Dec 03, 2018 |
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Artificial Intelligence
|
Nov 26, 2018 |
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Blood
|
Nov 19, 2018 |
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China
|
Nov 12, 2018 |
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Remembrance
|
Nov 05, 2018 |
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Disability
|
Sep 10, 2018 |
|
Religion in Mexico
|
Sep 03, 2018 |
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Hay Festival Special: Religion and Humour
|
Aug 27, 2018 |
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The Romanovs
|
Aug 20, 2018 |
|
Jane Eyre
|
May 14, 2018 |
|
Fashion
|
May 07, 2018 |
|
Spinsterhood
|
Apr 30, 2018 |
|
Sacred Spaces
|
Apr 23, 2018 |
|
Transgender
|
Apr 16, 2018 |
|
The Good Friday Agreement
|
Apr 09, 2018 |
|
Sacred Gardens
|
Apr 02, 2018 |
|
Time
|
Jan 01, 2018 |
|
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
|
Dec 25, 2017 |
|
Light
|
Dec 18, 2017 |
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The Good Samaritan
|
Dec 11, 2017 |
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Swearing an Oath
|
Dec 04, 2017 |
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Sacred Directions
|
Nov 27, 2017 |
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The Power of Chanting
|
Nov 20, 2017 |
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Death Rituals in the Absence of a Body
|
Nov 13, 2017 |
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Belief and Unbelief in Russia
|
Sep 25, 2017 |
|
Religious Polls
|
Sep 18, 2017 |
|
Khadijah
|
Sep 11, 2017 |
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William Blake's Jerusalem
|
Sep 04, 2017 |
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Begging
|
Aug 28, 2017 |
|
Sermons
|
Aug 21, 2017 |
|
Ambedkar
|
Aug 14, 2017 |
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Public Grief
|
Jun 26, 2017 |
|
Religion and Hip Hop
|
Jun 19, 2017 |
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The Moon
|
Jun 12, 2017 |
|
Jane Austen
|
Jun 05, 2017 |
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Ancestors
|
May 29, 2017 |
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Religion in Germany
|
May 22, 2017 |
|
Truth
|
Apr 03, 2017 |
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Confession
|
Mar 27, 2017 |
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Interfaith Worship
|
Mar 20, 2017 |
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Science Fiction
|
Mar 13, 2017 |
|
Mental Health
|
Mar 06, 2017 |
|
Pakistan
|
Feb 27, 2017 |
|
Religion and Numbers
|
Jan 09, 2017 |
|
Martin Luther and the Reformation
|
Jan 02, 2017 |
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Religion and consumerism
|
Dec 26, 2016 |
|
Virgin Birth
|
Dec 19, 2016 |
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Cryonics and immortality
|
Dec 12, 2016 |
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Immigration and the Church
|
Dec 05, 2016 |
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Zionism and Judaism
|
Nov 28, 2016 |
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21/11/2016
|
Nov 21, 2016 |
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Children's Literature
|
Oct 03, 2016 |
|
Turkey
|
Sep 26, 2016 |
|
Clergy during the Troubles
|
Sep 19, 2016 |
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Trauma
|
Sep 12, 2016 |
|
Religious Education
|
Sep 05, 2016 |
|
Hair
|
Aug 29, 2016 |
|
Sharia Councils
|
Aug 22, 2016 |
|
Cultural Revolution
|
Aug 15, 2016 |
|
Battle of the Somme
|
Jun 27, 2016 |
|
US Republican Party
|
Jun 20, 2016 |
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Freedom of Expression
|
Jun 13, 2016 |
|
Belgium
|
Jun 06, 2016 |
|
Rule of Benedict
|
May 30, 2016 |
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Original Sin
|
May 23, 2016 |
|
Social Media
|
May 16, 2016 |
|
Apparitions of Mary
|
Mar 28, 2016 |
|
Fixed Easter
|
Mar 21, 2016 |
|
Mercy
|
Mar 14, 2016 |
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Storytelling in Christianity
|
Mar 07, 2016 |
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Feb 29, 2016 |
|
France
|
Jan 11, 2016 |
|
Religion and Psychotherapy
|
Jan 04, 2016 |
|
Heaven and the Afterlife
|
Dec 28, 2015 |
|
Yule
|
Dec 21, 2015 |
|
Childlessness
|
Dec 14, 2015 |
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50 Years of Nostra Aetate
|
Dec 08, 2015 |
|
Interfaith Marriage
|
Nov 30, 2015 |
|
How Islamic is the So-Called Islamic State?
|
Nov 23, 2015 |
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The Family
|
Oct 05, 2015 |
|
New Religious Communities
|
Sep 28, 2015 |
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Pacifism
|
Sep 22, 2015 |
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Betrayal
|
Sep 14, 2015 |
|
Rumi
|
Sep 07, 2015 |
|
Ghosts
|
Aug 31, 2015 |
|
Tunisia
|
Aug 24, 2015 |
|
Religion and Debt
|
Aug 17, 2015 |
|
Hadith
|
Jun 29, 2015 |
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Compassion
|
Jun 15, 2015 |
|
Greece
|
Jun 08, 2015 |
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Religion and Earthquakes
|
Jun 01, 2015 |
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Artificial Intelligence
|
Apr 06, 2015 |
|
Scapegoat
|
Mar 30, 2015 |
|
Confucianism
|
Mar 23, 2015 |
|
Religious Literacy
|
Mar 16, 2015 |
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End Time Beliefs in Islam
|
Mar 09, 2015 |
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Purgatory
|
Mar 02, 2015 |
|
Fundamentalism
|
Jan 12, 2015 |
|
Moses
|
Jan 05, 2015 |
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The roots of English Catholicism
|
Jan 05, 2015 |
|
Magna Carta
|
Dec 29, 2014 |
|
TS Eliot's Religious Poetry
|
Dec 22, 2014 |
|
Race Relations in the USA
|
Dec 15, 2014 |
|
Spiritualism
|
Dec 08, 2014 |
|
Plague narratives and Ebola
|
Dec 01, 2014 |
|
Avatars
|
Nov 24, 2014 |
|
Catholic Synod on the family
|
Oct 06, 2014 |
|
Karma
|
Sep 29, 2014 |
|
Religion and PR
|
Sep 22, 2014 |
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Agnosticism
|
Sep 15, 2014 |
|
Religious History of Iraq
|
Sep 08, 2014 |
|
Holy Spirit
|
Sep 01, 2014 |
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Charity
|
Aug 25, 2014 |
|
Seven Deadly Sins
|
Aug 18, 2014 |
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Shakespeare and Religion
|
Jun 30, 2014 |
|
Christianity and Gender Identity
|
Jun 23, 2014 |
|
Islam and education
|
Jun 16, 2014 |
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Apostasy
|
Jun 10, 2014 |
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Last Rites
|
Jun 02, 2014 |
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Mindfulness
|
May 26, 2014 |
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19/05/2014
|
May 20, 2014 |
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Indian Elections
|
Mar 31, 2014 |
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The Environment
|
Mar 24, 2014 |
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Stonehenge
|
Mar 17, 2014 |
|
10/03/2014
|
Mar 10, 2014 |
|
Pope Francis
|
Mar 03, 2014 |
|
Are Institutions in Decline?
|
Feb 24, 2014 |
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Religion in Russia
|
Feb 17, 2014 |
|
Yoga
|
Feb 10, 2014 |
|
The Ahmadi Community
|
Feb 03, 2014 |
|
Christianity and the Law
|
Jan 27, 2014 |
|
Eve
|
Jan 20, 2014 |
|
Archaeology and Religion
|
Jan 13, 2014 |
|
JRR Tolkien
|
Sep 30, 2013 |
|
Why Religions Change
|
Sep 23, 2013 |
|
Sunni and Shia in Islam
|
Sep 16, 2013 |
|
Near-Death Experiences
|
Sep 09, 2013 |
|
Comedy and Religion
|
Sep 02, 2013 |
|
Martin Luther King
|
Aug 26, 2013 |
|
Buddhism and Violence
|
Aug 19, 2013 |
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Organ Donation
|
Aug 12, 2013 |
|
Faith and Doubt
|
Aug 05, 2013 |
|
Religion and Mrs Thatcher's Politics
|
Jun 17, 2013 |
|
Celibacy
|
Jun 10, 2013 |
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Livingstone's Legacy
|
Jun 03, 2013 |
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Religion & the Coronation
|
May 27, 2013 |
|
Fire in Religion
|
May 20, 2013 |
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The Jesuits
|
May 13, 2013 |
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Evangelical
|
Mar 25, 2013 |
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Religion and Addiction
|
Mar 18, 2013 |
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Restorative Justice
|
Mar 11, 2013 |
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Animals
|
Mar 04, 2013 |
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Islam and Homosexuality
|
Feb 25, 2013 |
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Rastafari
|
Feb 18, 2013 |
|
Inquisition
|
Feb 11, 2013 |
|
Mali
|
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Anti-Semitism In Europe
|
Jan 28, 2013 |
|
Development of Mecca
|
Jan 21, 2013 |
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Women in Sikhism
|
Jan 14, 2013 |
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The Unification Church
|
Jan 07, 2013 |
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Apocalyptic
|
Dec 31, 2012 |
|
Russia
|
Sep 24, 2012 |
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Treatment of civilians in armed conflict
|
Sep 17, 2012 |
|
Women in Hinduism
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Sep 10, 2012 |
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Egalitarianism
|
Sep 03, 2012 |
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Baptists
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Aug 27, 2012 |
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Witchcraft & Child Abuse
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Aug 20, 2012 |
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Syria
|
Aug 13, 2012 |
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Fear
|
Aug 06, 2012 |
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Depression
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Jul 30, 2012 |
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Physics
|
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Monarchy
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Apr 16, 2012 |
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Olympics
|
Apr 09, 2012 |
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The Cross
|
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Adoption
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Mar 26, 2012 |
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Nigeria
|
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Travellers
|
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Atheism
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Mar 05, 2012 |
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Korea
|
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Baha'i faith
|
Feb 20, 2012 |
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The Role of Bishops in the House of Lords
|
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Republican Nomination
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Feb 06, 2012 |
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Pilgrimage
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Jan 30, 2012 |
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Same Sex Marriage
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Jan 23, 2012 |
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Protestant Work Ethic
|
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Mystical Experiences
|
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Islam and the Veil
|
Jan 02, 2012 |
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03/10/2011
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Oct 03, 2011 |
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26/09/2011
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Sep 26, 2011 |
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19/09/2011
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Sep 19, 2011 |
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12/09/2011
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Sep 12, 2011 |
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05/09/2011
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Sep 05, 2011 |
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29/08/2011
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Aug 29, 2011 |
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22/08/2011
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Aug 22, 2011 |
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15/08/2011
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Aug 15, 2011 |
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08/08/2011
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Aug 08, 2011 |
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01/08/2011
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Aug 01, 2011 |
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25/07/2011
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Jul 25, 2011 |
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18/07/2011
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Jul 18, 2011 |
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11/07/2011
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Jul 11, 2011 |
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Immortality
|
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Men and Spirituality
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Feb 28, 2011 |
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Nuns
|
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Faith Schools
|
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Sunni and Shia Islam
|
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Celebrity Culture
|
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Ayodhya
|
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Egypt
|
Jan 17, 2011 |
|
Suicide
|
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Translating sacred texts
|
Jan 03, 2011 |
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The three wise-men
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Dec 27, 2010 |
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Philanthropy
|
Dec 20, 2010 |
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The Supernatural
|
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Islam in America
|
Oct 04, 2010 |
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Religion in prison
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Sep 27, 2010 |
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The Charedi (ultra orthodox) Jewish communities
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Sep 20, 2010 |
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Cardinal Newman
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Sep 13, 2010 |