Heart and Soul Episodes Episode guide
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Tolerating The Intolerant
Should a tolerant society accept religious intolerance? Jenny Cuffe investigates.
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Young, Muslim And Black (Heart And Soul)
Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world.
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Roma In Hungary
Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world.
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William Quilliam - Britain's First Islamist
Tim Winter goes in search of the truth behind Abdullah Quilliam, the solicitor who built Britain's first mosque.
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The Buddhist Dilemma
Chaplain Thomas Dyer converted to Buddhism, and became first Buddhist chaplain in the American military.
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Being Joseph
Step-parenting has become far more common, but has it become any easier emotionally to bring up another man's child?
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Bede
Francis Spufford looks at how Bede, an obscure English monk from the 8th century, shaped the history of Christianity.
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Eco Asceticsm
A new spiritual focus on lifestyle changes that reduce personal consumption and carbon footprint, termed "Eco-Asceticism"
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Hajj On Wheels (Heart And Soul)
Meena Bakhtash on Muslims who have completed the Hajj in a wheelchair, fulfilling the 5th pillar of Islam despite disability.
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Bolivia - Day Of The Skulls
Andres Schipani reports on a colourful collision of ancient indigenous ritual with Catholicism in La Paz, involving human skulls
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God And The Tea Party
Matt Wells explores how the Tea Party movement in the US may affect the traditional Christian influence on conservative politics
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Ground Zero Mosque
Linda Pressly traces the development of a controversy that engulfed New York and the US in the run-up to the mid-term elections.
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The Mourner's Kaddish
Rabbi Naftali Brawer explores the history and meaning of the Mourners Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead.
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The Whoop
Jessica Alpert discovers The Whoop - a musical, emotional, non-intellectual method of preaching the Word of God.
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Women In The Madrassa
Zaiba Malik explores the work, and the social revolution, of the Mourchidat - female Muslim leaders in Morocco.
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Right Livelihood
A look at how people in Australia are employing Buddhist ethics and practices in their workplaces to make work more satisfying.
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Hasidic Pilgrimage
Daniel Gordon looks at the pilgrimage to Lizhensk, resting place of the Rabbi who popularised Hasidic Judaism in Poland.
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Why Remain A Catholic? 1
Edward Stourton asks how Catholics negotiate their own moral paths in a church which many feel is deeply discredited.
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Rise And Rise Of The Georgian Orthodox C
Tom Esslemont explores the astonishing renaissance of Georgia's Orthodox Church following the end of Communism.
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Recite!
Razia Iqbal takes a fresh look at the rich oral and artistic traditions surrounding the Quran - the holy book of Islam.
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A Dictatorship Of Relativism
Edward Stourton examines claims that the tolerance which moral relativism is supposed to foster has turned into a new extremism.
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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.
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Buddhist Temple Bells
There are thousands of Buddhist temples in Japan and most have huge bronze bells, bonshou, which are cherished and revered.
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Faith And Football
Richard Coles explores the role faith plays in football and asks how realistic it is to expect football to be secular.
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Colombian Hostages
Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world.