Heart and Soul Episodes Episode guide
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Dangerous Mission
After the killing of Christian aid worker Gayle Williams, we ask if missionaries are brave ambassadors or irresponsible.
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Muslim Scots
Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world.
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Spirituality Of Silence
Peter Stanford asks what people are looking for away from the bustle of daily life, exploring the spiritual value of silence.
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Muslims In Amsterdam
Roger Hardy sees how the Amsterdam Moroccan Muslim community is faring, particularly women, with dilemmas over faith & identity.
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Iraq's Forgotten Conflict
Edward Stourton reports on 'a campaign of liquidation' against Iraq's religious minorities since the invasion of 2003.
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Easter
Mike Ford explores why some Christians relate more easily to the suffering Christ of Holy Week than to the risen one of Easter.
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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.
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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.
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The Whoop
The Whoop is a musical, emotional method of preaching. An African American preaching style, called "singing the sermon".
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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.
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Hallelujah
Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world.
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La Creche Bethlehem
Christopher Landau visits "La Creche" in Bethlehem, the only refuge for many single Palestinian women whove become pregnant.
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Muslim Televangelists
Moderate Mulsims are challenging fundamentalists and the context is being played out on satellite TV channels.
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Poland - The Church And The Fall Of Communism
20 years after Communism, is Poland still the most Catholic country in Europe?
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Poland - The Church And The Fall Of Communism
How crucial was Poland's Catholic church in bringing about the end of Communism?
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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.
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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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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.
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Bolivian Music
Jane Chambers travels to some tiny villages in Bolivia to find out about the sacred music which has been hidden for centuries.
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Biblically Correct Tours
Frank Faulk goes on a Biblically Correct Tour and sees an encounter between an evolutionist and a creationist in Denver.
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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.
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Twin Sisters, Two Faiths
Identical twin sisters have, as adults, embraced religion. But where Caroline has become Christian, Elizabeth has become Muslim.
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Aliens
How different religions view the world beyond and the implications for what it means to be 'in God's image'.
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Poverty As A Spiritual Practice
Ernie Rea presents a discussion on poverty as a spirtual practice.