Words of Faith Episodes Episode guide
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Unemployment
Former British miner Malcolm Pitt on unemployment as a question of moral choice
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VE Day in Berlin
Evelyn Friedlander reveals her mixed feelings at spending VE Day in Berlin.
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Jewish Museums
Do people go to Jewish museums to reflect on past evils and consider reconciliation?
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Maori Culture
What does it mean to live as a Maori in a multicultural society?
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Sacred Sites
Why are some parts of the earth believed to have special spiritual resonance?
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Sacred Sites - Thubten Choling, Nepal
Reflections on Thubten Choling, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Nepal
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Sharia
The crucial distinction between Sharia as the Islamic way of life and as Islamic law
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Islam
Will Islam develop like Christianity has developed, adapting itself to changing times?
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Sunni and Shia
Thoughts on the history of division between Sunni and Shia Muslims
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The Hajj
The story of the Prophet Ibrahim and the final pillar of Islam, the Hajj
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Hajj - Islam
Why Muslims, before going on the Hajj, are recommended to get their affairs in order
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Mary the Good
Away from the theological divide, why do we not remember Mary the Good?
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Gerard Manley Hopkins
Thoughts on the exulting, neurotic, divinely inspired poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Contemporary Jewish Experience
"It's a queue to get in and a queue to get out"
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Forgiving Germany
Canon Paul Oestreicher, a refugee from Nazi Germany, on forgiveness and World War Two
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Faith and the Environment
What difference does faith make to how we treat the world?
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Faith and the Environment
How is the alliance between religions and conservationists working?
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Faith and the Environment
What is the future of conservation, and are faiths doing enough?
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Buddhist Festival of Vesak
What does the Buddhist festival of Vesak - Full Moon - celebrate?
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Passover
The history and meaning behind the Passover celebrations
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Routine Prayers
Do ritual prayers encourage devotion or boredom, especially in the young?
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Forgiving and Forgetting
Why is it so difficult to forgive and forget - especially forget?
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Bishop Pierre-Marie Theas
A man imprisoned by the Nazi, who encouraged prayers for the Germans
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Holocaust Remembrance Day
Why did it take so long for Yom HaShoah to become a national memorial day in Israel?
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The Ascension of Christ
Thoughts poetic visions of glory and the Ascension of Christ
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Doubting Thomas
Reverend Peter McGeary on the story of Doubting Thomas
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Holy Spirit
Is it possible to visualise the Holy Spirit?
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Remembering Armenian Genocide
Family remembrances of the first planned genocide of the 20th Century
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A Peculiar People
What might non-Christians think of Christian rituals during Holy Week?
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Church and State
Is politics in Western countries a Godless profession?