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How can you find meaning in terrible tragedy?
Peace in Northern Ireland
With violence continuing, the hope that God's purpose will prevail
Chance Encounters with God
Evelyn Friedlander on the Jewish requirement to live an ethical life
Public Masks
Evelyn Friedlander's thoughts on personal and religious privacy
A Parent's Dreams
Evelyn Friedlander on growing up as the child of Jewish refugees from Germany
Greetings and Goodbyes
Remembering religious beginnings. Presenter: Frances Ganley.
Images of Bethlehem
How Christmas cards omit the rigours of Christ's birth in Bethlehem
Ramadan and the Senses
The joy of fasting at Ramadan and the change it brings to the senses
The Prodigal Son - 1
Three reflections on the parable of the Prodigal Son by Canon Eric James
The City of London
A Christian economist considers the future of unemployment and the need to work
Fair Trade
Is it possible to be both a Christian and an economist?
Value for Money
How does wanting 'value for money' fit in with Christian religion?
The Sikh Festival of Vaisakhi
The story of Guru Gobind Singh and the five beloved ones
The Prodigal Son - 2
Canon Eric James on the presence of the parable in literature and dance
Dealing with Death
Humanist thoughts on the way we speak - or don't - about people after their death
Father Christmas
A humanist mother explains why she won't deceive her children about Father Christmas
Guru Gobind Singh
The story of Guru Gobind Singh and Bhai Kanhayya the water carrier
Fred Astaire's Grace
Thoughts on the grace and precision of Fred Astaire's dancing
Buddhism in England
Remembering Allan Bennett, the first Buddhist convert to lead a mission to England in 1908
Saint Luke
Thoughts on the Gospel of Luke and the patience of Simeon
The Mystery of Music
The power of songs and how they move us
Goethe's Faust
Thoughts on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the subtleties of evil
Life's Mysteries
Memories of a lifetime spent reading detective stories
The Hebrew Bible
Rabbi Professor Jonathan Magonet on the contradictory truths in the Hebrew Bible
Allan Bennet - Buddhist Monk
Remembering Allan Bennett, the second British person to be ordained as a Buddhist monk
Buddhist Convert
What can converts like Buddhist monk Allan Bennett teach us about life?
Maesta of Duccio - 1
The depiction of demonic temptations in Duccio di Buoninsegna's altarpiece
Maesta of Duccio - 2
The depiction of the calling of Peter and Andrew in Duccio di Buoninsegna's altarpiece
Maesta of Duccio - 3
On Duccio di Buoninsegna's altarpiece in Siena Cathedral and its depiction of Judas
Maesta of Duccio - 4
The depiction of Christ healing the man born blind in Duccio di Buoninsegna's altarpiece
Eid al-Fitr - Islam
Thoughts on the joyous day of Eid al-Fitr, the Islamic festival at end of Ramadan