Heart and Soul
By BBC World Service
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Description
Heart and Soul is a weekly half-hour programme that has the scope and understanding to explore different experiences of spirituality from around the world. Whether examining religious faith or any other belief-system, the programme talks to believers and non-believers, and tries to get beyond superficial notions of spirituality and religion.
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The Church's slave plantation: Part one
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Sikhism’s lost song
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Clergy in cartel land
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Purity to nudity
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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My hijab or my sport
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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An instrument speaking to the infinite
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Two Rabbis, worlds apart in Israel
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Coming out of the Ifá closet
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Stripped of my spirituality
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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The cost of being an atheist in Nigeria
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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The Right Thing: Framed by my brother
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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The Right Thing: Opposing sexual violence as a weapon of war
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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The Viking priest
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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The battle for souls in Nepal
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Pope Benedict XVI: A life and legacy
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Thich Nhat Hanh’s censored legacy
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Christmas with the cooking priest
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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The Iran protests
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Poland's Jews: Caught between, never home
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Arizona's desert crosses
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Turtle Island and the Black Snake
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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One scoop or two
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Dying in Varanasi
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Me, my autism and cults
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Diwali in Leicester
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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From riches to religion
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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God and hip-hop
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Spiritualism and the soul
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Green Islam
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Hindus, hate and hashtags
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Qawwali: Music of the soul
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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The last Afghan Sikhs
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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The bible, black women and Brazil
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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The Deadly Sacrifice at Hawkes Bay
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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How do I explain this?
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Conversion Norway-style
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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No country for Azov Greeks
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Faith in science
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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LGBTQ+: Religion and me
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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After ISIS: Reviving the Jewish history of Mosul
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May 27, 2022 |
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Finding faith on a warship
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May 20, 2022 |
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Kenya's last great Laibon
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May 13, 2022 |
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Faith in journalism
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May 06, 2022 |
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Not even water?
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Emancipation, assimilation and Jewish identity
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Ukraine: Faith in a time of war
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Saving Albania's trafficked victims
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Young Hindus
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Germany's turbulent priest
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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The Sikh whistleblower
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Muslim and lesbian
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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The transgender pastor
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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From Hong Kong to the UK
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Thai Buddhism: Leaving the monkhood
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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MH17: Faith after disaster
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Failing faith
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Andrea Bocelli: Faith and music
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Black, Jewish and proud
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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America’s abortion wars
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Turning of the bones
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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The hidden faiths of Northern Ireland
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Lipa Schmelzer: The Jewish Lady Gaga
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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COP26: Faith and the environment
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Trying to save the Latin Mass
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Activist Sikh
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Getting married the Nigerian way
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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The Myanmar mission
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Rebuilding Ise
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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The Pope's astronomer
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Ground Zero for God
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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The Taliban wanted me dead
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Abused online for my faith
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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The Druze
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Hidden children of the Church
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Should I take the knee?
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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The Uighur poets
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Doping, diving and God
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Sex, Christianity and purity
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Finding my Hinduism
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Ministering behind bars
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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The schools that chain boys
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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George Floyd: One year on
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May 28, 2021 |
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Bob Dylan: Born again
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May 21, 2021 |
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Cardinal Pell
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May 14, 2021 |
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Black Jewish Lives Matter
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May 07, 2021 |
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France and its faltering relationship with Islam
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Prince belong Vanuatu
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Modern Midrash
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Pope Francis in Iraq: The historic pilgrimage
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Creating life after death
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Eighteen years in hell
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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The Right Thing: A life worth living?
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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The Right Thing: Saving the man who shot me
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Three months to save my son's life
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Malta: The island where abortion is a crime
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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To Santa from Shanghai
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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Black Jesus
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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Jonestown: From socialism to slaughter - Part two
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Jonestown: From socialism to slaughter - Part one
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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The Canadian Uighurs
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Converts amongst the conflict in Belarus
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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Catholic women and the US elections
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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The living water
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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Is this Egypt’s #MeToo moment?
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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Russia's persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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Testifying against a Neo-Nazi
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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The US Elections: A Faith Perspective
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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Father Joe
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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The lives of female Qur'an reciters
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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Faith versus the virus: Pakistan’s struggle
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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Fruit of thy womb
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Will God protect me?
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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Zoroastrianism and death
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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Will coronavirus change my faith?
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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Burying the dead in New York City
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Vipassana: 240 hours of silence
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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The divinity of Haile Selassie
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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The pastor and the prime minister
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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USA: A discussion about race
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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The paddle-out
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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Redemption in recycling
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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Moving Forward
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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Prayer
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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Community
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May 29, 2020 |
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Solitude
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May 22, 2020 |
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Compassion
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May 15, 2020 |
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Ritual
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May 08, 2020 |
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Joshua Wong: Standing up to a superpower
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May 01, 2020 |
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The inseparable twins
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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Faith in lockdown France
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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The Tattooist of Jerusalem
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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Buddhist detox
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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The discussion
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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Take me to VR church
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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Finding and losing my faith online
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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Religion apps: Daily prayer and the devil's data
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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Consulting the Oracle
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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Meeting the bombers who killed my mum
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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The bomber turned peacemaker
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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Dying to worship: The Christians of India
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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The Quran-rescuing monk of Timbuktu
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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Adventures of a Jewish scribe
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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Temples of discord: Church building in Putin’s Russia
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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Escaping China’s religious prison camps
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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The Queen of Sheba
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Jan 03, 2020 |
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Ministry of sport
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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Joy to the world
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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Praise bee
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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Walking the Kartarpur Corridor for Guru Nanak
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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Buddhism in Cambodia
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Nov 30, 2019 |
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Halima: Faith and fashion
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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Custodians of the synagogue
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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Who will call me beloved?
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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Joining the mosque I planned to destroy
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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Brexit faith borders
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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100 Women: Assmaah Helal
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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100 Women: Chely Wright
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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100 Women: Venerable Dhammananda
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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Husbands and priests
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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The cowboy church of Texas
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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Alabama: America’s battleground
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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A believer’s guide to atheism
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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Jewish and returning to Germany
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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Saving Ethiopia’s church forests
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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Our daily bread
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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The pilgrim paths of Ireland
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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The Last Supper
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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My faith and my large family
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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Walking on a hot coil
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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A spiritual awareness from space
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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Rwanda’s Muslims 25 years after the genocide
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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Religion and climate change in Nairobi
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Jul 06, 2019 |
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Rebuilding Notre Dame
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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Football and belief for Egypt's Copts
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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The wind phone
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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A female rabbi in training
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May 31, 2019 |
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Kaka'i: Our fight to survive
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May 17, 2019 |
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Beauty and belief: The story of a Brooklyn salon
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May 03, 2019 |
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Pick up your stretcher and walk!
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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New York Stations of the Cross
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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Fork in the Road - Two journeys out of violence
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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Young Muslims in France
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Mar 30, 2019 |
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Fork in the Road - My faith and my sexuality
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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Fork in the Road - God in the War on Terror
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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A year and a day
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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American Judaism after the Tree of Life
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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Kenya’s Quakers: Best of Friends
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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Making friends with the KKK
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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My son’s killer, next door
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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Faith v America’s Opioid Epidemic
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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Christians praying for one Korea
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Jan 25, 2019 |
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Raven
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Jan 18, 2019 |
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Marriage in Israel
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Jan 12, 2019 |
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Divorce, Communion and Catholic Confusion
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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Durga Puja with Amit Chaudhuri
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Jan 04, 2019 |
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Once in Royal David's City
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Dec 28, 2018 |
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To Be a Jedi
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Dec 21, 2018 |
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Women making space in the mosque
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Dec 14, 2018 |
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Fighting Prejudice in Eudy’s Name
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Dec 07, 2018 |
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Faith in Freedom: Daniel Genis
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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Faith in Freedom: Maryam and Marziyeh
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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Faith in Freedom
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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Young Catholics
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Nov 10, 2018 |
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Breaking the Seal
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Sep 28, 2018 |
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Faith and Feminism in Brazil
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Sep 21, 2018 |
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Heart and Soul Gathering: Birmingham, Alabama
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Sep 15, 2018 |
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Hebron's Cave of Sacrifice
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Sep 14, 2018 |
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The Buddhist of Sri Lanka
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Sep 06, 2018 |
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The Pope and a New Catholic Ireland
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Aug 24, 2018 |
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Ibtihaj Muhammed: A Journey Bigger than Me
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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Unearthing the Past in Srebrenica
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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Stepping on Bones - Solovki and Russia's Past
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Jul 24, 2018 |
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God's Word at the World's Borders
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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Uzbekistan: The Country of a Hundred Shrines
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Jun 30, 2018 |
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Faith Based Farms
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Jun 22, 2018 |
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Uluru: Reclaiming Creation Stories
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Jun 08, 2018 |
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Building Anatevka
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May 25, 2018 |
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Canada's Search for a Papal Apology
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May 18, 2018 |
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Faith Under Fire
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May 14, 2018 |
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Morocco's Jews: Hospitality or Hostility?
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May 06, 2018 |
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Ageing with Grace
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Apr 27, 2018 |
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Crossing Divides: The Sacred Legitimisation to Fight
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Apr 23, 2018 |
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Faith and Healing
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Apr 17, 2018 |
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My Life and Faith in Jerusalem
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Apr 01, 2018 |
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Faith in Freedom: Shahbaz Taseer
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Mar 18, 2018 |
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Faith in Freedom: Dr Sina Hakiman
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Mar 13, 2018 |
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Faith in Freedom: Ingrid Betancourt
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Mar 04, 2018 |
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Escaping 'America’s Most Hated Family'
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Feb 25, 2018 |
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The Right Thing: Life or Death in the DRC
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Jan 26, 2018 |
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Finding Shelter In Germany's Cities of Refuge
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Jan 14, 2018 |
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Preaching Across the Divide
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Jan 07, 2018 |
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Iceland's Dark Lullabies
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Dec 29, 2017 |
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The Icon Painters of Bethlehem
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Dec 22, 2017 |
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Christianity and White Supremacy in Charlottesville
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Dec 17, 2017 |
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Eritrea to Huddersfield
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Dec 10, 2017 |
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New Life with Old Belief
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Nov 26, 2017 |
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Being Muslim in Manchester - One Love?
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Nov 19, 2017 |
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Jesus Lived in the Townships
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Nov 15, 2017 |
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Africa’s Mother
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Oct 30, 2017 |
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An Equal Partnership?
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Oct 22, 2017 |
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Are Muslims Ready for a Female Imam like Seyran Ates?
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Oct 15, 2017 |
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Underground Islam in Italy
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Oct 01, 2017 |
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Fighting for Their Forest Faith
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Sep 27, 2017 |
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A Square Dance in Heaven
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Sep 17, 2017 |
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The Tree Spirits: The Bodhi Tree
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Aug 18, 2017 |
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Faith in the Fire
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Aug 14, 2017 |
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The Jamaican Bible Remixed
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Aug 06, 2017 |
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Diary of a Pakistani Atheist
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Jul 31, 2017 |
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Sacred Songs of the Sikhs
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Jul 31, 2017 |
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Spirit of the Midnight Sun
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Jul 21, 2017 |
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My Journey into Judaism
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Jul 09, 2017 |
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Giving Death Back to the People
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Jun 23, 2017 |
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Good Without God?
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Jun 04, 2017 |
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Duterte's Drug War
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Apr 07, 2017 |
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The Return of the Heathens
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Mar 27, 2017 |
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Inside the Mosque Ruled by Women
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Mar 19, 2017 |
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Standing Trial for Blasphemy
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Feb 13, 2017 |
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Searching for the Spirit of Benin
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Feb 12, 2017 |
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Bahá'i - The World's Faith
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Jan 15, 2017 |
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Off the Derech
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Jan 08, 2017 |
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Doping, Diving and God
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Jan 03, 2017 |
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The Radical Disciple
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Dec 25, 2016 |
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When the Soul Goes Out
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Dec 11, 2016 |
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Nepal's Living Goddess
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Dec 04, 2016 |
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Finding the Light
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Nov 27, 2016 |
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Trump and the Evangelical Vote
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Nov 13, 2016 |
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Out of the Silence
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Nov 06, 2016 |
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Power of the Word
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Oct 30, 2016 |
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America's Muslim Town
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Oct 26, 2016 |
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Wrestling with God
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Oct 16, 2016 |
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Amazigh Women of Morocco
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Oct 09, 2016 |
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Communism and the meteoric rise of Christianity in China
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Sep 25, 2016 |
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Being Christian in China's Jerusalem
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Sep 18, 2016 |
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Faith on the Ukrainian Fault Line
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Aug 22, 2016 |
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Benedict Spinoza - A Philosopher for Our Time
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Aug 07, 2016 |
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Religion and Refugees in Hispaniola
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Jul 31, 2016 |