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Sep 18 Rev George MacDonald, Fantasy and Fairies
Season 9 Episode 18
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Hugely influential in the life of many British writers - particularly C S Lewis, but also across the pond with Mark Twain. Born a Calvinist, died an Anglican, this Scottish minister and…
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Sep 17 Adrienne von Speyr - the modern doctor who was a mystic
Season 9 Episode 17
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The first female doctor in Switzerland - she would convert to Catholicism and set up the community of St John with Hans Urs von Balthazar
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Sep 16 The Bishop and the Serial Killer
Season 9 Episode 16
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Gilles de Rai was one of the earliest serial killers on record, today he was arrested in 1440 after an investigation by the Bishop of Nantes
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Sep 15 The miraculous painting of Dominic de Guzman
Season 9 Episode 15
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Dominic de Guzman founded the Order of Preachers who were hugely responsible with spreading devotion to the Rosary. He has two countries named after him. This is the story of the miracu…
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Sep 14 Dom Perignon, Monks and Wine Making
Season 9 Episode 14
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Now the most famous champagne is named in his honour, Pierre Perignon was a Benedictine Monk who perfected the method of making sparkling wine
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Sep 13 Dostoevsky and the Brothers Karamazov
Season 9 Episode 13
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The final novel of Dostoevsky is possibly his most famous - the Brothers Karamazov. Wrought out of terrible grief and struggles with faith after the death of his three year old son Alo…
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Sep 12 Richard Challoner - leading in an hostile environment
Season 9 Episode 12
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Bishop Richard Challoner has been called the most influential English Catholic of the 18th Century. It was an uneasy time before Catholic Emancipation laws and least safe in London. Th…
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Sep 11 Defender of Slaves and indigenous peoples - De La Casas
Season 9 Episode 11
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Bishop Bartholomew De La Casas chronicled the terrible atrocities that Spanish colonists carried out on the indigenous people of Central and South America. He was appointed protector o…
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Sep 10 Jung, Religion and Individuation
Season 9 Episode 10
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Carl Gustav Jung was one of the most creative thinkers of the 20th Century. The founder of analytical psychology his fascination with religion was life long
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Sep 9 A Theology of Capital - Michael Novak
Season 9 Episode 9
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Today we remember the life of Michael Novak - influential author of the Spirit of Democratic Capitalism. He tweaked Weber's famous Protestant Work Ethic and claimed that free capitalis…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago