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Dec 20 Rev Adam Buddle and the Buddleia
Season 12 Episode 20
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The Buddleia or butterfly bush has become prolific, whilst many countries consider it an invasive species. It was named by Carl Linneaus after a mild mannered Anglican cleric - Adam Bu…
Published on 1 week, 3 days ago
Dec 19 Westminster Abbey
Season 12 Episode 19
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Westminster Abbey has become one of the most iconic and important churches in England, the site of many coronations, weddings and burials of Kings and Queens. Recently the site of the …
Published on 1 week, 4 days ago
Dec 18 Hans Kung stripped of the right to teach
Season 12 Episode 18
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The Swiss theologian Hans Kung was very influential as the youngest 'periti' or expert of Vatican 2. As he his theology became more liberal he was banned from teaching by the Vatican
Published on 1 week, 5 days ago
Dec 17 The Nun who helped invent BASIC
Season 12 Episode 17
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Today we look at the life of Sister Mary Keller - the first person to be awarded a PHD in computer science in America alongside Irving Tang. Her legacy includes being part of the group …
Published on 1 week, 6 days ago
Dec 16 The Ten Booms - Righteous amongst nations
Season 12 Episode 16
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Today we remember the death of Elizabeth Ten Boom in a concentration camp. Just before she died she told her sister Corrie "There is no pit so deep that He [God] is not deeper still."
Published on 2 weeks ago
Dec 15 Freeman Dyson and the two windows of faith and science
Season 12 Episode 15
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One of the most creative minds of recent times was the mathematical physicist Freeman Dyson, who was given the nickname the cosmic genius. He called himself a non-denominational Chris…
Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Dec 14 John of the Cross - a suffering reformer
Season 12 Episode 14
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St John of the Cross is now famous for his Dark Night. He believed that God was nothing and everything, this is the story of the Carmelite reformer and how he suffered
Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Dec 13 Saint Lucy
Season 12 Episode 13
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Saint Lucy was one of the most popular saints in the early church and devotion to her still lasts in many parts of the world
Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Dec 12 Examining the Image of Guadalupe
Season 12 Episode 12
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Today was the day when an image was left miraculously on the Tilma of Juan Diego during Our Lady's second apparition to him on the hill of Guadalupe. We look at the image and the recent…
Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Dec 11 The man who invented the laser
Season 12 Episode 11
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Charles H Townes won the Nobel Prize and the Templeton Prize combining his scientific genius with a deep faith. He believed science and religion were converging, and he invented the la…
Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago