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Sep 7 Ethno-religious riots in Jos, Nigeria
Season 9 Episode 7
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Jos - the capital of the Plateau state in Nigeria's Central Belt is also a flashpoint for tension and violence between the Christian South and the Muslim North
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Sep 6 Blaise Pascale, Salvation & Jansenism and The Index of Prohibited Books
Season 9 Episode 6
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Today we remember how the Vatican placed the Pascals Provincial Letters on the Index. He was a brilliant French polymath, the inventor of the syringe and a promoter of an exaggerated th…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Sep 5 Cardinal Josef Beran - opposition to totalitarianism in Czechoslovakia
Season 9 Episode 5
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Archbishop Josef Beran of Prague defied both the Nazis and the Communists. He nearly died of typhus in Dachau concentration camp and after the iron curtain fell was placed under 16 year…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Sep 4 The Murder of a Croatian Abbot and Iconographer
Season 9 Episode 4
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Rafailo Momčilović was a celebrated Orthodox painter (writer) of Icons. He was murdered by the fascist Ustase in Croatia whilst they were a Nazi puppet government
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Sep 3 The Heliand - An Old Norse Life of Christ
Season 9 Episode 3
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The discovery and publication of the Heliand started to explain a historical mystery. How were the warrior Germanic Cultures subsumed into Christendom? This life of Christ in Old Norse…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Sep 2 An American Ascetic Orthodox Monk - Seraphim Rose
Season 9 Episode 2
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The translations and summaries of Orthodox wisdom from Fr Seraphim Rose became valued as illegal Samizdat, material banned and shared in a clandestine manner under Communism. We look at…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Sep 1 Fr Dowling's Spiritual Exercises and Alcoholics Anonymous
Season 9 Episode 1
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The Friendship between Jesuit Priest Ed Dowling and the founder of the AA Bill Wilson was deep and rich, We look at how Dowling became his advisor and sponsor and how he integrated the…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Aug 31 Grunewald and the Isenheim Altarpiece
Season 8 Episode 31
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Matthias Grunewald masterpiece was commissioned by the Antonite Monks at Isenheim. His depiction of an excruciating crucifixion is now iconic and was commissioned in the context of a m…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Aug 30 Liverpool, Everton and the Rev Ben Chambers
Season 8 Episode 30
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When Ben Chambers became the Methodist Minister at St Domingo's chapel he started the 'Band of Hope' putting on activities to distract youngsters from drink. Thus Everton FC was born a…
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Aug 29 Michael Faraday, non conformism and electricity
Season 8 Episode 29
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Today Michael Faraday induced the first electrical current - this would change civilization. Not formally educated - his enquiring mind was underpinned by his faith - we explore this t…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago