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Mar 22 Johnathan Edwards and the Great Awakening
Season 3 Episode 22
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He has been described as the greatest American Theologian. We look at Johnathan Edwards and his role in the Christian revivals which swept across the UK and its colonies in the 18th Cen…
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Mar 21 Papier Mache Papal Tiara
Season 3 Episode 21
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Pope Pius VII lived under the shadow of Napoleon Bonaparte, which led to him being crowned with a papier-mache papal tiara. Today we look at the story.
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Mar 20 Cuthbert & Lindisfarne
Season 3 Episode 20
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This is the story of one of the most popular saints in England, who was key in nation-building as the Anglo-Saxons emerged from centuries of Viking conquest
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Mar 19 Taiping Rebellion & The Heavenly Kingdom
Season 3 Episode 19
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Described as the bloodiest civil war of all time, with casualties in their tens of millions. Led by a self-proclaimed prophet who believed he was the Brother of Jesus Christ - we look …
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Mar 18 Charles Spurgeon and the Metropolitan Tabernacle
Season 3 Episode 18
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Called a prince amongst preachers, Surgeon attracted huge crowds to his services in London. After a tragic stampede in a temporary church we remember today how he moved to the purpose-b…
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Mar 17 Mormon Relief Society
Season 3 Episode 17
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Claiming to be the largest and oldest womans charitable group we look at the founding and the work of the Mormon Relief Society
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Mar 16 Founding of the Red Cross
Season 3 Episode 16
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We look at the story of Henry Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross. What inspired him? Who signed the first Geneva Convention? What are the controversies around the Emblem used for th…
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Mar 15 Cardinal Manning and the Dock Strike
Season 3 Episode 15
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Cardinal Manning was unusually a widow, and became very influential in Catholic Social Teaching - today we find out why.
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Mar 14 Dr Livingstone I presume
Season 3 Episode 14
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Today we remember the journalist Morgan Stanleys success in finding the lost explorer Dr Livingstone. And why did he become so famous after his death?
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Mar 13 Rev John Harvard and his University
Season 3 Episode 13
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Today a college in Massachusetts was established by vote and named after its largest benefactor the Rev John Harvard, we explore his life and how the college has grown into one of the m…
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