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Mar 4 - William Penn's holy experiment of Pennsylvania
Season 3 Episode 5
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Today King Charles II granted a royal charter to Quaker William Pen making him the largest (non-royal) landowner in the world. Thus began his holy experiment of Pennsylvania and Philad…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Mar 3 - The First Concordance
Season 3 Episode 3
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Today we look at the life of Dominican Hugh of St Cher, his work on producing the first concordance - a milestone in Biblical Studies, and also the first attempt to divide the Bible in…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Dec 5 The Requiem of Hector Berlioz
Season 12 Episode 5
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Described as one of the most expansive audio experiences in the classical world - Berlioz's Requiem was commissioned in memory of French Soldiers who died in Algeria
Published on 2 years ago
June 8 Gustavo Gutierrez and Liberation Theology
Season 6 Episode 8
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The Peruvian Dominican Gustavo Gutierrez is seen by many as being the father of Liberation Theology this is his story
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
June 7 Gaudi and the Sagrada Familia
Season 6 Episode 7
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The life of the great Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi is intertwined with his magnus opus the Sagrada Familia. It changed him and he changed ecclesial architecture with his imagination a…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
June 6 John Polkinghorne - Faith & Science
Season 6 Episode 6
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John Charlton Polkinghorne was an English theoretical physicist, theologian, and Anglican priest. A prominent voice explaining the relationship between science and religion, he was Pro…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
June 5 The Sermon that inspired the Riot Act
Season 6 Episode 5
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The Sacheverell riots were a series of outbreaks of public disorder, which spread across England during the spring, summer and autumn of 1710 in which supporters of the Tories attacked …
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
June 3 Hitler's Pope?
Season 6 Episode 3
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Pope Pius XII has long been smeared as being Hitlers Pope, English historian John Cornwell has made a lot of money from it. Today we look at the defection of the head of the Romanian K…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
May 28 William Colgate
Season 5 Episode 28
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How a young emigrant to USA had an experience of being born again, which prevented him from being bitter and gave him the resilience to build up one of Americas most famous companies. …
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
May 11 Irish Monasticism
Season 5 Episode 11
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We look at the life of Comgall, his student Columbanus and the distinctive form of Christian Community that emerged in Ireland. We also look at how that had shaped the universal church…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago