Heart and Soul: faith perspectives
By BBC World Service
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Podcast Description
Every week, Heart and Soul explores the role of faith, spirituality, and religious practice in the lives of people around the world. It offers insights into personal life stories, current events and current trends, and explores where these intersect with religious practice and values. Covering all major religions, it offers valuable insights into how different faith communities think and live, as well as discussion of ethical matters. Presenters vary from week to week. Regular presenters include Christopher Landau; Richard Coles; and Michael Ford. First original broadcast of each programme: Sat 0332 GMT.
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Heartsoul: Ireland’s Troublesome Priests | Ireland's Catholic priests are on the warpath. They have left their pulpits in their hundreds and marched on Dublin to campaign for reform and modernisation from a church many of have served for decades, which now though has denounced them as traitors For Heart and Soul on the BBC World Service, Ruth McDonald examines how Ireland, once the most loyally Catholic of countries, has come to a point where its clergy are now at war with the Vatican, over celibacy, divorce and the role of women How will this revolution play out in a country still shaken by the scale of sexual abuse, cover ups by Bishops and an increasing secularisation? | 29 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Heartsoul: God and Gays - Bridging the Gulf 19 May 12 | Christopher Landau travels to Chicago to meet Andrew Marin, an evangelical Christian who has set up a foundation to develop a relationship between the church and the gay community. Christopher visits the Resurrection Anglican Church in West Chicago, which left the Anglican Communion over the homosexuality issue. He also considers whether there is a "third way" to approach one of the most divisive issues in contemporary Christianity. | 18 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Heartsoul: Return of the Child Soldiers 12 May 12 | Northern Uganda was a no-go area for over 20 years because of a brutal insurgency by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) under Joseph Kony. Most LRA insurgents were abducted as children and have never known normal life, but can they now be rehabilitated? Paul Bakibinga visits the remote town of Patongo where one married couple, David and Agnes Lagen, work with traumatised youngsters who have returned to their communities. | 11 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Heartsoul: The Man Behind The Prophet 5 May 12 | Ian Skelly discovers the story of the enigmatic man behind one of the best-selling books of the century. The Prophet is the most famous work of the Lebanese-American poet and artist, Kahlil Gibran. Translated into more than 50 different languages, it has become a spiritual classic and sold over 100 million copies worldwide. | 4 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 4 Episodes |
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