An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.
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Host Paul John Roach and his guests find the mystical core and explore the perennial philosophy amidst the infinite variety of the world’s religions and spiritual traditions. Paul emphasizes the practical application of spiritual wisdom imparted from poets, writers, philosophers, mystics, and scriptures in order to foster a deeper awareness and understanding in our everyday lives. Explore over 650 shows with thought leaders and spiritual teachers. #PaulJohnRoach.com
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Soul Search explores contemporary religion and spirituality from the inside out — what we believe, how we express it, and the difference it makes in our lives
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Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world
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Ram Dass shares his heart-centered wisdom in each episode featuring excerpted lectures given throughout the last 40 years, with an introduction from Raghu Markus of Ram Dass' Love Serve Remember Foundation.
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State of Belief is a weekly radio show that explores the intersection of religion with politics, culture, media, and activism, and promotes diverse religious voices in a religiously pluralistic world.
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Download free lectures about spirituality, religion, kabbalah, the Bible, Greek myth, Runes, astrology, alchemy, meditation, the Zohar, Tantra, sacred sexuality, and much more. A free public service from Glorian Publishing, a non-profit organization.
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Heart and Soul is a weekly half-hour programme that has the scope and understanding to explore different experiences of spirituality from around the world. Whether examining religious faith or any other belief-system, the programme talks to believers and non-believers, and tries to get beyond superficial notions of spirituality and religion.
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Religious affairs programme, tackling the thornier issues of the day in a thought-provoking manner
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A podcast about building new faith. Its all about construction, but sometimes that means you have to deconstruct a little. Questions, exploration, mystery...
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First Things is published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life, an interreligious, nonpartisan research and education institute whose purpose is to advance a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society. Learn more: www.firstthings.com/learnmore
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A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week
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The Religion and Ethics Report, where religion and ethics meet news and current affairs in Australia and around the world.
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Explore both traditional religions and what it means to be spiritual in a rapidly changing and diversifying religious world.
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From the Pope to Patti Smith -- All Together is dedicated to exploring how religion ideas, ethics and spiritual practices inform and shape our personal lives, our communities and our world. Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush is the Executive Editor of HuffPost Religion, which is America's most widely-read religion website.
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An open, honest and personal podcast to share and explore recovery, spirituality, addiction, metaphysics, the unknown, philosophy, self-exploration, psychology/human behavior, mysticism... I'm simply starting out with my personal story and interviewing guests who share gained knowledge by their experience and expertise from philosophical, metaphysical, religious and practical viewpoints. • Please subscribe and rate this podcast • Thank you! Peace and Love, A. http://www.spiritualbizarre.com
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23 SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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CofE Bishops on Israel; Hezbollah pagers; Sugarcane
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Four senior Church of England bishops have accused Israel of acting above the law in the West Bank. In a letter sent to The Observer newspaper, they have called on the UN to move beyond strongly worded resolutions and they say there is little distinction between state and settlor violence. The bishops say the letter has been prompted by the forcefu…
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In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Haley Stewart joins in to discuss her new book, “Women of the Catholic Imagination: Twelve Inspired Novelists You Should Know”Music by Jack Bauerlein.By First Things
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Today, more people than ever before are using food banks in the UK, while rates of homelessness are also on the increase. These figures are predicted to grow as we enter the cold winter months. The last two decades have seen a huge increase in faith-based initiatives to support those in crisis, from churches running food banks to street pastors to …
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21 SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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20 SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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19 SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Richard T. Meyer joins in to discuss the success of JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, CA.Music by Jack Bauerlein.By First Things
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Food is a basic need, but also more than just a way of nourishing the body. The food on our plates and the drinks in our cups tell us all kinds of things about who we are and what we believe.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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18 SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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Pope Francis' dramatic intervention into US politics
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Why Pope Francis has called the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump a choice between two evils, and is there a crisis of modern manhood?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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17 SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Christine Rosen joins in to discuss her new book, “The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World”Music by Jack Bauerlein.By First Things
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Ep. 260 – Point At the Moon: American Psychological Association Address, Part 2
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In this continuation of his address to the American Psychological Association, Ram Dass talks about integrating different planes of reality and offers 10 recommendations for psychologists. Ram Dass Here & Now is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ramdass and get on your way to being your best self. This show i…
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16 SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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The report, ‘Casting Long Shadows: The ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on babies, their families and the services that support them.’ published in 2022 revealed worrying statistics about babies born during the COVID pandemic, highlighting how many had delayed social skills. But two years on, as those children now start school, how are they …
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Abbé Pierre; Charedi education; Quakers at 400
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The French Catholic Church has said it will open its files on Abbé Pierre, the priest regarded as something like a modern saint until allegations of sexual harrassment and assault were made against him. The Abbé, who died in 2007, was revered for his pioneering work in setting up Emmaus International which cared for homeless and poor people. Edward…
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14 SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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13 SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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12 SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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In this episode, Matthew Schmitz joins Rusty Reno at The Editor’s Desk to talk about his article, “Clint Eastwood’s Law” from the October 2024 print edition of the magazine. Please subscribe to the magazine at https://www.firstthings.com/subscribe in order to access this and many other great pieces!By First Things
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Forgiveness, remorse and the reparative quest after apartheid
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In post-apartheid South Africa, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela is asking, when is forgiveness possible, and where does that leave the search for justice? These questions have sent her on what she calls the "reparative quest", seeking answers from people on opposite sides of the atrocity.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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11 SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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Over half of Sudan's population at risk of starvation
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Over half of Sudan's population are at risk of starvation, why some US congregations are arming themselves with weapons, and the tensions over same-sex marriage between parliament and church in Greece.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Rabbi Shai Held: Judaism is About Love" pt. 2
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Guest/Bio: This week we welcome back the amazing Rabbi Shai Held to talk all about his brand new book, "Judaism is About Love." Rabbi Held is a philosopher, theologian, and Bible scholar and the President and Dean at the Hadar Institute. He received the prestigious Covenant Award for Excellence in Jewish Education, and has been named multiple times…
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Disenchantment of the World or Fragmentation of the Sacred with Philip Gorski
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The modern world is not disenchanted. On the contrary, it is full of gods and heroes and myths and magic. In this talk, Philip Gorski sketches out a new narrative of Western modernity that can account for this state of affairs: the fragmentation of the sacred. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Humanities] [S…
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10th SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, David R. Barnhizer joins in to discuss his new book, “Conformity Colleges: The Destruction of Intellectual Creativity and Dissent in America's Universities”Music by Jack Bauerlein.By First Things
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07 SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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Roy Jenkins looks at the life, work and continuing influence of Isaac Watts, the great hymn-writer who was born in Southampton 350 years ago. Of the six or seven hundred hymns he composed a good handful are sung each week in services across the denominations, and some have become fixed points in worship for Easter, Christmas and even Remembrance Su…
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In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, James Davison Hunter joins in to discuss his new book, “Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America's Political Crisis”Music by Jack Bauerlein.By First Things
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Thought for the DayBy BBC Radio 4
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05 SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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"The gap that defined my life" — women advocating for women
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What happens when your deepest convictions aren't reflected in the society around you — how do you navigate that gap? Academic Farjana Mahbuba and entrepreneur Mariam Mohammed have been living out this question in their pursuit for gender equality.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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04 SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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Pope's longest overseas trip begins in Jakarta
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Pope Francis embarks on the longest trip of his papacy — beginning in Jakarta, the anti-slavery organisation fighting child sexual exploitation on tech platforms, and why Sweden could ban fathers walking their daughters down the aisle.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Rabbi Shai Held "Judaism is About Love" pt. 1
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Guest/Bio: This week we welcome the amazing Rabbi Shai Held to talk all about his brand new book, "Judaism is About Love." Rabbi Held is a philosopher, theologian, and Bible scholar and the President and Dean at the Hadar Institute. He received the prestigious Covenant Award for Excellence in Jewish Education, and has been named multiple times by N…
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03 SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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Ep. 259 – Altered States: American Psychological Association Address Part 1
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Presenting his unique life as a case study, Ram Dass offers insights into the human mind and altered states of consciousness to a gathering of the American Psychological Association. Ram Dass Here & Now is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ramdass and get on your way to being your best self. This show is also…
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02 SEPT 2024By BBC Radio 4
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Back to School riot concerns; Oasis & Catholicism; Marilynne Robinson
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Pupils in England start the new term this week, but will schools ensure that tensions from the riots don't make it into the classroom? We hear from one pupil who was worried about leaving her house after violence erupted on her street in Liverpool and from a headteacher making his school a safe place to talk about anxiety, misinformation and racism…
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Azim Ahmed and guests shine a light on a collection of ‘Lost Hymns’; long forgotten Welsh-language folk hymns recorded by oral historians at St. Fagan’s National Museum of History in the 1960s. When musician and composer Lleuwen Steffan came across these recordings she immediately realised that they were no longer featured in contemporary hymn book…
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31 AUG 2024By BBC Radio 4
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30 AUG 2024By BBC Radio 4
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In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Daniel Buck joins in to discuss his new report, “Think Again: Should Elementary Schools Teach Reading Comprehension?”Music by Jack Bauerlein.By First Things
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29 AUG 2024By BBC Radio 4
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Maps tell us all kinds of things about the places they describe. Growing up in Central Australia, Kim Mahood was fascinated by maps. Now map-making has become a collaborative project for her and a way of honouring the complexities of remote desert life.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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28 AUG 2024By BBC Radio 4
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The pope's visit to Indonesia, and how religion affects migration
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Pope Francis will visit the most populous Muslim country in the world, Indonesia, new research reveals how religion plays a role in where and why people migrate, and how does someone navigate religious conscience in a secular democracy?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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27 AUG 2024By BBC Radio 4
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