Heart and Soul

Each week, Heart and Soul explores and tries to explain personal experiences of spirituality and faith from around the world.

World Service,978 episodes

Episodes

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Spirituality Of Silence
Peter Stanford asks what people are looking for away from the bustle of daily life, exploring the spiritual value of silence.
05 May 2010,26 mins
Muslims In Amsterdam
Roger Hardy sees how the Amsterdam Moroccan Muslim community is faring, particularly women, with dilemmas over faith & identity.
28 Apr 2010,26 mins
Ganga Ma - Voices Of The River
Episode 2
A journey down the Ganges collecting sounds and stories from among the 400 million people who live and work on it.
14 Apr 2010,26 mins
Ganga Ma - Voices Of The River
Episode 1
A journey down the Ganges collecting sounds and stories from among the 400 million people who live and work on it.
07 Apr 2010,26 mins
Iraq's Forgotten Conflict
Edward Stourton reports on 'a campaign of liquidation' against Iraq's religious minorities since the invasion of 2003.
21 Apr 2010,26 mins
Easter
Mike Ford explores why some Christians relate more easily to the suffering Christ of Holy Week than to the risen one of Easter.
31 Mar 2010,26 mins
Voice Of The Voiceless
Episode 2
Julian Miglierini looks at the legacy of El Salvador's advocate of the poor, Archbishop Romero, who was shot dead 30 years ago.
26 mins
Voice Of The Voiceless
Episode 1
Julian Miglierini looks at the legacy of El Salvador's advocate of the poor, Archbishop Romero, who was shot dead 30 years ago.
26 mins
The Mystery Of The Mourner's Kaddish
Rabbi Naftali Brawer explores the history and meaning of the Mourner's Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead.
10 Mar 2010,26 mins
Hospice Chronicles
Episode 2
Many people chose to end their lives in a hospice. We follow 2 hospice volunteers through their training and first assignments.
26 mins
Hospice Chronicles
Episode 1
Many people chose to end their lives in a hospice. We follow 2 hospice volunteers through their training and first assignments.
26 mins
Buddhist Temple Bells
This week's Heart and Soul captures the physical and symbolic power of bonshu - the huge, bronze Buddhist temple bells in Japan.
03 Mar 2010,26 mins
Spiritual Journeys
Episode 3
Bidisha traces the spiritual journeys of 3 writers through fiction & poetry, where they can question and celebrate their faith.
26 mins
Spiritual Journeys
Episode 2
Bidisha traces the spiritual journeys of 3 writers through fiction & poetry, where they can question and celebrate their faith.
26 mins
Spiritual Journeys
Anne Rice
Bidisha traces the spiritual journeys of 3 writers through fiction & poetry, where they can question and celebrate their faith.
26 mins
The Whoop
The Whoop is a musical, emotional method of preaching. An African American preaching style, called "singing the sermon".
13 Jan 2010,26 mins
Should God Be Allowed On The Pitch?
Richard Coles explores the role faith plays in football and asks how realistic it is to expect football to be secular.
06 Jan 2010,26 mins
Muslim Televangelists
Moderate Mulsims are challenging fundamentalists and the context is being played out on satellite TV channels.
16 Dec 2009,26 mins
Poland - The Church And The Fall Of Communism
20 years after Communism, is Poland still the most Catholic country in Europe?
09 Dec 2009,26 mins
Poland - The Church And The Fall Of Communism
How crucial was Poland's Catholic church in bringing about the end of Communism?
02 Dec 2009,26 mins
The Black Cube
The Ka'aba is the Black Cube in Mecca, the holiest shrine of Islam, Navid Akhtar looks at how it has intersected with the West.
25 Nov 2009,26 mins
New Jewish Life In Berlin
Through the eyes of Berlin's new Jews, Kristine Pommert portrays the Jewish community in what used to be Hitler's capital.
18 Nov 2009,26 mins
Bosnia's War Babies
Episode 2
The story of teenagers 'born from hate', as a result of war rape in Bosnia, who are now experiencing mental trauma.
26 mins
Bosnia's War Babies
Episode 1
The story of teenagers 'born from hate', as a result of war rape in Bosnia, who are now experiencing mental trauma.
26 mins
Open To All
In the 80's pastor Christian Fuehrer put a sign on his church in Leipzig: Open to All. Kristine Pommert visits him 20 years on.
11 Nov 2009,26 mins
Bolivian Music
Jane Chambers travels to some tiny villages in Bolivia to find out about the sacred music which has been hidden for centuries.
24 Oct 2009,26 mins
Biblically Correct Tours
Frank Faulk goes on a Biblically Correct Tour and sees an encounter between an evolutionist and a creationist in Denver.
17 Oct 2009,26 mins
The Ninety Nine Beautiful Names Of Allah
The practice of repeating the Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of Allah highlights different aspects of the Divine to Muslims.
10 Oct 2009,26 mins
Twin Sisters, Two Faiths
Identical twin sisters have, as adults, embraced religion. But where Caroline has become Christian, Elizabeth has become Muslim.
03 Oct 2009,26 mins
Aliens
How different religions view the world beyond and the implications for what it means to be 'in God's image'.
26 Sep 2009,26 mins