Spiritual thoughts from across the world
World Service,·1097 episodes
"Our days were spent with talk of loving your neighbour - and I couldn't stand him."
26 Apr 1994,·3 mins
Is there a value in doing nothing? Or should leisure be apologised for?
What does Christ's Parable of the Weeds tell us about the development movement?
03 May 1994,·3 mins
Is economic development a route to world peace?
03 May 1994,·4 mins
How is the Hebrew commandment understood in the modern world?
13 May 1994,·4 mins
Was the 'Old Testament' God really cruel?
13 May 1994,·3 mins
What is the true meaning of the phrase: "You shall love your neighbour as yourself"?
Is "an eye for an eye" about legal procedures or revenge?
What is the difference between introverts and the extroverts in the words of Jesus?
23 May 1994,·4 mins
What is the difference between thinking people and feeling people?
Thoughts on the misunderstandings that arises when intuitive people meet practical people
What is the meaning of jihad - the "struggle against evil" - in Islam?
26 May 1994,·4 mins
Thoughts on peace, war, and the Islamic concept of jihad
26 May 1994,·3 mins
Thoughts on the personal jihad, the holy war, against our worst impulses
Charles le Gai Eaton reflects upon the complexity of the word 'peace'
Why do Christians commemorate saints? What are saints 'for'?
05 Jun 1994,·4 mins
A reflection on Ashura, a major religious commemoration for Shia Muslims
07 Jun 1994,·3 mins
Deepak Vohra on the sacred Hindu temple Jagannath Puri in the state of Orissa, India
The centre of Krishna worship, where pilgrims walk barefoot to touch the sacred earth
Thoughts on the first Islamic year in AD622, and the Hijra
07 Jun 1994,·4 mins
Deepak Vohra on his visit to the "spiritual paradise" for devotees of Lord Krishna
Facing anger with God when a loved one dies
12 Jun 1994,·4 mins
How pilgrimages with a friend taught Father Paul J Cannon about community
17 Jun 1994,·3 mins
How do the meanings of adverts compare with the love of God?
17 Jun 1994,·4 mins
Father Paul J Cannon wonders about other people's images of God
Father Paul J Cannon reflects on hardship, growth, and change
A rabbi remembers sharing the story of the death of Moses with some Bedouin guides
28 Jun 1994,·4 mins
Rabbi Albert Friedlander recounts a conversation on top of Mount Sinai
What a rabbi learned on his pilgrimage across the Sinai in the footsteps of Moses
28 Jun 1994,·3 mins
Professor Akbar Ahmed on the use and misuse of history in arguments about ethnic identity
30 Jun 1994,·3 mins
