Religion Podcast
Discussion of religious movements and the theories and individuals behind them.
Updated: occasionally
Episodes available: indefinitely
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123 Episodes – 2024-02-06
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Julian the Apostate
THU 21 MAR 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the emperor who aimed to return Christian Rome to paganism
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Karl Barth
Thu 7 Dec 2023
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential Swiss protestant theologian.
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Julian of Norwich
THU 19 OCT 2023
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval anchoress and her Revelations of Divine Love.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls
THU 4 MAY 2023
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Biblical texts and documents found in the late 1940s.
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The Ramayana
Thu 9 Mar 2023
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Sanskrit epic.
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John Donne
Thu 12 Jan 2023
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the priest who was one of England's finest love poets.
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Angkor Wat
Thu 23 Jun 2022
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Cambodian temple complex, begun 900 years ago.
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Comenius
Thu 19 May 2022
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 17th-century Czech educator committed to toleration.
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Early Christian Martyrdom
Thu 28 Apr 2022
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Eusebius of Caesarea and his stories of Christian martyrs.
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The Sistine Chapel
Thu 31 Mar 2022
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Michelangelo's iconic frescoes in Renaissance Rome.
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Arianism
Thu 15 Apr 2021
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss an orthodox form of Christianity that became a heresy.
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Medieval Pilgrimage
Thu 18 Feb 2021
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Christian pilgrimage in Europe in the Middle Ages.
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Saint Cuthbert
Thu 28 Jan 2021
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life of one of England's most revered saints.
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John Wesley and Methodism
Thu 10 Dec 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Wesley's role in the rise of Methodism in the 18th Century
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Deism
Thu 8 Oct 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most disruptive ideas of the Enlightenment.
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The Covenanters
Thu 12 Mar 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Presbyterian solidarity in C17th Scotland and its impact.
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The Rapture
Thu 26 Sep 2019
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that believers will vanish from the world.
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Sir Thomas Browne
Thu 6 Jun 2019
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physician with a curious mind in dangerous times
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Judith beheading Holofernes
Thu 14 Feb 2019
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how this Bible story has inspired artists for centuries.
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Papal Infallibility
Thu 10 Jan 2019
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that Popes cannot err in exercise of their office
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The Thirty Years War
Thu 6 Dec 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the devastating war across the Holy Roman Empire 1618-1648
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Hope
Thu 22 Nov 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of hope - a weakness or a strength?
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Thu 27 Sep 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German theologian, killed for plotting against Hitler
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Augustine's Confessions
Thu 15 Mar 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Augustine's account of his conversion to Christianity.
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The Siege of Malta, 1565
Thu 11 Jan 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ottoman attack on the Knights Hospitaller in Malta.
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Thomas Becket
Thu 14 Dec 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, murder and impact of Thomas Becket (c 1118-1170)
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Constantine the Great
Thu 5 Oct 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
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Purgatory
Thu 25 May 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of Purgatory.
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Baltic Crusades
Thu 24 Nov 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss crusades against Baltic pagans from 12th Century onwards.
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Lakshmi
Thu 6 Oct 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the goddess Lakshmi.
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Margery Kempe and English Mysticism
Thu 2 Jun 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Margery Kempe, the medieval English mystic.
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Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot'
Thu 12 May 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Titus Oates and his fictitious Popish Plot.
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The Sikh Empire
Thu 7 Apr 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Empire.
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Mary Magdalene
Thu 25 Feb 2016
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Magdalene, one of the best-known figures in the Bible
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The Salem Witch Trials
Thu 26 Nov 2015
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Salem witch trials.
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Prester John
Thu 4 Jun 2015
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the legend of Prester John.
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https://youtu.be/rsRkD5jwUAU
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Josephus
Thu 21 May 2015
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Flavius Josephus, author of The Jewish War.
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https://youtu.be/YJeSl29Kcws
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Matteo Ricci and the Ming Dynasty
Thu 16 Apr 2015
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Matteo Ricci's 16th-century travels in Ming China.
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https://youtu.be/2T4JwoYZltU
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Al-Ghazali
Thu 19 Mar 2015
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval Islamic thinker Al-Ghazali.
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https://youtu.be/Eor0MLRyWQY
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Zen
Thu 4 Dec 2014
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Zen, a distinctively East Asian form of Buddhism.
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https://youtu.be/wv2JbdJiCF8
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Hildegard of Bingen
Thu 26 Jun 2014
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval writer and mystic Hildegard of Bingen.
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https://youtu.be/wCzJBIhoXL0
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The Talmud
Thu 29 May 2014
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Talmud, a major text of rabbinical Judaism.
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https://youtu.be/84c9k1YyBQ8
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Bishop Berkeley
Thu 20 Mar 2014
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 18th-century philosopher George Berkeley.
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https://youtu.be/DZEB--bFGWI
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The Trinity
Thu 13 Mar 2014
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Trinity, a central doctrine of Christianity.
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https://youtu.be/Tja-MLsLzeU
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Hindu Ideas of Creation
Thu 5 Dec 2013
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hindu ideas about the creation of the universe.
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https://youtu.be/MCfzIqtBeYY
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The Book of Common Prayer
Thu 17 Oct 2013
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Book of Common Prayer.
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https://youtu.be/ZcZf8I-I1XU
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Prophecy
Thu 13 Jun 2013
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss prophecy in the Abrahamic religions.
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https://youtu.be/SXSbqTqr4NQ
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Gnosticism
Thu 2 May 2013
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Gnosticism, a sect associated with early Christianity.
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https://youtu.be/ZhMKiufuXyY
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The Cult of Mithras
Thu 27 Dec 2012
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the cult of Mithras, the Roman mystery religion.
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https://youtu.be/HfExeQZROZc
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The Upanishads
Thu 8 Nov 2012
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Upanishads, the sacred texts of Hinduism.
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https://youtu.be/JkrkP3I7Lis
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The Ontological Argument
Thu 27 Sep 2012
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Ontological Argument for the existence of God.
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https://youtu.be/UEcLWC7I87I
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King Solomon
Thu 7 Jun 2012
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the biblical king Solomon.
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https://youtu.be/FoT5qg0gnnA
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George Fox and the Quakers
Thu 5 Apr 2012
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins of Quakerism.
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https://youtu.be/s9EpzRFBJLk
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Erasmus
Thu 9 Feb 2012
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus.
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https://youtu.be/hJHqfFWXP2E
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The Safavid Dynasty
Thu 12 Jan 2012
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Safavid Dynasty of early modern Iran.
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https://youtu.be/7SozVF_wqzo
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The Concordat of Worms
Thu 15 Dec 2011
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Concordat of Worms of 1122.
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https://youtu.be/WgdFfq1Vxlc
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Judas Maccabeus
Thu 24 Nov 2011
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revolutionary Jewish leader Judas Maccabeus.
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https://youtu.be/_oB56qrwZp0
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Shinto
Thu 22 Sep 2011
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Japanese belief system of Shinto.
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https://youtu.be/l7RGuYdM9yo
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Wyclif and the Lollards
Thu 16 Jun 2011
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss John Wyclif and the Lollards.
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https://youtu.be/yQAMyNUngh4
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Islamic Law and its Origins
Thu 5 May 2011
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins of Islamic law.
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https://youtu.be/AxsTYaxC-TA
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The Pelagian Controversy
Thu 21 Apr 2011
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the church's most significant doctrinal disputes.
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https://youtu.be/t2XDwiIJofE
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The Bhagavad Gita
Thu 31 Mar 2011
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Bhagavad Gita, a key text of Hinduism.
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Maimonides
Thu 17 Feb 2011
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval Jewish scholar Maimonides.
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https://youtu.be/iXjlbV3igu0
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Daoism
Thu 16 Dec 2010
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Daoism, the ancient Chinese philosophy and religion.
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https://youtu.be/xyxD5_lMy8Y
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Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Thu 18 Nov 2010
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
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https://youtu.be/8i4KEEmOgqk
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The Delphic Oracle
Thu 30 Sep 2010
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Delphic Oracle.
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https://youtu.be/aFCfNZCTzOM
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al-Biruni
Thu 10 Jun 2010
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Central Asian scientist and historian al-Biruni.
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William James's 'The Varieties of Religious Experience'
Thu 13 May 2010
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James.
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https://youtu.be/6zuX55pKm9Y
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Calvinism
Thu 25 Feb 2010
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of John Calvin and their impact.
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https://youtu.be/Wk9mYUwE8ws
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The Siege of Munster
Thu 5 Nov 2009
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Siege of Munster in 1534-35.
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https://youtu.be/6XVXfscnUpY
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St Thomas Aquinas
Thu 17 Sep 2009
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Thomas Aquinas.
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https://youtu.be/ff4g84yCugU
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Sunni and Shia Islam
Thu 25 Jun 2009
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins of the split between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims
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https://youtu.be/xY1KP9qUhOo
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St Paul
Thu 28 May 2009
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influence of St Paul on the early Christian church.
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https://youtu.be/akDUmiRW7l8
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The Siege of Vienna
Thu 14 May 2009
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1683 siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Army.
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https://youtu.be/HvA5-olnv30
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The Baroque Movement
Thu 20 Nov 2008
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the culture of the Baroque.
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https://youtu.be/o2kEuBOBS8s
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Dante's Inferno
Thu 23 Oct 2008
Melvyn Bragg examines Dante’s ‘Inferno’, a medieval journey through Hell’s nine circles
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https://youtu.be/XhqKAnHO_DA
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Miracles
Thu 25 Sep 2008
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history of miracles.
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https://youtu.be/kTNE5W3TWHA
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The Metaphysical Poets
Thu 3 Jul 2008
Melvyn Bragg examines the Metaphysical poets, including John Donne and Andrew Marvell.
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https://youtu.be/u4_ysLEr9v4
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The Arab Conquests
Thu 26 Jun 2008
Melvyn Bragg examines the Arab conquests which helped communicate Islam to the world.
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https://youtu.be/NBJBn4tI7Mc
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The Dissolution of the Monasteries
Thu 27 Mar 2008
Melvyn Bragg examines Henry VIII's policy of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
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https://youtu.be/_UcM4rXVYhU
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The Greek Myths
Thu 13 Mar 2008
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek myths from Achilles to Zeus.
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https://youtu.be/kla8obKHyZY
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The Fisher King
Thu 17 Jan 2008
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the enigmatic myth of the Fisher King.
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https://youtu.be/3UnWYj2VicU
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The Nicene Creed
Thu 27 Dec 2007
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Nicene Creed which established the Divinity of Christ.
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https://youtu.be/v1-xEnBg2i8
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The Pilgrim Fathers
Thu 5 Jul 2007
Melvyn Bragg discusses what the Pilgrim Fathers and the Mayflower mean to Americans.
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https://youtu.be/QPvcWh5wAZQ
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Ockham's Razor
Thu 31 May 2007
Melvyn Bragg discusses the ideas of William Ockham including Ockham's Razor.
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https://youtu.be/2KzNA_9Ei0Y
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Spinoza
Thu 3 May 2007
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Dutch, Jewish and Christian Philosopher, Baruch Spinoza.
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https://youtu.be/h2oz3yF4bqA
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St Hilda
Thu 5 Apr 2007
Melvyn Bragg discusses the 7th century abbess, St Hilda.
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https://youtu.be/6CCKAIasSBg
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The Jesuits
Thu 18 Jan 2007
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Jesuits, “the school masters of Europe”.
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https://youtu.be/bdSsuK2aWvc
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Hell
Thu 21 Dec 2006
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Hell and its representation in the arts.
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https://youtu.be/CYbLXE97WOY
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The Diet of Worms
Thu 12 Oct 2006
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events that helped trigger the European Reformation.
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https://youtu.be/_OVdEf5ugvo
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The Spanish Inquisition
Thu 22 Jun 2006
Melvyn Bragg examines the Spanish Inquisition, defenders of medieval orthodoxy.
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https://youtu.be/0HMI8If-47Q
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Fairies
Thu 11 May 2006
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 5000 year cultural history of fairies.
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https://youtu.be/nboScMK9R8Y
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The Oxford Movement
Thu 13 Apr 2006
Melvyn Bragg examines the 19th century Catholic movement within the Church of England.
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https://youtu.be/IwapBYeg3_8
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Heaven
Thu 22 Dec 2005
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas of heaven and the afterlife.
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https://youtu.be/PrJTHkLo6wU
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Greyfriars and Blackfriars
Thu 10 Nov 2005
Melvyn Bragg looks at the religious orders of the Dominicans and the Franciscans.
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https://youtu.be/sBqQNZ_SyUY
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Paganism in the Renaissance
Thu 16 Jun 2005
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the return of classical pagan thought in the Renaissance.
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https://youtu.be/Zsnq_NXE1BM
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Abelard and Heloise
Thu 5 May 2005
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval tale of Abelard and Heloise.
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https://youtu.be/jlY_Ooe61hY
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Angels
Thu 24 Mar 2005
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the heavenly host of Angels.
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https://youtu.be/SFmRyYiQdfs
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The Venerable Bede
Thu 25 Nov 2004
The life and work of the Venerable Bede who revolutionised Christian scholarship.
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https://youtu.be/dTYVKA6ndIc
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Zoroastrianism
Thu 11 Nov 2004
The history of Zoroastrianism, claimed to be the first monotheistic religion.
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https://youtu.be/nFqaI1Do0Rw
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Witchcraft
Thu 21 Oct 2004
The history of witchcraft in Reformation Europe.
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https://youtu.be/IDm-i3M3eSg
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Toleration
Thu 20 May 2004
Melvyn Bragg looks at the politics behind the rise of religious freedom in England.
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https://youtu.be/Z4uE7c6DMnk
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The Fall
Thu 8 Apr 2004
Melvyn Bragg examines the concept of original sin and its influence in Christian Europe.
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https://youtu.be/iTC098zx7h0
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The Norse Gods
Thu 11 Mar 2004
Melvyn Bragg examines the myths and theology that inspired the Vikings.
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https://youtu.be/_4Jo9Jdsl2c
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The Devil
Thu 11 Dec 2003
Melvyn Bragg examines how the Devil became an established figure in Christianity.
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https://youtu.be/vynBQ-1X_J8
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St Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Thu 27 Nov 2003
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the infamous St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in 1572.
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https://youtu.be/MHtkZ7FAVY4
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The Schism
Thu 16 Oct 2003
Melvyn Bragg examines events surrounding the medieval division of the Christian Church.
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https://youtu.be/_GdNZTElSQQ
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The Apocalypse
Thu 17 Jul 2003
Melvyn Bragg examines how a powerful narrative of judgement and retribution evolved.
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https://youtu.be/bzkwr3zfjl0
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Blood
Thu 22 May 2003
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss blood, from medical progress to the link to the divine.
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https://youtu.be/MERReEFIjkk
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The Holy Grail
Thu 15 May 2003
Melvyn Bragg examines why the Holy Grail legend has fascinated writers for centuries.
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https://youtu.be/59LjPgRIgKo
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Redemption
Thu 13 Mar 2003
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss redemption, crucial for Judeo-Christian thought.
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https://youtu.be/NcRfFfDleEo
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The Lindisfarne Gospels
Thu 20 Feb 2003
Melvyn Bragg examines the manuscripts that united Celtic and Roman cultures in England.
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https://youtu.be/2GkcrFcOydQ
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Muslim Spain
Thu 21 Nov 2002
Melvyn Bragg examines Muslim Spain, from Cordoba’s golden age to the fall of Granada.
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https://youtu.be/jzIMbbQa0fk
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The Soul
Thu 6 Jun 2002
The history of thought on immortality, the self and the afterlife.
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https://youtu.be/HSwaQEsZKVQ
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Marriage
Thu 21 Mar 2002
The history of marriage from ancient Greek and Babylonian times to today.
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https://youtu.be/ed0Hgs9X2EU
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The Buddha
Thu 14 Mar 2002
The life of Siddhartha Gautama and the legacy of his teachings.
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https://youtu.be/yf_bJ5JMeDI
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Yeats and Mysticism
Thu 31 Jan 2002
Melvyn Bragg explores the strange and mystical world of the Irish poet W B Yeats.
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https://youtu.be/cpSaMhipzpM
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Catharism
Thu 17 Jan 2002
Melvyn Bragg examines the Cathars, a medieval European Christian sect accused of heresy.
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https://youtu.be/njE-djPsHCs
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Third Crusade
Thu 29 Nov 2001
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the highs and lows of the Third Crusade.
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https://youtu.be/GQEVwWvUyIc
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Humanism
Thu 8 Feb 2001
The history and legacy of classical Humanism, invented by Cicero.
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https://youtu.be/bV0czyAV7ic
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Science and Religion
Thu 25 Jan 2001
Melvyn Bragg explores the areas of conflict and agreement between science and religion.
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https://youtu.be/fQ26TSxe-8s
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The Age of Doubt
Thu 9 Mar 2000
Melvyn Bragg examines the spread of religious doubt over the last three centuries.
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https://youtu.be/mHxIk30V6mQ
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Prayer
Thu 23 Dec 1999
Melvyn Bragg examines the purpose and effects of prayer.
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https://youtu.be/rjfuTGcPNHM
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Fundamentalism
Thu 22 Apr 1999
Melvyn Bragg examines the roots and the consequences of religious fundamentalism.
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https://youtu.be/1LgVAnfet3g
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122
Good and Evil
Thu 1 Apr 1999
Melvyn Bragg examines how we judge good and evil in modern western civilisation.
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https://youtu.be/PspfhQp2NJ4
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Space in Religion and Science
Thu 18 Feb 1999
Melvyn Bragg looks at how cyberspace has introduced a new concept of space in our world.
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https://youtu.be/wER3ypIBul4
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