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Sep 13 Dostoevsky and the Brothers Karamazov 15:22

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The final novel of Dostoevsky is possibly his most famous - the Brothers Karamazov. Wrought out of terrible grief and struggles with faith after the death of his three year old son Aloysha. One of Russia's greatest novelists has produced on of the greatest novels of all time. Charting the tumultuous transition of Russia from feudalism, the devoutly…

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Sep 16 The Bishop and the Serial Killer 7:37

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Gilles de Rai was one of the earliest serial killers on record, today he was arrested in 1440 after an investigation by the Bishop of NantesDi Tim Byron

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Sep 15 The miraculous painting of Dominic de Guzman 9:05

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Dominic de Guzman founded the Order of Preachers who were hugely responsible with spreading devotion to the Rosary. He has two countries named after him. This is the story of the miraculous painting attributed to himDi Tim Byron

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Sep 14 Dom Perignon, Monks and Wine Making 7:58

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Now the most famous champagne is named in his honour, Pierre Perignon was a Benedictine Monk who perfected the method of making sparkling wineDi Tim Byron

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Sep 12 Richard Challoner - leading in an hostile environment 13:30

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Bishop Richard Challoner has been called the most influential English Catholic of the 18th Century. It was an uneasy time before Catholic Emancipation laws and least safe in London. The Catholic Church was still illegal after Queen Elizabeth's Act of Uniformity and there were sporadic riots against Catholics. Challoners' life is a case study of suc…

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Sep 11 Defender of Slaves and indigenous peoples - De La Casas 11:18

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Bishop Bartholomew De La Casas chronicled the terrible atrocities that Spanish colonists carried out on the indigenous people of Central and South America. He was appointed protector of the Indians by the Spanish Legal Establishment, His writing and thinking was influenced the School of Salamanca and lead to both international law and the first con…

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Sep 10 Jung, Religion and Individuation 13:00

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Carl Gustav Jung was one of the most creative thinkers of the 20th Century. The founder of analytical psychology his fascination with religion was life longDi Tim Byron

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Sep 9 A Theology of Capital - Michael Novak 11:55

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Today we remember the life of Michael Novak - influential author of the Spirit of Democratic Capitalism. He tweaked Weber's famous Protestant Work Ethic and claimed that free capitalist economies owed more to a Catholic Work EthicDi Tim Byron

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Sep 8 Discovering Genes as an opportunity to worship 9:21

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Francis Collins the director of the Human Genome Project is a devout Christian. we explore his life todayDi Tim Byron

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Sep 7 Ethno-religious riots in Jos, Nigeria 7:32

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Jos - the capital of the Plateau state in Nigeria's Central Belt is also a flashpoint for tension and violence between the Christian South and the Muslim NorthDi Tim Byron

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Sep 6 Blaise Pascale, Salvation & Jansenism and The Index of Prohibited Books 13:24

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Today we remember how the Vatican placed the Pascals Provincial Letters on the Index. He was a brilliant French polymath, the inventor of the syringe and a promoter of an exaggerated theology called JansenismDi Tim Byron

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Sep 5 Cardinal Josef Beran - opposition to totalitarianism in Czechoslovakia 8:19

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Archbishop Josef Beran of Prague defied both the Nazis and the Communists. He nearly died of typhus in Dachau concentration camp and after the iron curtain fell was placed under 16 years house arrest by the Communists. He was only allowed to leave the then Czechoslovakia to go to Rome to be made a cardinal - on the condition he didn't return. He di…

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Sep 4 The Murder of a Croatian Abbot and Iconographer 10:27

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Rafailo Momčilović was a celebrated Orthodox painter (writer) of Icons. He was murdered by the fascist Ustase in Croatia whilst they were a Nazi puppet governmentDi Tim Byron

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Sep 3 The Heliand - An Old Norse Life of Christ 9:21

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The discovery and publication of the Heliand started to explain a historical mystery. How were the warrior Germanic Cultures subsumed into Christendom? This life of Christ in Old Norse is now an invaluable epic poem in a forgotten languageDi Tim Byron

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Sep 2 An American Ascetic Orthodox Monk - Seraphim Rose 11:55

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The translations and summaries of Orthodox wisdom from Fr Seraphim Rose became valued as illegal Samizdat, material banned and shared in a clandestine manner under Communism. We look at the life and conversion of this monk who died at a young age after live a harsh asceticismDi Tim Byron

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Sep 1 Fr Dowling's Spiritual Exercises and Alcoholics Anonymous 8:25

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The Friendship between Jesuit Priest Ed Dowling and the founder of the AA Bill Wilson was deep and rich, We look at how Dowling became his advisor and sponsor and how he integrated the Ignatian Exercises into the 12 step programmeDi Tim Byron

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Aug 31 Grunewald and the Isenheim Altarpiece 8:40

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Matthias Grunewald masterpiece was commissioned by the Antonite Monks at Isenheim. His depiction of an excruciating crucifixion is now iconic and was commissioned in the context of a monastery that was treating victims of the plague and skin diseaseDi Tim Byron

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Aug 30 Liverpool, Everton and the Rev Ben Chambers 8:54

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When Ben Chambers became the Methodist Minister at St Domingo's chapel he started the 'Band of Hope' putting on activities to distract youngsters from drink. Thus Everton FC was born and then its younger brother - the more successful Liverpool FCDi Tim Byron

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Aug 29 Michael Faraday, non conformism and electricity 9:55

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Today Michael Faraday induced the first electrical current - this would change civilization. Not formally educated - his enquiring mind was underpinned by his faith - we explore this todayDi Tim Byron

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Aug 28 Medellin and the start of Liberation Theology 8:44

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Paul VI opened the Second Conference of Latin American Bishops in Medellin, Colombia. This was influenced by the Brazilian educationalist Paolo Freire and his theory on 'conscientisation'. The conference endorsed the 'preferential option for the poor' and base Christian communities. This was the start of what would become known as Liberation Theolo…

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Aug 27 The Businessman who could be beatified 7:15

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Enrique Shaw was a successful lifelong businessman from Argentina. As he was dying awaiting for a life saving blood transfusion - hundreds of his employees queued outside the hospital to give him their bloodDi Tim Byron

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Aug 26 Ivan the Terrible's monk 8:01

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Adrian of Ondrusuv sacrificed his estate to become a monk after meeting a holy hermit. Ivan the Terrible. a tyrant and cruel leader asked him to be the godfather at his daughters baptismDi Tim Byron

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Aug 25 Nietzsche on the murder of God 20:44

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Friedrich Nietzsche died today in 1900 - one of the most influential intellectuals of the modern era. His relationship with God is much more complex than the famous statement that 'God is dead' Today we explore it and his lifeDi Tim Byron

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Aug 24 Non Conformists and the Book of Common Prayer 8:32

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Today approximately 2000 puritans resigned their pulpits as deadline came for forced assent to the Book of Common Prayer. We look at the remarkable impact they have had in both Britain and North AmericaDi Tim Byron

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Aug 23 Brother Roger, the flowering of ecumenism & his violent death 9:30

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The Taize ecumenical monastic community in France was founded by Roger Schultz in the ashes of WW2. It still attracts thousands of young people every year as a community of reconciliation. Brother Roger was stabbed in the neck by a young Romanian woman.Di Tim Byron

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Aug 22 Henri de Lubac & Spiritual Worldliness 14:08

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De Lubac was one of the most influential theologians of the 20th Century. His experience of WW1 and WW2 was followed by 10 years being banned from teaching by the Vatican. He was appointed cardinal by Pope John Paul 2, the first one to be named without being a bishop in the modern eraDi Tim Byron

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Aug 21 Adam Gifford and the Gifford Lectures 7:57

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In his will dated today - Lord Adam Gifford, a Scottish Judge - bequeathed a large amount of money to annual lectureship in Natural Theology. Held in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews they have been very influentialDi Tim Byron

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Aug 20 Demythologising Rudolph Bultmann 9:27

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Bultmann was one of the most influential post-war theologians in the quest for the historical Jesus. His theory of 'demytholigisation' however is now widely discredited ,,,, we explore whyDi Tim Byron

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Aug 19 The Exodus and the Moabite Stone 8:14

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The discovery of a fascinating ancient stone in the Jordan has given us a fascinating peak into the world of the Tribe of Israel during its Exodus from EgyptDi Tim Byron

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Aug 18 Filming the Exorcist 10:07

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Warner Brothers most financially successful film the Exorcist was written by a student of Georgetown University, William Peter Blatty. Based on a true story of a Jesuit directed exorcism in St Louis, it provoked a remarkable reaction from audiencesDi Tim Byron

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Aug 17 Excavating Armageddon 9:20

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We look at the site of Megiddo, why it was strategically fought over for centuries, and what archaeologists have found there. In Greek it is known as Armageddon.Di Tim Byron

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Apr 16 Operation Baptism - smuggling Jews away from the Nazis 7:25

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We look at the audacious 'Operation Baptism' which had the blessing of Pope Pius XII. Hundreds of Jews where rescued from Hungary and the Nazis by issuing them with false baptism certificates.Di Tim Byron

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Aug 15 Cologne Cathedral - 632 years in the making 8:12

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Cologne Cathedral is the largest twin spired Church in the world. Germanys most visited landmark it was regarded as a project to symbolize German nationhood. It houses the relics of the three Kings or Magi who visited the infant Christ.Di Tim Byron

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Aug 14 Maximilian Kolbe - offering his life at Auschwitz 9:09

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Today we remember how the dynamic Franciscan Maximilian Kolbe offered his life for another at Auschwitz. We look at his rich life, his devotion to the ' Immaculada' and his legacyDi Tim Byron

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Aug 13 James Joyce, faith and Ulysees 8:20

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The great Irish Writer James Joyce had a confusing and complicated relationship with the Catholic Church. But his books have had a remarkable influence and followingDi Tim Byron

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Aug 12 Golden Roses & Our Lady of Aparecida 6:55

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Today we look at the tradition of Popes handing out Golden Roses that have been blessed on Laudate Sunday. How Paul VI gave one today to the Cathedral of Our Lady of AparecidaDi Tim Byron

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Aug 11 The Cosmology of Deep Ethics - G.F.R Ellis 8:53

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Today we look at the life and thought of George Ellis, committed Quaker and Cosmologist. Co-author with Stephen Hawking of the 'Yellow Peril' a standard text book on General Relativity Theory. Also developed the theory of kenotic-ethics which he claims is deeply imbedded in the universeDi Tim Byron

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Aug 10 Salvation outside the Church 14:22

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Today we remember the first papal encyclical that allowed for the possibility of Salvation outside of Church. We look at the history of soteriology - the theology of salvationDi Tim Byron

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Aug 9 Herman the Wonderworker of Alaska 8:35

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St Herman was a Russian Orthodox monk who had a very effective mission to the Aleut people of Alaska. During a 'Fur Rush' when colonisation and exploration was fuelled by the seal fur trade he defended the rights of the native Aleut peopleDi Tim Byron

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Aug 8 Soren Kierkegaard's leap of faith 12:01

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Today we look at the profoundly influential Danish philosopher Soren Kierkergaard. The Father of Existentialism he was a profoundly Christian thinker. Surviving his fathers harsh Lutheranism he would write some of the most profound criticisms of Christianity but also at times was quasi-mysticalDi Tim Byron

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Aug 7 The Munich Eucharistic Congress 7:34

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An important meeting in post-war Germany, the first outdoor mega-mass and a landmark in Ecumenical Relations. The delegates also laid a foundation for a Church of Atonement near the concentration camp of DachauDi Tim Byron

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Aug 6 Conclave 7:48

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The First Conclave of the Sistine Chapel - how did the Church develop this way of electing a Pope and what happensDi Tim Byron

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Aug 5 Bill W and Alcoholics Anonymous 11:04

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Bill Wilson said his spiritual experience of 'white light' cured him of his alcoholism. We look at the foundation of Alcoholics Anonymous and his relationship with Fr Ed Dowling. What are the Twelve Steps and how have they helped so many peopleDi Tim Byron

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Aug 4 Dr Grenfels mission to Labrador 8:00

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Dr Grenfel sent by the Fisherman's Mission to Canada's North Atlantic Coast built up a remarkable mission attracting doctors, nurses and clergy from all over the worldDi Tim Byron

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Aug 3 Christopher Columbus and the New World 7:43

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Today we remember how three boats left Spain travelling West for the Indies and discovered the AmericasDi Tim Byron

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Aug 2 Edith Stein 11:27

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One of the finest philosophical minds of her age, Edith Stein went from Judaism to agnosticism to Christianity. Edmund Husserl's assistant, she became a Carmelite Nun and was to die at Auschwitz.Di Tim Byron

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Aug 1 Aethelwold, Bluetooth and the Vikings 7:52

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Today we look at the life of St Aethelwold, who rebuilt the church after 300 years of Viking raids. Also the unlikely assimilation of Christianity into the Vikings and how Bluetooth got its nameDi Tim Byron

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July 31 Mount Athos 7:40

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Mount Athos is a unique centre for Orthodox Christianity, today in 1913 the Russian Navy removed 800 monks. We look at the traditions there and its claim to be Marys GardenDi Tim Byron

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July 30 Johann Sebastian Bach 7:33

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The greatest of the Baroque composers was a man of profound Lutheran faith, we look at his lifeDi Tim Byron

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July 29 Humanae Vitae and the issue of 'Reception' 15:44

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Humane Vitae is the most controversial of papal encyclicals, restating the Church's opposition to artificial birth control. It also marked a moment in the shift of the authority of the Church. It was Pope Paul VI last encyclical. Was it prophetic or a disastrous overreach?Di Tim Byron

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