An A-Z Of Believing

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From the Woolf Institute comes An A-Z of Believing: from Atheism to Zealotry. This new podcast, presented by Dr Ed Kessler, is a 26-week crash course on religion and society. What makes the beauty of ritual so attractive? Do Abrahamic religions teach karma? How do people from different faiths have c…

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    • Feb 9, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 27 EPISODES


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    Z for Zealotry

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2019 7:30


    Zealotry has had a bad press. But has this always been justified?

    Y for Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2019 7:17


    What is the date? There are more religious calendars ticking along than most of us dream of.

    X for Xenophobia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2019 5:41


    Xenophobia seems to be on the rise... again.

    W for Words

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2019 6:34


    Words are ambiguous but translating them is theologically treacherous...

    V for Violence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2019 6:33


    Is human violence inspired by religion or mitigated by religion?

    U for Universalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2019 7:11


    Universal religious values should not threaten what is unique to each religion.

    T for Tolerance

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2018 6:27


    Tolerance is agreeing to differ, and that is a sign of strength not weakness.

    S for Sex

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2018 6:06


    Sex is glorious, sex is sinful, sex is necessary. Opinions differ...

    R for Repentance

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2018 5:48


    Repentance is more than just saying sorry.

    Q for Quietness

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2018 6:17


    Quietness is desirable but not when it is an evasion of the truth.

    P for Pilgrimage

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2018 6:32


    A pilgrimage can be literal or metaphorical.

    O for Occult

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2018 6:29


    Is the occult just religion without rules?

    N for Nationalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2018 6:23


    When religion turns patriotic...

    M for Martyrdom

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2018 6:37


    Was Jesus the first religious martyr?

    L for Land

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2018 5:52


    One person's Holy Land is another person’s land grab.

    K for Karma

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2018 5:47


    Are we punished for our sins, or by them?

    J for Jokes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2018 6:08


    Even Jesus had a funny side...

    I for Incarnation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2018 5:57


    How does God come down to meet us?

    H for Heresy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2018 7:13


    All orthodoxy was once heresy...

    G for God

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2018 6:09


    Sometimes even atheists are tempted to believe...

    F for Fundamentalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2018 6:43


    Fighters for truth or unworldly fantasists?

    E for Evil

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2018 6:11


    Could evil be understood as the “eclipse” of God?

    D for Dialogue

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2018 6:29


    Do we understand ourselves better by understanding someone of different beliefs?

    C for Conversion

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2018 6:07


    If I am right - must you be wrong?

    B for Beauty

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2018 5:55


    What makes religious ritual so irresistible?

    A for Atheism

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2018 5:44


    God is dead, yet a divine shadow still looms...

    An A-Z of Believing: Promo

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2018 0:48


    Join us for a new podcast starting Monday 20th August. From the Woolf Institute comes An A-Z of Believing: from Atheism to Zealotry. This new podcast, presented by Dr Ed Kessler, is a 26-week crash course on religion and society. What makes the beauty of ritual so attractive? Do Abrahamic religions teach karma? How do people from different faiths have constructive conversation? Join Ed as he explains a new letter each week. Listen Sundays on the Woolf Institute podcast site (woolfpods.wordpress.com), iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Transcripts of this series are published exclusively by the Independent every Sunday.

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