Words of Faith Episodes Episode guide
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The Desire to go ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
A sort talk on what it means to 'go home'
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Racism
A speaker on the church's response to the rise in racist attacks in London's East End
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Identity
Imagine having to deny your true identity just to get an interview for a job
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All Saints' Day
Canon Eric James contemplates the meaning of All Saints' Day
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Free Movement
Equality, racism, immigration and the church's response to forced deportation
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Community and Catholic Church
How the Catholic church is working with inner city communities in England
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Holy Cross Church in King's Cross, London
The inner city church that serves a transient community of the poor, sick and excluded
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St Valentine's Day
How did a day of Christian celebration become so disconnected from God?
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Britain's Crack City
Could the Church help residents on a run-down housing estate in South London?
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Lent
At the start of Lent, reflections on over-consumption in the modern world
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Ramadan
Farid Esak on the beginning of Ramadan, a month of fasting, prayer and reflection
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Ramadan
Farid Esak on Taqwa, and the triumph over the self experienced during Ramadan
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William Tyndale
The story of Bible translator William Tyndale's betrayal and subsequent death in Antwerp
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Ramadan
Farid Esak reflects on his heightened God consciousness during Ramadan
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Ramadan
Farid Esak on the last week of Ramadan including Laylat Al Qadr, the Night of Destiny
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Buddhism and Jainism
Thoughts on Buddhism and Jainism and their concepts of God and humanity
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William Tyndale
Now in Flanders, King Henry VIII tries to entice Tyndale back to England
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Christianity in China
The resurgence of Christianity in China - and the terrible price believers have paid
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The Pali Canon
Thoughts on the Buddhist Pali canon and the prejudice of patriarchy
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Cooperation Between Faiths
Elizabeth J Harris argues for interfaith cooperation and against religious exclusivism
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Pause For Thought
Elizabeth J Harris discusses Buddhist meditation as a form of mind training
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Ramadan
How the worldwide community of Muslims unite during Ramadan
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Buddhism
How achievable are the challenges of Buddhism to not retaliate or hate?
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Vesak
The meaning of the most important festival of the Buddhist year
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William Tyndale
The story of William Tyndale's quest to translate the Bible from Latin into English
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Ramadan
The spiritual anticipation felt by Muslims as Ramadan approaches
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Purim
Evelyn Friedlander on Purim, the Jewish religious festival celebrating escape from death
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Muslims and the Koran
Umar Hegedus considers whether Muslim behaviour reflects Koranic teaching
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Shabbat
Evelyn Friedlander thinks about Shabbat and wonders where she could feel at home
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Artists and Artisans
Evelyn Friedlander with a Torah reading on the value of skilled workmanship