A female imam tells Aleem Maqbool about her pioneering work and the reaction she's had.
The CEO of a lab-grown meat company describes the place of his Jewish faith in his work.
Aleem Maqbool meets Richard, who explored a connection to Jesus on a ayahuasca retreat.
A university student wanders into a cathedral and is transformed by the music he hears.
Aleem Maqbool speaks to Richard about his pagan spirituality.
Aleem Maqbool speaks with Michael Emmett about how he found faith in prison.
What the human body in death tells us about our beliefs about the body and the afterlife.
Aleem speaks with MSP Kate Forbes on why she feels people of faith are fearful of politics
Aleem speaks with Daniel Ally about how his faith inspires him to seek financial success.
Aleem Maqbool speaks with Revd Hilary Bond about her actions during climate protests.
Aleem speaks to David Baddiel and asks whether we have a desire to believe in God.
Aleem Maqbool explores masculinity and the impact of male online influencers on young men.
AI influences how we interact with everything – and religion is no exception.
Aleem Maqbool speaks to Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby about the coronation.
Aleem Maqbool speaks to Janet Ellis about her journey to adopt humanism.
Aleem Maqbool leads a discussion on fertility, childlessness and faith.
Aleem Maqbool speaks to a vicar who suffered with addiction.
Aleem Maqbool speaks to Rabbi Jonathan Romain about grief.
Aleem Maqbool explores what happens when we can't, or won't, forgive.
Aleem Maqbool explores why many same-sex couples can't have a religious wedding ceremony.
Aleem Maqbool hears a story about the pain of doubting your religion and belief.
Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert speaks about holding onto her faith through horrific times.
Professor Brian Cox shares his view on the religion v science debate. Is the war over?
In elite sport, does God help you win?
With numbers waning, what's the future for Britain's religious communities?
A deep dive into the rituals of faith behind the pageantry of the Queen's state funeral.
Ernie Rea asks if there's a Christian duty to make reparations for the horrors of slavery.
Margaret Atwood on the role of faith in her seminal novel.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss religion in Iran.
Why are non-religious rituals becoming popular, and how do habits become sacred?
Modest clothing is big business. What are the religious ideas behind why some cover up?
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world, with Ernie Rea.
Ernie Rea discovers the Hindu idea of a divine feminine force.
Ernie Rea explores the faith and culture of a majority Muslim people in North-West China.
As society becomes more secular, why are some young people embracing a 'full fat' faith?
What resonance does the essential story of Christian hope and salvation have today?
Is communal prayer and worship 'in real life' still as important to the faithful?
Ernie Rea explores the spiritual beliefs used to justify Russian aggression in Ukraine.
Ernie Rea takes a look at the 5Ks of Sikhism.
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
The enduring appeal and spiritual meaning of Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols.
Why does Christianity play such a big role in the corners of so many fighters?
Young voices from Northern Ireland discuss how things have changed since the Troubles.
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Ernie Rea takes a look at African spirituality. Why is it increasing in popularity?
Poetry as the language of religion.
Ernie Rae explores a spiritualty that's influenced both Pope Francis and the film, Soul.
Has the changing religious landscape in Scotland had an impact on the independence debate?
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Mobeen Azhar and guests talk about the Hindu god Ganesha.
What is the role of the College of Cardinals in the Catholic Church?
Ernie Rea takes a look at the religious themes in Harry Potter.
What does it mean to be 'Defender of the Faith'? How relevant is it in a multi-faith UK?
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious dimension in the Scottish independence debate.
Ernie Rea explores the misunderstood religion of Vodou; known as Voodoo in the West.
Ernie Rea discusses Myanmar's turbulent history and current crisis.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss Dante’s Inferno.
Ernie Rea takes a look at the religious reasons behind vaccine hesitancy.
Ernie Rea and a multi-faith panel discuss the spiritual life of Prince Philip.
Ernie Rea is joined by beekeepers from three different faiths.
Ernie Rea explores the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Ernie Rea takes a look at the life of the Dalai Lama.
Ernie Rea explores the place and nature of faith in today's world
Ernie Rea explores the place and nature of faith in today's world
Ernie Rea explores the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Ernie Rea explores the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Ernie Rea explores the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Ernie Rea asks why more people have turned to prayer since the beginning of the pandemic.
Ernie Rea explores the role of religion in Hong Kong
Ernie Rea discusses the role that religion will play in the US presidential election.
Ernie Rea takes a look at Rosh Hashanah and discusses how different it will be this year.
Ernie Rea takes a look at the Mayflower story.
Ernie Rea discusses the importance of the face to people of different faiths.
Ernie Rea takes a look at religious bathing rituals.
Ernie Rea discusses 'Animal Farm' on the anniversary of its publication 75 years ago.
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world
Dr Katie Edwards explores the place and nature of faith in today's world
Ernie Rea and guests discuss reincarnation in Buddhist, Hindu and Sikh traditions.
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the role that smell can play in religion.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss miracles.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the Christian themes in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the growing tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss friendship.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the appeal of the 13th century Persian poet Rumi.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the religious content of Frankenstein.
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world
Ernie Rea explores the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Ernie Rea explores the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Ernie Rea explores the religious landscape of Sri Lanka.
Ernie Rea explores the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the significance of cathedrals in the lives of modern cities.
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Ernie Rea explores the place and nature of faith and belief in today's world.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the religious roots of superheroes.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the religious and cultural meaning of angels.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the colour purple and its use in religion.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious roots and contemporary role of blasphemy.
Robert Beckford discusses the use of Christianity by the far right in Europe.
Shelina Janmohamed discusses the impact of AI on religion.
Ernie Rea discusses the religious significance of blood.
Ernie Rea discusses the place of religion in modern China.
Mark Dowd discusses the best way for us to remember those who have fought and died in war.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about religion and disability.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the role of religion in Mexico.
Religion and humour: How far can you go?
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests on the life and death of Tsar Nicholas.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the religion in Jane Eyre.
Professor Robert Beckford in conversation with guests about religion and fashion.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about religion and the unmarried woman.
Robert Beckford in conversation with guests about what makes a sacred space.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about religion and transgender issues.
A discussion on the different ways of understanding the world around us.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about sacred gardens.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss differing concepts of time in religious traditions.
Ernie Rea takes a look at the Christian message behind Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the place of faith in today's complex world.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the place of faith in today's complex world.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss if there is any place for God in a modern courtroom.
Why does 'east' play such an important part in much Christian architecture?
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the appeal of chanting. Can it benefit our health?
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the place of faith in today's complex world.
A century after the October Revolution, the role of belief and unbelief in Russia.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the promise and pitfalls of religious polls.
Ernie Rea discusses the life of Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
Will Ernie Rea and guests sing William Blake's Jerusalem at Last Night of the Proms?
Is it a religious duty to give to beggars? Ernie Rea and guests discuss.
Is the sermon dead? Ernie Rea and guests discuss.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss BR Ambedkar's role in forming modern India.
A discussion on the different ways of understanding the world around us.
What's the relationship between religion and hip hop? Robert Beckford and guests discuss.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the spiritual allure of the moon.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religion of Jane Austen.
Who do we think we are? Ernie Rea and guests discuss our fascination with our ancestors.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious climate in Germany.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious understanding of truth.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss confession.
Robert Beckford and guests discuss the purpose of interfaith worship.
Robert Beckford and guests explore the role of religion in science fiction.
Ernie Rea and guests explore religious perspectives on mental health.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss religion in Pakistan.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss religion's obsession with numbers.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss how Martin Luther affected the course of the Reformation.
As the sales get underway, Ernie Rea's guests discuss religion and consumerism.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the belief that Jesus was born of a virgin birth.
From Gilgamesh to Cryonics - Ernie Rea and guests discuss the quest for immortality.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the impact of immigration on the church in Britain.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the relationship between Zionism and Judaism.
Does God have a face? Ernie Rea and guests discuss.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss religion in children's literature.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss religion in Turkey.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the role of the clergy during the Northern Ireland Troubles.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious response to trauma.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the purpose of religious education.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the connection between hair and religious belief.
Ernie Rea and guests explore the role of sharia councils in the UK.
Ernie Rea and guests explore the impact of the Cultural Revolution on religion in China.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious response to the Battle of the Somme.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss religion and the US Republican Party.
Ernie Rea and guests explore the relationship between religion and freedom of expression.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss religion in Belgium.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the Rule of Benedict.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the legacy of the doctrine of original sin.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the relationship between religion and social media.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss fixing a date for Easter.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the nature of mercy.
William Crawley and guests discuss the use of stories in the Bible.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religion of Saudi Arabia.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss religion in France.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the relationship between religion and psychotherapy.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss religious perspectives on the afterlife.
Ernie Rea and guests explore the pagan origins of Christmas.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss issues around childlessness.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the impact of the Vatican document Nostra Aetate.
Ernie Rae and guests discuss the pros and cons of interfaith marriage.
William Crawley explores the beliefs of Islamic State following the Paris attacks.
Ernie Rea and guests explore the changing nature of the family.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss new religious communities.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious history and contemporary aspects of pacifism.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the feelings of betrayal when followers abandon a faith.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the life and lasting influence of the Persian poet Rumi.
A discussion on the different ways of understanding the world around us.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the role of religion in Tunisian society and government.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss what role religion plays in people's attitudes toward debt.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the Hadith, the stories and traditions of Muhammad's life.
Must nurses show compassion? What is it anyway? Ernie Rea and guests discuss.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss church-state relations in Greece.
What impact has the twin earthquake disaster had on Nepalese religious beliefs?
Ernie Rea and guests discuss artificial intelligence.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious role of the scapegoat.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the revival of Confucianism in China.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss what makes a religiously literate society.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss beliefs about the end of time in Islam.
Is purgatory a religious place or a psychological concept? Ernie Rea and guests discuss.
Is it correct to describe the killers of Charlie Hebdo staff in Paris as fundamentalists?
Why does the story of Moses still hold such a broad appeal?
Ahead of the Pope's visit, Ernie Rea asks what is distinctive about English Catholicism.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the church's role in the creation of the Magna Carta.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the enduring appeal of TS Eliot's religious poetry.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss church and race relations in the United States of America.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the appeal of Spiritualism.
How are religious plague narratives affecting the responses to the Ebola outbreak?
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the theology and digital reinterpretation of avatars.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the Catholic church's synod on the family.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the belief in karma.
Ernie Rea discusses with guests how religions can do good - and avoid bad - PR.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about Agnosticism and doubt.
Ernie Rea discuss the conflict in Iraq in the context of the country's religious history.
Ernie Rea explores what is understood by the 'Holy Spirit' across different faiths.
Ernie Rea and his guests discuss the role of faith-based charities.
Ernie Rea and his guests discuss the seven deadly sins.
Was Shakespeare a closet Catholic? Ernie Rea and guests discuss Shakespeare's religion.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss Christian perspectives on gender identity.
What is the purpose of an Islamic education? Ernie Rea and guests discuss.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the meaning of apostasy within Islam.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss Last Rites in some of the world's major faiths.
Can the religious practice of mindfulness translate to a secular context?
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the heady mix of football and religion in Brazil.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the role Hindu Nationalism is playing in India's elections.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss Christian attitudes to the environment.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the spiritual importance of Stonehenge.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious significance of the wilderness.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss Pope Francis' first year in the Vatican.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the future of religious institutions in Britain.
William Crawley and guests discuss the role of religion in Putin's Russia.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the spiritual roots of yoga.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the place of the Ahmadi community within Islam.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the relationship between Christianity and the law.
Ernie Rea and guests talk about the enduring place of the Biblical Eve in Western culture.
Discussion on the impact of archaeological discoveries on religious belief.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the theology of JRR Tolkien.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about why religions change.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss near-death experiences. Is there a rational explanation?
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the complex relationship between comedy and religion.
Ernie Rea discusses the faith and philosophy of Martin Luther King.
Ernie Rea and his guests debate whether violence is permitted within Buddhism.
Ernie Rea discusses the complex religious and ethical arguments around organ donation.
Ernie Rea and guests debate the role of doubt in religion - is it positive or negative?
Ernie Rea and guests debate the role of religion within politics.
Ernie Rea and guests debate the role of celibacy across different religious traditions.
Ernie Rea and guests debate the legacy of David Livingstone, 200 years after his death.
Ernie Rea and guests debate the role of religion in the coronation ceremony.
Ernie Rea and his guests discuss the role of fire within religion.
Ernie Rea and guests debate the Jesuits in the light of Pope Francis's recent election.
Ernie Rea and guests debate the meaning of the term evangelical.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss spiritual approaches to the treatment of alcohol addiction.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious principles behind restorative justice.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the place of animals in the religions of East and West.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss whether homosexuality is compatible with Islam.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the beliefs and practices of Rastafari.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the Inquisition and its legacy from different perspectives.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious dimensions of the crisis in Mali.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the reasons behind rising anti-Semitism in Europe.
Ernie Rea discusses the development of Makkah with distingished guests.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss women in Sikhism.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the future of the Unification Church.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the Apocalypse.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss religion in Putin's Russia.
Special edition live from the Imperial War Museum North on civilians in armed conflict.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the place of women in Hinduism.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss religious responses to economic inequality.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the history of the Baptist Church and its significance today.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the link between African churches, witchcraft and child abuse
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the role of religion in Syria.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the significance of fear in religious traditions.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the relationship between religion and depression.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss whether modern physics leaves any room for God.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious foundations and function of monarchy.
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the place of faith in today's complex world.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the symbol of the cross in contemporary society.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss religion and adoption.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious dimensions to Nigeria's current crisis.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the place of faith in the lives of travelling people.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the appeal and direction of 'New Atheism'.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss religion in Korea following the death of Kim Jong-il.
Different ways of understanding the world. Ernie Rea and guests discuss the Baha'i faith.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the role of Bishops in the House of Lords.
What role does religion play in the race for the Republican nomination in the US?
Ernie Rea and his guests discuss pilgrimage and ask why it is growing in popularity.
Ernie Rea and his guests discuss same sex marriage.
Ernie Rea discusses the impact of religious belief and practice on today's society.
Ernie Rea discusses the impact of religious belief and practice on today's society.
Ernie Rea and his guests get to the heart of what the Qur'an actually says about the veil.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the future of Catholicism in the Irish Republic.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the role and future of Britain's black churches.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the practice of exorcism.