Neil MacGregor concludes his series on shared beliefs with a look to the future and hope.
Published on Friday, 1st December 2017.
Neil MacGregor focuses on the faiths that have sought to establish a state of their own.
Published on Thursday, 30th November 2017.
Neil MacGregor on attempts by some societies to outlaw beliefs seen as a threat.
Published on Wednesday, 29th November 2017.
Neil MacGregor on societies who banished religion, from revolutionary France to the USSR.
Published on Tuesday, 28th November 2017.
Neil MacGregor on ruling with a mandate from the gods - from the UK to Benin to China.
Published on Monday, 27th November 2017.
Neil MacGregor focuses on how faiths co-exist in India.
Published on Friday, 24th November 2017.
Neil MacGregor on how gods reach new communities, and how they are adapted and changed.
Published on Thursday, 23rd November 2017.
Neil MacGregor on communities who believe they are not the sole inhabitants of a landscape
Published on Wednesday, 22nd November 2017.
Neil MacGregor's series continues with a focus on societies and faiths with a single god.
Published on Tuesday, 21st November 2017.
Neil MacGregor focuses on societies with many gods, including the Romans in Britain.
Published on Monday, 20th November 2017.
Neil MacGregor reflects on faiths which focus on the word rather than the image.
Published on Thursday, 16th November 2017.
Neil MacGregor focuses on images with a purpose - to change the viewer's behaviour.
Neil MacGregor examines how we come to understand images, with a focus on San rock art.
Published on Wednesday, 15th November 2017.
Neil MacGregor focuses on Russian Orthodox icons and the Hindu goddess Durga.
Published on Tuesday, 14th November 2017.
Neil MacGregor focuses on Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico, and Artemis of Ephesus.
Published on Monday, 13th November 2017.
Neil MacGregor focuses on special gatherings and how they shape a communal identity.
Published on Friday, 10th November 2017.
Neil MacGregor focuses on the role of pilgrimage in Christianity, Buddhism and Islam.
Published on Thursday, 9th November 2017.
Neil MacGregor focuses on Aztec human sacrifices, and animal sacrifice in ancient Greece.
Published on Wednesday, 8th November 2017.
Neil MacGregor focuses on offerings, including gold consigned to a Colombian lake.
Published on Tuesday, 7th November 2017.
Neil MacGregor on sacred spaces, from a 4,000-year-old temple to a brand new cathedral.
Published on Monday, 6th November 2017.
Neil MacGregor on the role of distinctive dress and communal song in weekly gatherings.
Published on Friday, 3rd November 2017.
Neil MacGregor focuses on prayer, an individual activity that is also profoundly communal.
Published on Thursday, 2nd November 2017.
Neil MacGregor focuses on rites of passage, including a hair-binding ritual from Vanuatu.
Published on Wednesday, 1st November 2017.
Neil MacGregor focuses on the protection of the newly-born and their mothers.
Published on Tuesday, 31st October 2017.
Neil MacGregor's series continues with a focus on our relationship with the dead.
Published on Monday, 30th October 2017.
Neil MacGregor focuses on our relationship with the natural world and seasonal changes.
Published on Friday, 27th October 2017.
Neil MacGregor experiences the winter solstice in the passage tomb at Newgrange, Ireland.
Published on Thursday, 26th October 2017.
Neil MacGregor on water's purifying powers, and the significance of the Ganges for Hindus.
Published on Wednesday, 25th October 2017.
Neil MacGregor on the fire of Vesta in Ancient Rome, and the Parsi fire temple in Gujarat.
Published on Tuesday, 24th October 2017.
Neil MacGregor's series on the role and expression of beliefs begins with the Lion Man.
Published on Monday, 23rd October 2017.