Beyond Belief (radio series) explained

Beyond Belief is a radio programme on the subject of religion, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The show typically runs for 30 minutes, and features representatives of different faith traditions discussing a religious or moral issue. The programme, hosted by Ernie Rea, was first broadcast on 7 January 2002. The 200th edition was broadcast on 29 June 2009. On 15 July 2019, a special edition, looking at the relationship between religious faith and imagination, came from the Hay-on-Wye festival.

Programmes

Broadcast date and Broadcast Title
1 Jun 2009Just War Theory
6 Jul 2009Orange Order
8 Jun 2009Traditional African religions
13 Jul 2009Poverty as a spiritual practice
15 Jun 2009Alzheimer's disease
20 Jul 2009Internet
22 Jun 2009John Calvin
24 Aug 2009Evangelism and stadium crusades
27 Jul 2009Witchcraft
29 Jun 2009Post-secular society.
3 Aug 2009History and theology of the Islamic republic of Iran
10 Aug 2009Water
17 Aug 2009God and Neuroscience
1 Feb 2010Monastic communities
8 Feb 2010Epic of Gilgamesh
15 Feb 2010Monogamy
22 Feb 2010Religion and the law
1 Mar 2010Saints
4 Oct 2010Islam in America
8 Mar 2010
15 Mar 2010Climate change debate
22 Mar 2010Islam in Europe
12 Jul 2010Sacredness of Hair
19 Jul 2010Women in leadership
26 Jul 2010Islam & Music
30 Aug 2010Origins of the universe
6 Sep 2010English Catholicism
9 Aug 2010Abstinence
13 Sep 2010Cardinal Newman
2 Aug 2010Sanctuary
16 Aug 2010Secular meaning to life
20 Sep 2010Charedi (ultra orthodox) Jewish communities
23 Aug 2010Faith and disability
27 Sep 2010Religion in prison
13 Dec 2010Supernatural
20 Dec 2010Philanthropy
27 Dec 2010three wise-men
3 Jan 2011Translating sacred texts
10 Jan 2011Suicide
17 Jan 2011Religion in Egypt
24 Jan 2011Ayodhya
31 Jan 2011Celebrity culture
7 Feb 2011Sunni and Shia Islam
14 Feb 2011Faith schools
21 Feb 2011Nuns
7 Mar 2011Immortality
11 Jul 2011Christian understanding of Hell
18 Jul 2011
25 Jul 2011Religion and the Big Society
1 Aug 2011Religion and Generational Divide
8 Aug 2011Sabbath
15 Aug 2011Globalisation on religion
22 Aug 2011Sectarianism in Scotland
2 Jan 2012Islam and the Veil
23 Jan 2012Same-sex marriage
16 Jan 2012Protestant Work Ethic
9 Jan 2012Mystical Experiences
29 Aug 2011Buddhism in the West
5 Sep 2011Jewish identity
12 Sep 2011Christian and Muslim understandings of God
19 Sep 2011Exorcism
26 Sep 2011Britain's black churches
3 Oct 2011Catholicism in the Irish Republic
30 Jan 2012Pilgrimage
6 Feb 2012Republican Nomination
13 Feb 2012Role of Bishops in the House of Lords
20 Feb 2012
27 Feb 2012Religion in Korea
12 Mar 2012Travellers
19 Mar 2012Religion in Nigeria
26 Mar 2012Adoption
5 Mar 2012Atheism
2 Apr 2012Cross
3 Sep 2012Egalitarianism
10 Sep 2012Women in Hinduism
20 Aug 2012Witchcraft & Child abuse
27 Aug 2012Baptists
13 Aug 2012Religion in Syria
6 Aug 2012Fear in religion
30 Jul 2012Depression
23 Apr 2012Physics
16 Apr 2012Religious foundations and function of monarchy
9 Apr 2012Olympics
31 Dec 2012Apocalyptic
7 Jan 2013Unification Church
14 Jan 2013Women in Sikhism
21 Jan 2013Development of Mecca
28 Jan 2013Antisemitism in Europe
4 Feb 2013Religion in Mali
11 Feb 2013Inquisition
18 Feb 2013Rastafari
24 Sep 2012Religion in Russia
17 Sep 2012Treatment of civilians in armed conflict
25 Feb 2013Islam and Homosexuality
4 Mar 2013Animals
18 Mar 2013Religion and Addiction
11 Mar 2013Restorative justice
3 Jun 2013Livingstone's Legacy
10 Jun 2013Celibacy
17 Jun 2013Religion and Mrs Thatcher's Politics
13 May 2013Jesuits
20 May 2013Fire in Religion
25 Mar 2013Evangelical
27 May 2013Religion & the Coronation
5 Aug 2013Faith and Doubt
12 Aug 2013Organ donation
19 Aug 2013Buddhism and violence
26 Aug 2013Martin Luther King Jr.
2 Sep 2013Comedy and Religion
9 Sep 2013Near-death experience
16 Sep 2013Sunni and Shia Islam
23 Sep 2013Why Religions Change
30 Sep 2013JRR Tolkien
13 Jan 2014Archaeology and Religion
20 Jan 2014Eve
27 Jan 2014Christianity and the Law
3 Feb 2014Ahmadi
10 Feb 2014Yoga
17 Feb 2014Religion in Russia
24 Feb 2014Are Institutions in Decline?
3 Mar 2014Pope Francis
10 Mar 2014Lent
17 Mar 2014Stonehenge
24 Mar 2014Christian views on environmentalism
19 May 2014Religion in Brazil
26 May 2014Mindfulness
2 Jun 2014Last Rites
16 Jun 2014Islam and education
23 Jun 2014Christianity and Gender Identity
30 Jun 2014Shakespeare and Religion
18 Aug 2014Seven Deadly Sins
25 Aug 2014Charity
1 Sep 2014Holy Spirit
8 Sep 2014Religious History of Iraq
15 Sep 2014Agnosticism
22 Sep 2014Religion and PR
29 Sep 2014Karma
6 Oct 2014Catholic Synod on the family
24 Nov 2014Avatars
1 Dec 2014Plague narratives and Ebola
8 Dec 2014Spiritualism
22 Dec 2014T. S. Eliot's Religious Poetry
29 Dec 2014Magna Carta
5 Jan 2015Moses
12 Jan 2015Fundamentalism
2 Mar 2015Purgatory
9 Mar 2015End Time Beliefs in Islam
16 Mar 2015Religious literacy
23 Mar 2015Confucianism
30 Mar 2015Scapegoat
6 Apr 2015Artificial Intelligence
25 May 2015Humanism
1 Jun 2015Religion and Earthquakes
8 Jun 2015Religion in Greece
15 Jun 2015Compassion
22 Jun 2015Papal Encyclical on Environment and Climate Change
29 Jun 2015Hadith
17 Aug 2015Religion and Debt
24 Aug 2015Religion in Tunisia
31 Aug 2015Ghosts
7 Sep 2015Rumi
14 Sep 2015Betrayal
21 Sep 2015Pacifism
28 Sep 2015New Religious Communities
5 Oct 2015Christianity and family
23 Nov 2015How Islamic is the So-Called Islamic State?
30 Nov 2015Interfaith marriage
7 Dec 201550 Years of Nostra aetate
14 Dec 2015Childlessness
21 Dec 2015Yule
28 Dec 2015Heaven and the Afterlife
4 Jan 2016Religion and Psychotherapy
11 Jan 2016Religion in France
29 Feb 2016Religion in Saudi Arabia
7 Mar 2016Storytelling in Christianity
14 Mar 2016Mercy
21 Mar 2016Fixed Easter
28 Mar 2016Apparitions of Mary
16 May 2016Social Media
23 May 2016Original Sin
30 May 2016Rule of Benedict
6 Jun 2016Religion in Belgium
13 Jun 2016Freedom of Expression
20 Jun 2016US Republican Party
27 Jun 2016Battle of the Somme
15 Aug 2016Cultural Revolution
22 Aug 2016Sharia Councils in the UK
29 Aug 2016Hair
5 Sep 2016Religious Education
12 Sep 2016Trauma
19 Sep 2016Clergy during The Troubles
26 Sep 2016Religion in Turkey
3 Oct 2016Children's literature
21 Nov 2016Iconoclasm
28 Nov 2016Zionism and Judaism
5 Dec 2016Immigration and the Church
12 Dec 2016Cryonics and immortality
19 Dec 2016Virgin Birth
Boxing Day 2016Religion and consumerism
2 Jan 2017Martin Luther and the Reformation
27 Feb 2017Religion in Pakistan
6 Mar 2017Mental Health
13 Mar 2017Science Fiction
20 Mar 2017Interfaith Worship
27 Mar 2017Confession
3 Apr 2017Truth
22 May 2017Religion in Germany
29 May 2017Ancestors
5 Jun 2017Jane Austen
12 Jun 2017Moon
19 Jun 2017Religion and Hip Hop
14 Aug 2017BR Ambedkar
21 Aug 2017Sermons
4 Sep 2017William Blake's Jerusalem
18 Sep 2017Religious Polls
25 Sep 2017Belief and Unbelief in Russia
13 Nov 2017Death Rituals in the Absence of a Body
20 Nov 2017Power of Chanting
27 Nov 2017Sacred Directions
11 Dec 2017Good Samaritan
18 Dec 2017Light
Christmas Day 2017Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
New Year's Day 2018Time
2 Apr 2018Sacred garden
9 Apr 2018Good Friday Agreement
23 Apr 2018Sacred Spaces
7 May 2018Fashion
2 Jul 2018Khadijah
9 Jul 2018Jane Eyre
20 Aug 2018Romanovs
27 Aug 2018Religion and Humour
3 Sep 2018Religion in Mexico
9 Sep 2019Frankenstein
10 Sep 2018Disability
1 Oct 2018Transgender
2 Oct 2018Begging
3 Oct 2018Spinsterhood
4 Oct 2018Swearing an Oath
5 Oct 2018Religion and Numbers
5 Nov 2018Remembrance
12 Nov 2018Religion in China
19 Nov 2018Blood
26 Nov 2018Artificial intelligence
3 Dec 2018Far Right and Christianity
10 Dec 2018Blasphemy
17 Dec 2018Purple
Christmas Eve 2018Angels
31 Dec 2018Superhero
1 Apr 2019Masculinity and Religion
8 Apr 2019Femininity and Religion
15 Apr 2019Passover
22 Apr 2019Amritsar Massacre
29 Apr 2019Notre-Dame
6 May 2019Space
13 May 2019Religion in Sri Lanka
20 May 2019Veganism
27 May 2019Ego
15 Jul 2019Imagination
22 Jul 2019Free Will
29 Jul 2019Trees
5 Aug 2019Religion of Game of Thrones
12 Aug 2019Relationship education
19 Aug 2019Religion and Climate Justice
26 Aug 2019Religion in Spain
2 Sep 2019Nature of God
2 Dec 2019Rumi
9 Dec 2019Friendship
16 Dec 2019Saudi Arabia and Iran
23 Dec 2019Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
30 Dec 2019Miracles
6 Jan 2020Religion and Smell
6 Apr 2020Sin
13 Apr 2020Ethical Investing
20 Apr 2020Reincarnation
27 Apr 2020Religion Online
4 May 2020William Wordsworth
11 May 2020Dieting
18 May 2020Marriage
17 Aug 2020Animal Farm
24 Aug 2020Bathing
31 Aug 2020Face
7 Sep 2020Mayflower
14 Sep 2020Rosh Hashanah
21 Sep 2020US Presidential Election
28 Sep 2020Religion in Hong Kong
5 Oct 2020Prayer
23 Nov 2020Religion and Soap Operas
30 Nov 2020Debt
7 Dec 2020Grief
14 Dec 2020Beethoven's Spirituality
21 Dec 2020Mary, mother of Jesus
28 Dec 2020Dalai Lama
4 Jan 2021Religion and Science in Schools
5 Apr 2021Bees
12 Apr 2021Prince Philip
19 Apr 2021The Vaccine
26 Apr 2021Dante's Inferno
3 May 2021Religion in Myanmar
10 May 2021Vodou
17 May 2021Scottish Independence
16 Aug 2021The Monarch as Defender of the Faith
23 Aug 2021Harry Potter
30 Aug 2021College of Cardinals
6 Sep 2021Ganesha
13 Sep 2021Taliban
20 Sep 2021Scotland and the Union
27 Sep 2021Ignatian Spirituality
4 Oct 2021Poetry, the Language of Religion
22 Oct 2021African Spirituality
29 Oct 2021Orthodox Jewish Women

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