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Shakespeare and Religion (2014 Radio)

Series

Beyond Belief

Producer

Rosie Dawson

Radio series exploring the nature of faith. This episode asks if Shakespeare was a closet Catholic. Ernie Rea discusses Shakespeare and religion with Clare Asquith, author of ‘Shadowplay: The Hidden...

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George Bull on Vatican Bank (1982)

Genre

Interview

Vatican expert George Bull on the workings of the Vatican Bank (the common name for the Istituto per le Opere di Religione, or Institute for Works of Religion) and the difficulty of consolidating religion...

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Dennis Brown on music and religion (1988)

Genre

Interview

Syd Burke interviews reggae musician Dennis Brown. Speaks of his religion (The Twelve Tribes of Israel), his musical influences and the UK music scene. Audio in mono.

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1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear. 4: Religion (2015 Radio)

Series

Book of the Week

Producer

Gaynor Macfarlane

Radio broadcast. A reading by Ian McDiarmid of James Shapiro’s book of the same title which is an account of the extraordinary year in which Shakespeare wrote King Lear, Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra....

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Is God a Virus?

Subject

Religious studies; Science

Lecture by Dr Denis Alexander. The title is based on Richard Dawkins comparing religion to a virus or meme which spreads like a disease and is "one of the world’s great evils". In his lecture Alexander...

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"There Are More Things in Heaven and Earth, Than Are Dreamt of in Your Philosophy." (2016 Audio)

aka: Shakespeare and Religion

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul

Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. The period when Shakespeare was writing was one torn by disagreements over the proper method of observing Christianity in England. Protestantism was at war with...

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Wages of Action, The: Religion in a Hindu Village (1988 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

Looks at a rage of Hindu activities in a North India village: rituals performed by different castes, an exorcism sequence, a wedding ritual, a Sattya Narain puja, a pilgrimage to the Ganges, and a variety of...

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Bad Religion: The Riot (2002)

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 53 min), £17.99

20 minutes of footage of the riot that ensued on 29 December 1990 when the fire marshalls decided to cancel a gig by Bad Religion (supported by Pennywise and NOFX) at the El Portal Theater in North...

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Asmat of New Guinea, The: A Case Study in Religion and Magic (1994 Video)

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

A study of the Asmat, a society in western New Guinea, showing their use of religion and magic as tools of survival in a world they perceive as hostile and threatening.

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Why we Need a Social Science of Religion (2009)

Subject

Religious studies; Social sciences

Professor Steve Bruce, of the University of Aberdeen, delivers the First Annual Lecture for the Centre for Religion and Contemporary Society at Birkbeck College, University of London. [48 minutes]

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