Things Unseen
Things Unseen grapples with a spiritual climate that no longer conforms to orderly patterns – with fewer of us attracted to formal religion, but many still believing that there’s more out there than meets the eye. Thought-provoking speech radio for people of faith – and those who just feel intrigued by the spiritual dimension to life.
Religion & Spirituality
Spirituality
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Other
Christian
Faith
- Update frequency
- every 21 days
- Average duration
- 16 minutes
- Episodes
- 218
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
The Love Song Which They Bring
What draws people from other faiths – including Hindus, Buddhists, Jews and Muslims – to sing in Christian choirs, even at Christmas? In this festive podcast, Zubeida Malik meets some of them during …
00:33:12 |
Mon 19 Dec 2022
Stephen: A Faith Challenged
Writer Susie Stead describes how her 20-year friendship with Stephen, a man with profound mental health issues, challenged her perceptions about mental health and her own Christian faith. She also re…
00:19:58 |
Fri 21 Oct 2022
Putin’s Unholy War
Why is the Russian Orthodox Church supporting Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? Are the Russian President’s alleged religious motives genuine, and has the church’s endorsement of the war tarnishe…
00:29:15 |
Tue 12 Apr 2022
The Body
When Christ’s bloodied body was taken down from the cross, his followers took very good care of it. Looking after the dead body of a loved one was normal then. So why is it, Mark Dowd asks in this Ho…
00:28:41 |
Mon 11 Apr 2022
A Greener Ramadan
Is there a clash between the generous hospitality that’s customary during Ramadan, and the self-restraint and solidarity with the poor also expected during the Islamic holy month? Remona Aly hears fr…
00:29:50 |
Fri 01 Apr 2022
Where Was God?
The writer and broadcaster Mark Dowd throws fresh light on a question which has troubled people of faith down the ages and remains ever topical in times of Covid, wars and natural disasters: why does…
00:14:23 |
Thu 03 Mar 2022
A Midwife For Mary
The Gospels tell us little about the actual birth of Jesus. What would it have been like for a young woman, probably a teenager, to give birth for the first time far from home, with no medical help, …
00:35:40 |
Mon 20 Dec 2021
A Uyghur Ramadan
Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang in China face serious restrictions during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, including a ban on fasting. Here, Uyghurs in exile in the UK recall what Ramadan was like back …
00:25:15 |
Thu 22 Apr 2021
Patient 13
The Easter story is perhaps the ultimate rollercoaster narrative. And it has its fair share of heroes and villains, praised or condemned down the ages. But what about the behind-the-scenes Easter? Co…
00:38:31 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
Wonder Of Wonders
Nearly one in five women in the UK are now childless at 40, many involuntarily. Among them was the writer and teacher Blanche Girouard, and she desperately wanted a baby. In this audio diary, she cha…
00:37:55 |
Mon 21 Dec 2020
Phone Prayers and PPE
Sarah Niyazi was pleased to get her husband, Arif, home from hospital in February, following treatment for a severe autoimmune condition. Within days they were both ill, but her husband was worse. St…
00:29:18 |
Thu 30 Jul 2020
Ramadan In Lockdown
Journalist Remona Aly speaks to Islam scholar Abdal Hakim Murad, also known as Dr Tim Winter, about how to navigate the very different kind of Ramadan experience that Covid-19 brings – including how …
00:42:21 |
Thu 23 Apr 2020
The Last Shall Be First
In self-isolation at her new home in Virginia, former BBC religious affairs correspondent Jane Little reflects on whether the coronavirus pandemic could be a portal to a new world: one in which the p…
00:05:19 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
An Easter Like No Other
With churches closed and the coronavirus lockdown firmly in place, the UK faces a very different Easter this year. More and more people each day experience the sudden loss of a friend or family membe…
00:29:54 |
Thu 09 Apr 2020
The Face Of God
Among the saddest stories to come out of the coronavirus crisis so far is that of 13-year-old Ismail, who died without seeing the loving faces of his family around him. In this short reflection, Mark…
00:05:10 |
Wed 08 Apr 2020
When Disaster Strikes
Former BBC correspondent Mike Wooldridge has reported first hand on many of the world’s worst disasters of the last few decades, from the famine in Ethiopia to the AIDS epidemic in Uganda. In this sh…
00:05:10 |
Tue 07 Apr 2020
The Donkey Who Wasn't There
It’s there on almost every Christmas card featuring the scene of Christ’s birth, and in almost every school Nativity play: the donkey, or ass. But look at the gospel accounts of Christ’s birth, and y…
00:26:30 |
Thu 19 Dec 2019
Mindfulness and Faith – do they mix?
“Mindfulness” seems to be everywhere these days. It’s often promoted as a way dealing with some mental health issues and reducing burnout. But with origins in Buddhism, how well does it sit with othe…
00:37:14 |
Thu 21 Nov 2019
Arrested to Save the Earth
For two weeks in October, members of the Extinction Rebellion movement are attempting to disrupt life in London and elsewhere to draw attention to what they say is an impending climate catastrophe. A…
00:20:06 |
Fri 11 Oct 2019
Fishy Business
Concern over the environmental and welfare aspects of the meat and dairy industries is on the rise, but what about the world of fish farming? For those who want to protect the world’s oceans from dee…
00:29:08 |
Thu 18 Jul 2019
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