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
My neighbour, my nation and the presidential election
Regarded by many as one of the world’s most influential living theologians, Stanley Hauerwas has always been opinionated and outspoken, not least on his pacifist convictions. On a trip from his nativ…
00:25:29 |
Tue 01 Nov 2016
Faith By Numbers: The 7 Last Words Of Christ
If you put together everything that the Bible records Jesus saying as he was being crucified, you find there are seven sayings, or ‘last words’. As well as finding hope in what Jesus said, the Anglic…
00:04:50 |
Tue 11 Oct 2016
The Word: Martyn Joseph
Having begun his career with positive songs that affirmed his Christian faith, the Welsh singer’s music has become more nuanced. The self-proclaimed ‘liberal backslider’ talks to Alison Hilliard abou…
00:32:33 |
Wed 05 Oct 2016
Faith By Numbers: Omega
Astrophysicist and theologian, Revd David Wilkinson looks at a number called Omega. Omega is the name physicists give to one of several constants embedded in the laws of the universe which seem to ha…
00:05:00 |
Wed 28 Sep 2016
Faith by Numbers: The 4 Noble Truths
Munisha has been working for many years as a lecturer and communicator for Buddhism. So she was used to explaining the central teachings of the faith, including the ‘4 Noble Truths’, which deal with …
00:04:41 |
Tue 20 Sep 2016
Faith by Numbers: The Invention of Zero
With a background in maths and physics, the Hindu teacher Jay Lakhani is fascinated by the concept of nothing. He traces the 7th century roots of the idea as a placeholder in counting systems, and ex…
00:04:55 |
Thu 28 Jul 2016
Faith by Numbers: 2 - Yin and Yang
Martin Palmer has spent decades exploring and translating Chinese historical and philosophical texts. For Things Unseen he explains the Daoist concepts of Yin and Yang and our role in maintaining bal…
00:04:53 |
Thu 14 Jul 2016
Faith by Numbers: Joining the Dots
The factual rigour of the world of numbers and maths, and the more intuitive nature of faith may not seem like a comfortable combination. But numbers have played a significant role in religious tradi…
00:04:50 |
Tue 28 Jun 2016
The Word: Kate Bottley
The Rev Kate Bottley came to national attention by leading a flash mob dance routine at a wedding. Since then her musings on the week’s TV on Channel 4’s Gogglebox, alongside her dog Buster and equal…
00:27:24 |
Tue 14 Jun 2016
A-Z of Things Unseen: Z is for Zen
The storyteller Sita Brand separates the fact from the fiction of Zen meditation, and shares her favourite story about the way not to go about it. She explains that Zen Buddhist meditation is about b…
00:05:00 |
Wed 04 May 2016
A-Z of Things Unseen: Y is for Yamuna
Shaunaka Rishi Das from the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies reflects on the life lessons he learnt from the Yamuna, one of India’s sacred rivers. His memories include a close encounter with a snake, …
00:05:00 |
Tue 26 Apr 2016
A-Z of Things Unseen: X is for Xenophobia
Following a chance remark from a Ukranian flatmate on the stereotypical characteristics of her neighbouring countries (sleazy Lithuanians, tidy Hungarians...), the comedy writer Paul Kerensa decided …
00:04:42 |
Tue 19 Apr 2016
A-Z of Things Unseen: W is for Wafer
Sisters Caroline Clare and Susan Elizabeth of the Community of Saint Clare in Freeland, Oxfordshire, show us how they make communion wafers, from preparing the batter to using ‘the Church of England’…
00:04:53 |
Tue 12 Apr 2016
A-Z of Things Unseen: W is for Writing Icons
Ian Knowles is an artist and founder-director of the Bethlehem icon centre. Most of his icons are created on wood, but his most famous icon was painted on the separation wall dividing Israel from the…
00:05:00 |
Tue 05 Apr 2016
A-Z of Things Unseen: V is for Vibrations
Faraz Yousafzai is the lead singer and guitarist of the folk-rock band, SilkRoad. For our A-Z, he gives free rein to his poetic side to draw out connections between physical vibrations (such as those…
00:04:29 |
Tue 29 Mar 2016
Good Friday and Easter Haiku
At the beginning of Lent we asked our listeners to look forward to the events to come in the Christian calendar – Good Friday and Easter. We set them a challenge to write haiku in response, three-li…
00:26:53 |
Fri 25 Mar 2016
A-Z of Things Unseen: U is for Unity
Chine McDonald (nee Mbubaegbu) of the Evangelical Alliance examines why unity is important for people of faith – and why it need not lead to uniformity.
00:04:10 |
Tue 08 Mar 2016
A-Z of Things Unseen: T is for Touch
Journalist and broadcaster Emma Barnett on how her tactile nature led her to question the Orthodox Jewish laws that govern physical contact between wives and husbands.
00:04:59 |
Wed 24 Feb 2016
A - Z of Things Unseen: S is for Sari
Playwright, actress and artistic director Rani Moorthy reflects on the sari, a garment closely bound up with Hindu identity. She rejected it as a teenager, but has now made it the subject of a funny …
00:05:00 |
Fri 12 Feb 2016
Good Friday and Easter Haiku Launch
We are setting our listeners a creative challenge - to write haiku, three line poems, about Good Friday and Easter. Here are full details of how to get involved, along with some taster haiku.
00:02:57 |
Wed 10 Feb 2016
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