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 Word: Nicky Gumbel
Growing up, Nicky Gumbel considered Christianity “intellectually unsustainable”, yet today he is best known as the modern-day architect of the evangelical Alpha Course. In this podcast, he uses Bible…
00:21:01 |
Fri 15 Nov 2013
The Case For (and against) Peace Journalism......
Open any newspaper, watch any TV channel, and stories of War and Conflict tumble from page and screen...
But can we trust what we read and see? Even when journalists work hard to separate facts from…
00:21:26 |
Mon 04 Nov 2013
The Spirit of Things Unseen: launch discussion
On 17th October 2013, Things Unseen was launched at Southwark Cathedral with this panel discussion looking at specially commissioned research which revealed a strong undercurrent of spiritual belief …
00:35:32 |
Wed 23 Oct 2013
The Spirit of Things Unseen: research report
Belief in post-religious Britain: more than half of us believe spiritual forces have influence on earth.
Read the report here - bit.ly/19Tn4pg
00:02:14 |
Wed 23 Oct 2013
Death: in search of the soul
Is there such a thing as the soul? And how do Near Death Experiences tally with the way Hindus and Christians understand the soul? Alison Hilliard and guests explore.
00:23:28 |
Wed 16 Oct 2013
Missing
Kevin Gosden tells Mark Dowd how, after his teenage son Andrew went missing six years ago, his Christian faith was challenged to the core.
00:26:36 |
Wed 16 Oct 2013
A Self-Centered Church?
Is it time to take a break from discussing women’s and gay rights in the Church of England and focus on the neediest in society? Roger Bolton throws out the challenge.
00:19:13 |
Wed 16 Oct 2013
Death: reports from the final frontier
Could it be true that the dying see long-deceased “visitors” who come to take them to the next world? One neuropsychiatrist says yes. Alison Hilliard presents.
00:23:10 |
Wed 16 Oct 2013
Jesus the Jew
Vicky Beeching talks to Amy-Jill Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar who – despite teaching about Jesus in the Bible Belt – has never felt tempted to embrace Christianity.
00:22:22 |
Wed 16 Oct 2013
ARCHIVE: DISABILITY HATE CRIMES ON RISE
Politicians, journalists to blame - and Paralympics ‘won’t make any long-term difference’. Dougal Patmore reports.
Image courtesy of dominikgolenia via flickr.com ©©
00:09:23 |
Thu 27 Sep 2012
ARCHIVE: PETER HITCHENS ON THE EXCUSES WE MAKE...
‘We admire the Paralympians because they chose not to sulk or retreat into self-pity, or to use their problem as an excuse.’
Image courtesy of nickmilleruk via flickr.com ©©
00:02:48 |
Wed 12 Sep 2012
ARCHIVE: PETER HITCHENS ARE ALL MEN CREATED EQUAL?
No, says Peter Hitchens. It’s a ‘sentimental belief’ that’s come back to haunt us...
Image courtesy of Photodeus via flickr.com ©©
00:02:48 |
Thu 06 Sep 2012
ARCHIVE: PETER HITCHENS ON SOFT DRUGS
Evidence piles up that cannabis harms us. Yet our laws have never been softer. Are we, asks Peter Hitchens, soft in the head?
Image courtesy of N.ico via flickr.com ©©
00:02:54 |
Fri 31 Aug 2012
ARCHIVE: OLYMPICS OVER, CAN THERE BE A LASTING LEGACY?
Politicians hope for a boost to the economy. Athletes look to a generation inspired to take up sport. Others see a resurgence of patriotism, and a greater confidence in who they are and in what they …
00:18:59 |
Fri 24 Aug 2012
ARCHIVE: JULIE BINDEL ON CHILD ABUSERS
They choose, target, groom, and harm children. So punish them as criminals. Don’t label them weak and sick men who cannot help themselves.
Image courtesy of Nick Atkins Photography via flickr.com ©©
00:02:54 |
Fri 24 Aug 2012
ARCHIVE: JULIE BINDEL ON 70,000 VOLUNTEERS...
A success at the London Olympics, so let’s cash in and take them off the dole and employ them.
Image courtesy of Andy Wilkes via flickr.com ©©
00:03:03 |
Fri 17 Aug 2012
ARCHIVE: MICHAEL BUERK ON OUR GOLD MEDALS
‘It’s public schoolboys and girls wot won them. Social mobility hasn’t just seized up, it’s gone into reverse; state schools’ lack of ambition betrays our children’
Image courtesy of ahisgett via fl…
00:04:19 |
Fri 10 Aug 2012
ARCHIVE: MICHAEL BUERK ON THE OLYMPICS
'We're firmly in the grip of glorious delusions'.
... admitting you can learn to love them while
acknowledging the delusions they foster
00:04:17 |
Thu 02 Aug 2012
ARCHIVE: BUERK MICHAEL BUERK ON THE COLORADO KILLER
‘Obama promised “out of this darkness a brighter day will come”; it won’t, of course, because he won’t do anything about guns and the culture of his society which, like ours, is becoming ever more in…
00:03:49 |
Thu 26 Jul 2012
ARCHIVE: MICHAEL BUERK ON A DESPICABLE HISTORY
Moral relativism of the worst kind: ‘lecturing others on human rights, while trying to escape responsibility for our abuse of them’.
00:03:21 |
Wed 18 Jul 2012
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