Spirit of Things, The
The Spirit of Things is an adventure into religion and spirituality. It explores contemporary values and beliefs as expressed through ritual, art, music, and sacred texts.
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4 Episodes of this Podcast:
2009-11-15 Charles Darwin: the Body and the Soul
Published: 2009-11-14 09:00:00When Charles Darwin wrote his Origin of Species, published 150 years ago this month, some Anglicans had made peace with the evolution of the body. But as Pulitzer Prize-winning Darwin historian, Edward Larson, points out it was the soul they were concerned about. Darwin´s great, great grandson, Christopher Darwin, tells the story of his grandfather´s religious journey and his own, while Maggie Walter of the University of Tasmania speaks of the impact of social Darwinism on her great great grandmother, a Trawlwoolway woman.
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2009-11-08 Meditation: Falling Awake
Published: 2009-11-07 09:00:00Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn knows that meditation is natural but not easy to master, exotic yet essential to healthful living. He is the founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, which is celebrating its 30th year. Brother Satyananda came to yoga and meditation to sort himself out and after 35 years as a monk in the Self Realisation Fellowship, he lectures worldwide on the benefits of yoga meditation.
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2009-11-01 Seven Deadly Sins: Envy
Published: 2009-10-31 10:00:00If you´ve ever been green with envy then this is the program for you. Envy is the latest sin to come under the microscope in our Seven Deadly Sins series.
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2009-10-25 Cyberspirituality
Published: 2009-10-24 10:00:00Spiritual surfing on the internet is bigger than Ben Hur and it's changing the way religion is created, delivered and experienced. Heidi Campbell of Texas A & M University is an expert on web religion and her new book and blog share the title, When Religion Meets New Media. Julie Hamilton is the founder and editor-in-chief of Omigoddess!, the newest spiritual website in Australia designed specifically for women.
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