Past Programs
Catholicism - 2004
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003
The Quest for the True Cross
26/12/2004
Carsten Pieter Thiede is well known for his "discovery" of the earliest known fragment of the Gospel of Matthew in the Bodleian Library. Now he's found a piece of the true cross in a church in Rome, the Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.
Gregorian Chant
19/12/2004
Today, Gregorian chant is experiencing a revival. But what are its origins?
Mandorla Religious Art Award
31/10/2004
Unlike the Blake Prize, the Mandorla Art Award specifically promotes Christian art. Well-known artists like John Coburn and Julie Dowling are past winners.
The Alhambra
11/07/2004
The last stronghold of Muslim Spain to fall to the Christians, The Alhambra is the huge fortress and palace that overlooks Granada.
Gregorian Chant
27/06/2004
Today, Gregorian chant is experiencing a revival. But what are its origins?
The Religion of the Lord of the Rings
23/05/2004
Stratford Caldecott reveals the religion behind the story of The Lord of the Rings.
The Mortara Affair
18/04/2004
In 1858 the abduction of a Jewish child by the Catholic Church became an international incident involving Pope Pius IX, Napoleon III and the Mortara family of Bologna. Edgardo Mortara became a symbol of the struggle in Italy between the Papal states and the secular forces of unification and religious liberty.
The Quest for the True Cross
04/04/2004
Carsten Pieter Thiede is well known for his "discovery" of the earliest known fragment of the Gospel of Matthew in the Bodleian Library. Now he's found a piece of the true cross in a church in Rome, the Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. He tells Rachael Kohn why he's sure it's authentic.
Giordano Bruno: Priest, Visionary, Heretic
14/03/2004
In an age when the Catholic Church was vigorously suppressing the rise of scientific thought, Giordano Bruno was heading for a fall. Widely travelled and openly teaching his ideas of the infinity of the universe, Cabbalistic thought, and his rejection of Aristotle's philosophy, the Inquisition finally silenced him in 1600. Or did it? The reverse is true, according to biographer, Michael White, who says Bruno has never been more popular.
John Locke 1632-1704
15/02/2004
Locke was a Puritan during England's tumultuous religious revolution, the Civil War. He wrote 'A Letter Concerning Toleration' (1689) during his exile in Holland, when the Catholic James II sat on the English throne. Locke's theory included the religious freedom of pagans, Muslims and Jews. It lead to the Toleration Act of 1689, the first major step toward statutory religious freedom.
