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Religion & Ethics

Ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life

Ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life, taking a spiritual theme and exploring it through music, prose and poetry

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Something Understood: Eruption

Eruption

17/01/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Something Understood, Eruption

Samira Ahmed explores the power of unexpected eruptions - spiritual or geological.

Samira Ahmed explores the power of unexpected eruptions - emotional, spiritual or geological.

Samira Ahmed explores the power of eruptions - emotional, spiritual or geological.

We often think of eruptions of emotion, anger for example, as troubling and out of our control, but can they be useful or powerful ways of effecting change? Giles Fraser discusses with Samira the significance of Jesus over-turning the tables of the money changers in the temple. 

Eye-witness accounts of volcanic eruptions and poems by Neil Rollinson and James Kirkup are read by Emily Taaffe and Peter Marinker, with music by Sibelius, Ennio Morricone, CPE Bach and Alan Hovhahness.

Producer: Natalie Steed
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