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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: Mercy

Mercy

10/04/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Something Understood, Mercy

Abdul-Rehman Malik reflects on mercy through sacred texts and music.

Journalist Abdul-Rehman Malik explores 'the unsettling and overwhelming' mercy of God through sacred texts and music ranging from John Coltrane to John Taverner.

Journalist Abdul-Rehman Malik has been fascinated and challenged by 'the unsettling and overwhelming' mercy of God all his life - even his name means 'servant of the Merciful'. When he studies sacred texts, it is references to mercy that he seeks out first. 

In this programme, Abdul has selected readings that illuminate the nature of mercy from the Quran, the Baghavad Gita, the works of William Blake, Pope Francis, and Thomas Merton - as well as the compositions of musicians as diverse as Sir John Taverner and John Coltrane.



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