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Power of the Word

28/10/2016 GMT

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Faith leaders from around the globe choose a book that has inspired their spiritual lives

This week as part of the #LovetoRead season, six religious leaders from around the world have chosen a single book that has a unique place in their spiritual lives.

Reading can be solitary, peaceful, a moment to be alone with your own thoughts, but it can also provide collective wisdom and shared experience.

This week as part of the #LovetoRead season across the BBC, six religious leaders from around the world have chosen a single book that has a unique place in their spiritual lives, a non-religious text, but one that has enriched and informed their faith. 

We’ll hear from Ilyasah Shabazz, Sunni activist and daughter of Malcom X, London based Syrian Revd. Nadim Nassar, the Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger, Nigerian Pastor and interfaith activist Esther Ibanga, Ahmadi leader Imam Atta-Ul Naseer and Sikh theologian Valarie Kaur.

Power of the Word was produced in Salford by Claire Press.

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