Beyond Belief (radio series)
# Beyond Belief (radio series)

Beyond Belief is a radio programme on the subject of religion, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The show typically runs for 30 minutes, and features representatives of different faith traditions discussing a religious or moral issue. The programme, hosted by Ernie Rea, was first broadcast on 7 January 2002. The 200th edition was broadcast on 29 June 2009. On 15 July 2019, a special edition, looking at the relationship between religious faith and imagination, came from the Hay-on-Wye festival.

## Programmes

| Broadcast date and Broadcast | Title |
| - | - |
| 1 Jun 2009 | Just War Theory |
| 6 Jul 2009 | Orange Order |
| 8 Jun 2009 | Traditional African religions |
| 13 Jul 2009 | Poverty as a spiritual practice |
| 15 Jun 2009 | Alzheimer's disease |
| 20 Jul 2009 | Internet |
| 22 Jun 2009 | John Calvin |
| 24 Aug 2009 | Evangelism and stadium crusades |
| 27 Jul 2009 | Witchcraft |
| 29 Jun 2009 | Post-secular society. |
| 3 Aug 2009 | History and theology of the Islamic republic of Iran |
| 10 Aug 2009 | Water |
| 17 Aug 2009 | God and Neuroscience |
| 1 Feb 2010 | Monastic communities |
| 8 Feb 2010 | Epic of Gilgamesh |
| 15 Feb 2010 | Monogamy |
| 22 Feb 2010 | Religion and the law |
| 1 Mar 2010 | Saints |
| 4 Oct 2010 | Islam in America |
| 8 Mar 2010 | Biblical attitudes to childlessness |
| 15 Mar 2010 | Climate change debate |
| 22 Mar 2010 | Islam in Europe |
| 12 Jul 2010 | Sacredness of Hair |
| 19 Jul 2010 | Women in leadership |
| 26 Jul 2010 | Islam & Music |
| 30 Aug 2010 | Origins of the universe |
| 6 Sep 2010 | English Catholicism |
| 9 Aug 2010 | Abstinence |
| 13 Sep 2010 | Cardinal Newman |
| 2 Aug 2010 | Sanctuary |
| 16 Aug 2010 | Secular meaning to life |
| 20 Sep 2010 | Charedi (ultra orthodox) Jewish communities |
| 23 Aug 2010 | Faith and disability |
| 27 Sep 2010 | Religion in prison |
| 13 Dec 2010 | Supernatural |
| 20 Dec 2010 | Philanthropy |
| 27 Dec 2010 | three wise-men |
| 3 Jan 2011 | Translating sacred texts |
| 10 Jan 2011 | Suicide |
| 17 Jan 2011 | Religion in Egypt |
| 24 Jan 2011 | Ayodhya |
| 31 Jan 2011 | Celebrity culture |
| 7 Feb 2011 | Sunni and Shia Islam |
| 14 Feb 2011 | Faith schools |
| 21 Feb 2011 | Nuns |
| 7 Mar 2011 | Immortality |
| 11 Jul 2011 | Christian understanding of Hell |
| 18 Jul 2011 | Arab Spring and Middlle Eastern Christians |
| 25 Jul 2011 | Religion and the Big Society |
| 1 Aug 2011 | Religion and Generational Divide |
| 8 Aug 2011 | Sabbath |
| 15 Aug 2011 | Globalisation on religion |
| 22 Aug 2011 | Sectarianism in Scotland |
| 2 Jan 2012 | Islam and the Veil |
| 23 Jan 2012 | Same-sex marriage |
| 16 Jan 2012 | Protestant Work Ethic |
| 9 Jan 2012 | Mystical Experiences |
| 29 Aug 2011 | Buddhism in the West |
| 5 Sep 2011 | Jewish identity |
| 12 Sep 2011 | Christian and Muslim understandings of God |
| 19 Sep 2011 | Exorcism |
| 26 Sep 2011 | Britain's black churches |
| 3 Oct 2011 | Catholicism in the Irish Republic |
| 30 Jan 2012 | Pilgrimage |
| 6 Feb 2012 | Republican Nomination |
| 13 Feb 2012 | Role of Bishops in the House of Lords |
| 20 Feb 2012 | The Bahá'í Faith |
| 27 Feb 2012 | Religion in Korea |
| 12 Mar 2012 | Travellers |
| 19 Mar 2012 | Religion in Nigeria |
| 26 Mar 2012 | Adoption |
| 5 Mar 2012 | Atheism |
| 2 Apr 2012 | Cross |
| 3 Sep 2012 | Egalitarianism |
| 10 Sep 2012 | Women in Hinduism |
| 20 Aug 2012 | Witchcraft & Child abuse |
| 27 Aug 2012 | Baptists |
| 13 Aug 2012 | Religion in Syria |
| 6 Aug 2012 | Fear in religion |
| 30 Jul 2012 | Depression |
| 23 Apr 2012 | Physics |
| 16 Apr 2012 | Religious foundations and function of monarchy |
| 9 Apr 2012 | Olympics |
| 31 Dec 2012 | Apocalyptic |
| 7 Jan 2013 | Unification Church |
| 14 Jan 2013 | Women in Sikhism |
| 21 Jan 2013 | Development of Mecca |
| 28 Jan 2013 | Antisemitism in Europe |
| 4 Feb 2013 | Religion in Mali |
| 11 Feb 2013 | Inquisition |
| 18 Feb 2013 | Rastafari |
| 24 Sep 2012 | Religion in Russia |
| 17 Sep 2012 | Treatment of civilians in armed conflict |
| 25 Feb 2013 | Islam and Homosexuality |
| 4 Mar 2013 | Animals |
| 18 Mar 2013 | Religion and Addiction |
| 11 Mar 2013 | Restorative justice |
| 3 Jun 2013 | Livingstone's Legacy |
| 10 Jun 2013 | Celibacy |
| 17 Jun 2013 | Religion and Mrs Thatcher's Politics |
| 13 May 2013 | Jesuits |
| 20 May 2013 | Fire in Religion |
| 25 Mar 2013 | Evangelical |
| 27 May 2013 | Religion & the Coronation |
| 5 Aug 2013 | Faith and Doubt |
| 12 Aug 2013 | Organ donation |
| 19 Aug 2013 | Buddhism and violence |
| 26 Aug 2013 | Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 2 Sep 2013 | Comedy and Religion |
| 9 Sep 2013 | Near-death experience |
| 16 Sep 2013 | Sunni and Shia Islam |
| 23 Sep 2013 | Why Religions Change |
| 30 Sep 2013 | JRR Tolkien |
| 13 Jan 2014 | Archaeology and Religion |
| 20 Jan 2014 | Eve |
| 27 Jan 2014 | Christianity and the Law |
| 3 Feb 2014 | Ahmadi |
| 10 Feb 2014 | Yoga |
| 17 Feb 2014 | Religion in Russia |
| 24 Feb 2014 | Are Institutions in Decline? |
| 3 Mar 2014 | Pope Francis |
| 10 Mar 2014 | Lent |
| 17 Mar 2014 | Stonehenge |
| 24 Mar 2014 | Christian views on environmentalism |
| 19 May 2014 | Religion in Brazil |
| 26 May 2014 | Mindfulness |
| 2 Jun 2014 | Last Rites |
| 16 Jun 2014 | Islam and education |
| 23 Jun 2014 | Christianity and Gender Identity |
| 30 Jun 2014 | Shakespeare and Religion |
| 18 Aug 2014 | Seven Deadly Sins |
| 25 Aug 2014 | Charity |
| 1 Sep 2014 | Holy Spirit |
| 8 Sep 2014 | Religious History of Iraq |
| 15 Sep 2014 | Agnosticism |
| 22 Sep 2014 | Religion and PR |
| 29 Sep 2014 | Karma |
| 6 Oct 2014 | Catholic Synod on the family |
| 24 Nov 2014 | Avatars |
| 1 Dec 2014 | Plague narratives and Ebola |
| 8 Dec 2014 | Spiritualism |
| 22 Dec 2014 | T. S. Eliot's Religious Poetry |
| 29 Dec 2014 | Magna Carta |
| 5 Jan 2015 | Moses |
| 12 Jan 2015 | Fundamentalism |
| 2 Mar 2015 | Purgatory |
| 9 Mar 2015 | End Time Beliefs in Islam |
| 16 Mar 2015 | Religious literacy |
| 23 Mar 2015 | Confucianism |
| 30 Mar 2015 | Scapegoat |
| 6 Apr 2015 | Artificial Intelligence |
| 25 May 2015 | Humanism |
| 1 Jun 2015 | Religion and Earthquakes |
| 8 Jun 2015 | Religion in Greece |
| 15 Jun 2015 | Compassion |
| 22 Jun 2015 | Papal Encyclical on Environment and Climate Change |
| 29 Jun 2015 | Hadith |
| 17 Aug 2015 | Religion and Debt |
| 24 Aug 2015 | Religion in Tunisia |
| 31 Aug 2015 | Ghosts |
| 7 Sep 2015 | Rumi |
| 14 Sep 2015 | Betrayal |
| 21 Sep 2015 | Pacifism |
| 28 Sep 2015 | New Religious Communities |
| 5 Oct 2015 | Christianity and family |
| 23 Nov 2015 | How Islamic is the So-Called Islamic State? |
| 30 Nov 2015 | Interfaith marriage |
| 7 Dec 2015 | 50 Years of Nostra aetate |
| 14 Dec 2015 | Childlessness |
| 21 Dec 2015 | Yule |
| 28 Dec 2015 | Heaven and the Afterlife |
| 4 Jan 2016 | Religion and Psychotherapy |
| 11 Jan 2016 | Religion in France |
| 29 Feb 2016 | Religion in Saudi Arabia |
| 7 Mar 2016 | Storytelling in Christianity |
| 14 Mar 2016 | Mercy |
| 21 Mar 2016 | Fixed Easter |
| 28 Mar 2016 | Apparitions of Mary |
| 16 May 2016 | Social Media |
| 23 May 2016 | Original Sin |
| 30 May 2016 | Rule of Benedict |
| 6 Jun 2016 | Religion in Belgium |
| 13 Jun 2016 | Freedom of Expression |
| 20 Jun 2016 | US Republican Party |
| 27 Jun 2016 | Battle of the Somme |
| 15 Aug 2016 | Cultural Revolution |
| 22 Aug 2016 | Sharia Councils in the UK |
| 29 Aug 2016 | Hair |
| 5 Sep 2016 | Religious Education |
| 12 Sep 2016 | Trauma |
| 19 Sep 2016 | Clergy during The Troubles |
| 26 Sep 2016 | Religion in Turkey |
| 3 Oct 2016 | Children's literature |
| 21 Nov 2016 | Iconoclasm |
| 28 Nov 2016 | Zionism and Judaism |
| 5 Dec 2016 | Immigration and the Church |
| 12 Dec 2016 | Cryonics and immortality |
| 19 Dec 2016 | Virgin Birth |
| Boxing Day 2016 | Religion and consumerism |
| 2 Jan 2017 | Martin Luther and the Reformation |
| 27 Feb 2017 | Religion in Pakistan |
| 6 Mar 2017 | Mental Health |
| 13 Mar 2017 | Science Fiction |
| 20 Mar 2017 | Interfaith Worship |
| 27 Mar 2017 | Confession |
| 3 Apr 2017 | Truth |
| 22 May 2017 | Religion in Germany |
| 29 May 2017 | Ancestors |
| 5 Jun 2017 | Jane Austen |
| 12 Jun 2017 | Moon |
| 19 Jun 2017 | Religion and Hip Hop |
| 14 Aug 2017 | BR Ambedkar |
| 21 Aug 2017 | Sermons |
| 4 Sep 2017 | William Blake's Jerusalem |
| 18 Sep 2017 | Religious Polls |
| 25 Sep 2017 | Belief and Unbelief in Russia |
| 13 Nov 2017 | Death Rituals in the Absence of a Body |
| 20 Nov 2017 | Power of Chanting |
| 27 Nov 2017 | Sacred Directions |
| 11 Dec 2017 | Good Samaritan |
| 18 Dec 2017 | Light |
| Christmas Day 2017 | Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol |
| New Year's Day 2018 | Time |
| 2 Apr 2018 | Sacred garden |
| 9 Apr 2018 | Good Friday Agreement |
| 23 Apr 2018 | Sacred Spaces |
| 7 May 2018 | Fashion |
| 2 Jul 2018 | Khadijah |
| 9 Jul 2018 | Jane Eyre |
| 20 Aug 2018 | Romanovs |
| 27 Aug 2018 | Religion and Humour |
| 3 Sep 2018 | Religion in Mexico |
| 9 Sep 2019 | Frankenstein |
| 10 Sep 2018 | Disability |
| 1 Oct 2018 | Transgender |
| 2 Oct 2018 | Begging |
| 3 Oct 2018 | Spinsterhood |
| 4 Oct 2018 | Swearing an Oath |
| 5 Oct 2018 | Religion and Numbers |
| 5 Nov 2018 | Remembrance |
| 12 Nov 2018 | Religion in China |
| 19 Nov 2018 | Blood |
| 26 Nov 2018 | Artificial intelligence |
| 3 Dec 2018 | Far Right and Christianity |
| 10 Dec 2018 | Blasphemy |
| 17 Dec 2018 | Purple |
| Christmas Eve 2018 | Angels |
| 31 Dec 2018 | Superhero |
| 1 Apr 2019 | Masculinity and Religion |
| 8 Apr 2019 | Femininity and Religion |
| 15 Apr 2019 | Passover |
| 22 Apr 2019 | Amritsar Massacre |
| 29 Apr 2019 | Notre-Dame |
| 6 May 2019 | Space |
| 13 May 2019 | Religion in Sri Lanka |
| 20 May 2019 | Veganism |
| 27 May 2019 | Ego |
| 15 Jul 2019 | Imagination |
| 22 Jul 2019 | Free Will |
| 29 Jul 2019 | Trees |
| 5 Aug 2019 | Religion of Game of Thrones |
| 12 Aug 2019 | Relationship education |
| 19 Aug 2019 | Religion and Climate Justice |
| 26 Aug 2019 | Religion in Spain |
| 2 Sep 2019 | Nature of God |
| 2 Dec 2019 | Rumi |
| 9 Dec 2019 | Friendship |
| 16 Dec 2019 | Saudi Arabia and Iran |
| 23 Dec 2019 | Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
| 30 Dec 2019 | Miracles |
| 6 Jan 2020 | Religion and Smell |
| 6 Apr 2020 | Sin |
| 13 Apr 2020 | Ethical Investing |
| 20 Apr 2020 | Reincarnation |
| 27 Apr 2020 | Religion Online |
| 4 May 2020 | William Wordsworth |
| 11 May 2020 | Dieting |
| 18 May 2020 | Marriage |
| 17 Aug 2020 | Animal Farm |
| 24 Aug 2020 | Bathing |
| 31 Aug 2020 | Face |
| 7 Sep 2020 | Mayflower |
| 14 Sep 2020 | Rosh Hashanah |
| 21 Sep 2020 | US Presidential Election |
| 28 Sep 2020 | Religion in Hong Kong |
| 5 Oct 2020 | Prayer |
| 23 Nov 2020 | Religion and Soap Operas |
| 30 Nov 2020 | Debt |
| 7 Dec 2020 | Grief |
| 14 Dec 2020 | Beethoven's Spirituality |
| 21 Dec 2020 | Mary, mother of Jesus |
| 28 Dec 2020 | Dalai Lama |
| 4 Jan 2021 | Religion and Science in Schools |
| 5 Apr 2021 | Bees |
| 12 Apr 2021 | Prince Philip |
| 19 Apr 2021 | The Vaccine |
| 26 Apr 2021 | Dante's Inferno |
| 3 May 2021 | Religion in Myanmar |
| 10 May 2021 | Vodou |
| 17 May 2021 | Scottish Independence |
| 16 Aug 2021 | The Monarch as Defender of the Faith |
| 23 Aug 2021 | Harry Potter |
| 30 Aug 2021 | College of Cardinals |
| 6 Sep 2021 | Ganesha |
| 13 Sep 2021 | Taliban |
| 20 Sep 2021 | Scotland and the Union |
| 27 Sep 2021 | Ignatian Spirituality |
| 4 Oct 2021 | Poetry, the Language of Religion |
| 22 Oct 2021 | African Spirituality |
| 29 Oct 2021 | Orthodox Jewish Women |
