1. BBC World Service
  2. Programmes
  3. Heart And Soul

Heart And Soul

Heart And Soul is a weekly half-hour programme that has the scope and understanding to explore different experiences of spirituality from around the world.

Whether examining religious faith or any other belief-system, the programme talks to believers and non-believers, and tries to get beyond superficial notions of spirituality and religion.

Programmes:
on BBC iPlayer (189)
coming up (12)
Previous programmes:
by series (23)
by year (215)

Available now on BBC iPlayer

  1. Play the latest programme

    Ireland's Troublesome Priests

    More:
    programme information
    related links

    Listen now (28 minutes)

    Available since today.

    Ruth McDonald examines why Ireland's clergy are now at war with the Vatican.

  2. Also available

    1. God and Gays - Bridging the Gulf

      More:
      programme information
      related links

      Listen now (28 minutes)

      Available since last Saturday.

      Is there a third way to resolve the debate over how the church should treat homosexuals?

    2. Uganda: Return of the Child Soldiers

      More:
      programme information
      related links

      Listen now (28 minutes)

      Available since Sat, 12 May 2012.

      How can former child soldiers abducted by the LRA can be helped to overcome their trauma?

    3. The Man Behind The Prophet

      More:
      programme information
      related links

      Listen now (28 minutes)

      Available since Sat, 5 May 2012.

      Ian Skelly traces the story of the enigmatic man behind best-selling classic, The Prophet.

    4. Absolving The Past Episode 2

      More:
      programme information
      related links

      Listen now (28 minutes)

      Available since Tue, 1 May 2012.

      2/2. Imam Khalid Latif considers what happens when world religions change their minds.

See all 189 programmes available now.

Featured

Flickr

Take a look at images of our guests and locations from various editions of Heart and Soul.

Heart and Soul on Flickr

Discover more

Want to find the best of BBC World Service's programmes? Join us on Facebook

Join us

Coming up

Tomorrow, 20:32 on BBC World Service

Ruth McDonald examines why Ireland's clergy are now at war with the Vatican.

See all 12 programmes coming up.

More from BBC World Service

bbc.co.uk navigation

BBC © 2012 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.