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Elaine Pagels’ Revelations

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Elaine Pagels’ new book – Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation – considers this vivid and controversial text.

The Crumbling State of Greek Politics

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Wesley Stace Becomes John Wesley Harding

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‘The Mountaintop’ imagines Martin Luther King’s final hours

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On Martin Luther King Day, hearing from his namesakes

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BBC correspondent traces the Christmas journey of Mary and Joseph, donkey in tow

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BBC correspondent Aleem Maqbool is tracing the Biblical footsteps of Mary and Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem. The modern-day route is rife with checkpoints, militants and a few irate locals. And what’s more, Maqbool’s doing it all with a donkey in tow.

Saint Valentine

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Amid all the cards, flowers and chocolates being given and received today, we’re sparing a thought for the original Saint Valentine. He was a Christian martyr, reportedly killed in the 3rd century. Question is where?