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We look at how 'In God we Trust' eventually replaced 'ex pluribus unum' as the motto of the USA.  How the trauma of post-civil war destruction started to it being inscribed on coins. 

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Today we look at Terry Eagleton's Dwight H Terry Lectures at Yale University in 2009. With the title 'Faith and Fundamentalism: Is belief in Richard Dawkins necessary for Salvation? We also analyse the phenomenon of the so-called New Atheism

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He has been described as the greatest American Theologian. We look at Johnathan Edwards and his role in the Christian revivals which swept across the UK and its colonies in the 18th Century. Called the Great Awakening in America or the Evangelical Revival in Britain. 

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Pope Pius VII lived under the shadow of Napoleon Bonaparte, which led to him being crowned with a papier-mache papal tiara. Today we look at the story. 

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This is the story of one of the most popular saints  in England, who was key in nation-building as the Anglo-Saxons emerged from centuries of Viking conquest

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Described as the bloodiest civil war of all time, with casualties in their tens of millions.  Led by a self-proclaimed prophet who believed he was the Brother of Jesus Christ - we look at the Taiping Rebellion

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Called a prince amongst preachers, Surgeon attracted huge crowds to his services in London. After a tragic stampede in a temporary church we remember today how he moved to the purpose-built Metropolitan Tabernacle 

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Claiming to be the largest and oldest womans charitable group we look at the founding and the work of the Mormon Relief Society 

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We look at the story of Henry Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross.  What inspired him?  Who signed the first Geneva Convention? What are the controversies around the Emblem used for the Red Cross? 

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Cardinal Manning was unusually a widow, and became very influential in Catholic Social Teaching - today we find out why.