Holy Smoke

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The most important and controversial topics in world religion, thoroughly dissected by a range of high profile guests. Presented by Damian Thompson.

Holy Smoke

The Spectator

Religion

164 episodes

Did Christianity create secular humanism?

Sale of the century: why is the Kirk selling off hundreds of churches so cheaply?

The Pope announces 21 new cardinals. Is he trying to pack the conclave?

Could religious voters in the swing states decide the US election?

How pistols in St Paul’s Cathedral shaped the science of sound

Losing faith: will Labour’s VAT policy hit religious schools hardest?

From the archives: An atheist goes on a Christian pilgrimage. Why?

A Habsburg Archduke explains how not to be nasty on Twitter

Walsingham and the musical grief of the Reformation

Calm fire: the consolation of listening to Bruckner

The problem with cringe-making funerals

How the Church of England patronises African Christians

How much did Pope Francis know about Fr Marko Rupnik?

How liberal bishops are squeezing the life out of the Church of England

Does Trump have evangelical Christians to thank for his second coming?

Gay blessings and theological porn: why leading cardinals are distancing themselves from Pope Francis

Raymond Arroyo on the joys of a Sinatra-style Christmas

The strange appeal of Integralism

How light filled the first Roman Churches: a conversation with Dr Elizabeth Lev

The Pope, gay blessings and the Rupnik scandal

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