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The Big Questions - Series 5 - Episode 18

Nicky Campbell asks, is there a difference between a religion and a cult?
Nicky's guests include Cristina Odone, journalist for The Telegraph; Rabbi Yitchak Schochet from Mill Hill Synagogue; Cole Moreton, author of Is God Still an Englishman: How We Lost our Faith (But Found New Soul).
Contributors also include Francesca Stavrakopoulou, professor of ancient religion at Exeter University; Dr George Chryssides from Birmingham University; Simon Cooper from the Unification Church; Glenn Carter, president of the UK Raelian Movement.
Also joining in the discussion are Livingstone Fagan, Branch Davidian survivor of the Waco siege; Yoel Ben David from Jews for Jesus; Ian Haworth from the Cult Information Centre; Juliana Buhring, who was brought up in The Children of God and is now a director of Safe Passage Foundation; Barbara Weed, who has not seen her son since he became involved in an internet group four years ago.
Other guests taking part are Jon Atack, author of A Piece of Blue Sky, and Rod and Linda Dubrow-Marshall from the International Cultic Studies Association.

• Broadcast on BBC One, 10:00AM Sun, 20 May 2012
• Available until 10:59AM Sun, 27 May 2012
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01j2n2n/The_Big_Questions_Series_5_Episode_18/
• First broadcast BBC One, 10:00AM Sun, 20 May 2012
• Categories
  • Religion & Ethics
• Duration 60 minutes

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1. Key talent Nicky Campbell

 
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