Synopsis
Radio 3's new half-hour Sunday morning programme Following Faith, is to be broadcast from March 3rd for seven weeks at 8.30am. It looks at different religions in Hong Kong and how they are practiced today.You'll be introduced to members of the clergy and lay people, as well as academics and writers who discuss everyday observances and practices by Hong Kong's various pockets of believers. The programme will shed some light on how they came to be here in the SAR in the first place, how they are practiced and whether or not they have become infused with local colour.
Episodes
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![Programme 7: Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Hinduism and Krishna Consciousness 21-4-2013]()
Programme 7: Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Hinduism and Krishna Consciousness 21-4-2013
22/04/2013 Duration: 28minIn this last installment of Following Faith, we hear something about the Zoroastrian, Sikh and Hindu beliefs. Plus, the less established devotion of Krishna Consciousness. (Sun 8.30am-9am) 21-4-2013
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![Programme 6: Judaism 14-4-2013]()
Programme 6: Judaism 14-4-2013
15/04/2013 Duration: 27minOn Following Faith, this week's focus is on the Jewish community. Firstly, the founder of regional publication Asian Jewish Life gives us an overview of the faith here. Then our presenter Andrew Dembina caught up with the heads of the Chabad branch of ...
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![Programme 5: Islam 7-4-2013]()
Programme 5: Islam 7-4-2013
08/04/2013 Duration: 28minGood morning and welcome to Following Faith, the programme that looks at some of the religious life around us in Hong Kong, with Andrew Dembina. Last week we heard about Catholicism, and aspects of its communities in Hong Kong. This week we explore...
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![Programme 4: Catholicism 31-3-2013]()
Programme 4: Catholicism 31-3-2013
02/04/2013 Duration: 28minGood morning and welcome to Following Faith, taking a look at some of the everyday religious life around us in Hong Kong, with Andrew Dembina. Last week we heard about Protestantism and Anglicanism, this week, still on Christianity, we hear ho...
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![Programme 3: Protestantism and United Christianity]()
Programme 3: Protestantism and United Christianity
25/03/2013 Duration: 28minOn Following Faith, Andrew Dembina finds out about the first of the non-indigenous faiths to arrive: Christianity. And to explain its arrival, we hear from Professor Lauren Pfister of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist Unive...
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![Programme 2: Taoism and Buddhism 17-3-2013]()
Programme 2: Taoism and Buddhism 17-3-2013
18/03/2013 Duration: 28minIn this second programme we hear about Taoism – which is indigenous to China, and Buddhism, which has its roots in India. Both often intertwine, along with elements of Confucianism. (Sun, 8.30am~9am) 17-3-2013
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![Programme 1: Overview of Hong Kongs main religious communities 10-3-2013]()
Programme 1: Overview of Hong Kong's main religious communities 10-3-2013
11/03/2013 Duration: 29minGood morning and welcome to Following Faith, a new programme that looks at everyday religious life in Hong Kong. I'm Andrew Dembina, and I'll be introducing you to members of the clergy and lay people, as well as academics and writers who will shed...
