Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Christian poetry

Christian poetry is any poetry that contains Christian teachings, themes, or references. The influence of Christianity on poetry has been great in any area that Christianity has taken hold.

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  1. Four Quartets

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss TS Eliot's Four Quartets, written just before and during World War II as meditations on humanity's relationship with time.

    21 December 2016

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    Featuring: David Moody, Fran Brearton, Mark Ford

     
  2. Piers Plowman

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Langland's exploration of what it means to live a good life, written when the Black Death had overturned many of the old certainties.

    29 October 2020

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    Featuring: Laura Ashe, Lawrence Warner, Alastair Bennett