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Lines of Communication

Neil MacGregor focuses on prayer, an individual activity that is also profoundly communal.

Neil MacGregor continues his series on the expression of shared beliefs in communities around the world and across time.

He focuses on prayer, reflecting on how this most highly individualized of activities is also a profoundly communal act, with objects including a 16th century ivory and gold qibla, used to find the direction of Mecca - a function now offered by smartphone apps.

Producer Paul Kobrak

Produced in partnership with the British Museum
Photograph (c) The Trustees of the British Museum.

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14 minutes

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Fri 3 Jun 202214:45
BBC Radio 4 FM

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  • Thu 2 Nov 201709:45
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Thu 2 Nov 201719:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 3 Jun 202214:45
    BBC Radio 4 FM

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    Neil MacGregor explores the role and expression of shared beliefs around the world.