Living with the Gods (BBC Radio 4 series)

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BBC Radio 4 programme radio documentary series

Living with the Gods is a BBC Radio 4 documentary series presented by Neil MacGregor that explores the role of religious belief and ritual in human societies across history and cultures.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
BBC radio series Living with the Gods	1
Living with the Gods (BBC Radio 4 series) canonical	1
Living with the Gods (BBC radio series)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5786302 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Living with the Gods (BBC Radio 4 series)
Context triple: [Neil MacGregor, notableWork, Living with the Gods (BBC Radio 4 series)]

A. Small Gods
Small Gods is a satirical fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett set in his Discworld universe, exploring religion, belief, and institutional power through dark humor and philosophical insight.
B. The God Who Is There
The God Who Is There is a foundational Christian apologetics book by Francis Schaeffer that critiques modern secular thought and defends historic biblical Christianity.
C. Story for the Gods
"Story for the Gods" is a popular Nigerian hip-hop/afropop song by rapper Olamide, known for its catchy beat and streetwise lyrics.
D. The Trial of God
The Trial of God is a play by Elie Wiesel that dramatizes a mock trial of God in a Jewish village devastated by a pogrom, exploring faith, suffering, and divine justice in the shadow of the Holocaust.
E. The Great Divorce
The Great Divorce is a Christian allegorical novella by C. S. Lewis that imagines a bus journey from hell to heaven to explore themes of choice, salvation, and the nature of the afterlife.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Living with the Gods (BBC Radio 4 series)
Target entity description: Living with the Gods is a BBC Radio 4 documentary series presented by Neil MacGregor that explores the role of religious belief and ritual in human societies across history and cultures.

A. Small Gods
Small Gods is a satirical fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett set in his Discworld universe, exploring religion, belief, and institutional power through dark humor and philosophical insight.
B. The God Who Is There
The God Who Is There is a foundational Christian apologetics book by Francis Schaeffer that critiques modern secular thought and defends historic biblical Christianity.
C. Story for the Gods
"Story for the Gods" is a popular Nigerian hip-hop/afropop song by rapper Olamide, known for its catchy beat and streetwise lyrics.
D. The Trial of God
The Trial of God is a play by Elie Wiesel that dramatizes a mock trial of God in a Jewish village devastated by a pogrom, exploring faith, suffering, and divine justice in the shadow of the Holocaust.
E. The Great Divorce
The Great Divorce is a Christian allegorical novella by C. S. Lewis that imagines a bus journey from hell to heaven to explore themes of choice, salvation, and the nature of the afterlife.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	BBC Radio 4 programme ⓘ radio documentary series ⓘ
associatedWith	British Museum ⓘ
basedOn	objects from museums and collections ⓘ
broadcastOn	radio ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
explores	diversity of religious practices across cultures ⓘ how communities express belief through ritual ⓘ relationship between belief, identity and society ⓘ religious imagery and material culture ⓘ
focusesOn	comparative religion ⓘ cultural history ⓘ role of religious belief in human societies ⓘ role of ritual in human societies ⓘ
genre	documentary ⓘ
hasCompanionWork	Living with the Gods (book) ⓘ linked to: Living with the Gods
hasEpisodeStructure	multi-part series ⓘ
hasFormat	radio series ⓘ
hasTitle	Living with the Gods ⓘ
intendedAudience	general public ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	audio ⓘ
narrator	Neil MacGregor ⓘ
originalNetwork	BBC Radio 4 ⓘ
partOf	BBC Radio 4 documentary output ⓘ
presenter	Neil MacGregor ⓘ
producer	BBC ⓘ BBC Radio 4 ⓘ
relatedTo	Neil MacGregor ⓘ
subjectMatter	anthropology of religion ⓘ history of religion ⓘ religion ⓘ religious belief ⓘ ritual ⓘ
theme	collective belief and community ⓘ how humans live with gods and spiritual beings ⓘ religion and conflict ⓘ religion and migration ⓘ religion and national identity ⓘ religion and power ⓘ rituals of life and death ⓘ sacred and profane spaces ⓘ
usesApproach	cross-cultural comparison ⓘ historical analysis ⓘ object-based storytelling ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neil MacGregor → notableWork → Living with the Gods (BBC Radio 4 series) ⓘ

Living with the Gods → basedOn → BBC radio series Living with the Gods ⓘ

linked to: Living with the Gods (BBC Radio 4 series)

Living with the Gods → associatedWork → Living with the Gods (BBC radio series) ⓘ