- Cheerio Chat Room2016/12/18
John Cleary reviews the year in religion and ethics in conversation with Samina Yasmeen, Bill Leadbetter, Frank Sheehan, Angela McCarthy and Chris Bedding
- Brenda Niall in conversation about her recent book on Archbishop Daniel Mannix2016/12/18
Australia's most controversial bishop, Daniel Mannix was the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne from 1917 until is death at 99 years of age in 1963.
- Richard Leonard SJ on movies2016/12/18
Richard Leonard on movies including Ken Loach's "I Daniel Blake", "Hacksaw Ridge" and "Fantastic beasts and where to find them"
- Rod Bower: In there amongst it2016/12/12
Millions of hits on a church Facebook page, outspoken on many social issues, and recipient of the Australian Abysinnian of the Year at the Australian Muslim Achievement Awards for 2016. Rod Bower is in conversation with John Cleary.
- Ethics in Banking2016/12/11
How can we call the banks to account?
- Prof Ori Soltes2016/12/04
Spiritual insights through fine Arts across Jewish , Christian and Muslim traditions
- Muslim public intellectual Mona Siddiqui2016/12/04
On Islam, religion, extremism, migration and the shaping of public policy.
- Evangelical Christian Kathy V Baldock on dialogue with gays and lesbians2016/12/04
Repairing the division existing between social and Christian conservatives and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community
- Who is my neighbour?2016/11/27
Lebanese-Muslim communities say they have been unfairly called out by Federal Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.
- Fr Sean McDonagh's passion for the environment2016/11/27
In the mid 1980's, Fr Sean McDonagh published a book, To Care for the Earth, on environmental responsibility back when the environment was not on the agenda. He was called a "naive idealist" for his passion for the environment.
- Turkey and the Gülen Movement with Emre Celik2016/11/27
Since the failed military coup in Turkey this year, the Turkish government has cracked down on organisations it claims to pose a threat to national security, and has targeted leaders of The Gülen Movement.
- Sex in Hinduism (The Ark)2016/11/20
In Hinduism, sex has a place that's unparalleled in other world religions.
- Iain Provan2016/11/20
Dr Provan's new book "Convenient Myths" talks about how modern culture constructs myths to suit the the temper of the times.
- Dr Keith Garner from Wesley Mission2016/11/20
Supporting women and children through mental- health issues
- Faith leaders support Civil Marriage Equality2016/11/20
Muslims, Baptists, Orthodox Jews, Progressive Jews, Baptists, Pentecostals and Catholics who advocate for Same-Sex Civil Marriage
- Prisons and Purpose2016/11/13
Penitence, penitentiary, reform, and reformatory were words of promise for our prison system. Today, have we lost hope in our prisons?
- The Chinese Brother of Christ2016/11/13
The religious roots of the Taiping Rebellion.
- The Good Society: Dr Iain T Benson2016/11/13
Professor of Law at Notre Dame University
- Andrew West on the wash-up from the USA's presidential election2016/11/13
The evangelical triumph of President-elect Trump
- Pope prays with Lutherans in Sweden: Bishop John Henderson2016/11/06
Lutheran and Roman Catholic world leaders mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation
- Jon O'Brien Catholics For Choice2016/11/06
Individual Catholics arguing for conscience and autonomy in regard to issues like abortion and contraception
- Jobs Aren't There: Anglicare Report2016/11/06
The vexed question of whether carrots or sticks are more effective when it comes to welfare
- Diwali: The Indian festival of Light2016/10/30
Light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair
- The Ark: Enlightenment is not Godless2016/10/30
The 17th & 18th century Enlightenment philosophers have been criticised for being anti-religious. But just how opposed to God were they?
- Luke Geary on the Attorney General versus Solicitor General2016/10/30
Thoughts on the political struggle over the independent role of the Australian Solicitor General.
- U.S.A. Religion News with Tom Roberts from the National Catholic Reporter2016/10/23
John Cleary is joined by regular guest Tom Roberts, Editor-at-Large of the US National Catholic Reporter.
- Healing the wounds: Australia's Serbian Orthodox Bishop2016/10/23
Born in Cleverland, Ohio, Bishop Irenej has completed his time as Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Australia and New Zealand, and has been elected as the New Bishop of Eastern America.
- Medea, the Goddess Who Killed Her Children (The Ark)2016/10/23
Medea is a figure from ancient Greece, who's had a lively reputation in Western literature and art. She was a symbol of evil, but also of power, a sorceress, and a goddess. Today she's most interesting to feminists, and she regularly appears with the abortion issue.
- Re-boot your life with Religion2016/10/23
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This week around Australia the ABC has been hosting conversations about Rebooting your life, and of course throughout human history one of the central elements in any form of reboot has been religion, from meditation to pilgrimage, from confession to conversion, the Religious Way has been the dominant way, until perhaps a hundred years ago and the innovations of Dr’s Adler, Jung and Freud.
- The Ark: The Galileo's Crime2016/10/16
The trial of Galileo Gallilei in 1633 was a scandal for both science and theology. Neither were advanced by the verdict.
- Refugees and the Australian Conscience2016/10/16
Has the toxic asylum-seeker debate damaged Australia's Soul?
- "Sully","Snowdon" and" Scientology" with film critic Richard Leonard SJ2016/10/16
Film critic Fr Richard Leonard SJ with his ethical take on movie-making; for "Sully", "Snowdon" and "My Scientology Movie".
- Dr Anne Aly: first Muslim woman elected to our Federal Parliament2016/10/16
New Federal member for Cowan in WA, and the first Muslim woman elected to our Federal parliament
- Vale Sheik Fehmi, de-redicalising Grand Mufti of Australia2016/10/09
Australia's earliest de-radicalising Imam
- How to release refugees long held prisoner on Manus, Nauru and Christmas Island2016/10/09
Professor Frank Brennan passionately arguing about human rights and asylum seekers.
- The Ark: psychiatrist Carl Jung and Shamanism2016/10/09
The founder of analytical psychology and what he discovered on the parallels between psychoanalysts and witch doctors.
- Dr Keith Mascord: first Anglican casualty of the same-sex marriage debate2016/10/03
A Sydney Anglican minister appears to be the first casualty of the same-sex marriage debate.
- American Prophet Joseph Smith2016/10/03
On the 200th anniversary of the birth of the founder of Mormonism, Rachael Kohn spoke to Professor Douglas Davies about the life of Joseph Smith.
- Muslims, Migration and Australian Angst2016/10/02
Surveys are pointing to a sizeable fear of Muslims among Australians.
What might these findings mean for Australia’s half a million Muslims, and how might we respond better to our anxiety?
- A Tibetan Pilgrimage with Mark Gould and Tenzin Choegyal2016/10/02
The ritual making and destruction of sand mandalas in Tibetan Buddhism, as highlighted on the ABC TV's Compass program.
- Andrew West on the latest Religion and Ethics news2016/09/26
The presenter of ABC RN's Religion and Ethics Report joins Sunday Nights to survey the latest in the world of religion.
- The Ark - A Brief History of Heresy2016/09/25
Rachael Kohn talks with Cambridge Professor of Religious History, Gill Evans, about people who've found themselves on the wrong end of church doctrine.
- Sport Values and Drugs2016/09/25
But how should our sporting heroes play the game, and do they always fight fair?
- To India with love: Aussie Jesuit missionary Fr Phil Crotty2016/09/19
Australian Jesuit Priest Fr Phil Crotty spent 6o years of his life in India. Now in his 80s he'd love to go back.
- Captain Cook's Holy Man Tupa'ia2016/09/18
When Captain James Cook left Tahiti in 1769 to explore the Polynesian islands and Batavia, he enlisted Chief Priest Tupa'ia as his navigator.
- Faith in the Marriage Plebiscite?2016/09/18
Can we have a civil debate about the contentious issue of same sex marriage?
- Indian journo Damini Nath on idols, pollution & the environment2016/09/18
A Principal Correspondent for The Hindu newspaper explains the tensions between religious practice and modern life in India.
- Catholic school principal Paul Tobias on bullying and child safety2016/09/12
Catholic school principal Paul Tobias has made his own personal submission to the Royal Commission into sexual abuse about how his own church needs to respond better.
- September 11, Fifteen Years On2016/09/11
Fifteen years to the day when planes slammed into the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, our world seems to polarise along religious and ethnic lines in ways we could not have imagined prior.
- The little known history of Australians and Armenians2016/09/11
In the book "Armenia, Australia & the Great War," co-author Peter Stanley tells the stories of unsung Australians who helped survivors and orphans of the Armenian genocide.
- Youth PoWR, Australia's largest interfaith event for youth, empowers young Australians to have their say2016/09/04
Avia Madar, Rahaf Ahmed, Jayniel Shandil and Steff Fenton talk about the issues that directly affect young Australians today, including refugee rights, mental health, racism, the environment and religious extremism.
- The Ark: Gandhi, Secular Saint2016/09/04
"You must be the change you want to see in the world," said Gandhi. This belief informed his policy of peaceful resistance to British rule.
- Rev Tim Costello: faith in life, work and religion2016/09/04
"Let's filter out all that religious stuff. He surely couldn't still be one of those." Rev Tim Costello says he IS still one of those and that his faith is central to the way he lives.
- Religion news with Tom Roberts: Mother Teresa canonised and Pope Francis on caring for the earth2016/09/04
Mother Teresa is canonised, Pope Francis declares September 1 as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation and more on the latest religion news with Tom Roberts, Editor-at-large of the National Catholic Reporter.
- Prof. Denys Turner offers alternatives to aggressive atheism.2016/08/28
John Cleary caught up with Professor Turner when he was visiting Australia recently give a public lecture, On Denying the Right God.
- Buddhist environmental activists divest from coal, oil and gas2016/08/28
Australian Buddhists are doing their bit to respond to climate change.
- The Ark - Celts Ancient or Modern2016/08/28
Rachael Kohn discusses resurgent interest in all things Celtic with author Marcus Tanner.
- Nadia Murad, Yazidi Survivor of sexual slavery2016/08/28
Nadia Murad tells her story of escaping ISIS.
- Andrew West on the latest Religion and Ethics news2016/08/21
Host of RN's Religion and Ethics Report on religion news of the week
- 150th Anniversary chat with the Josephite Sisters2016/08/21
Leading women of the Sisters of St Joseph on their work among the poor and marginalised
- Prof Ian Hutchinson on scientific thought and religion2016/08/14
Scientist and Christian believer
- Who pays for the Good Society?2016/08/14
Are we becoming a meaner society in which questions of economic and social justice and even basic human rights are sacrificed on the altar of self interest?
- Former Turkish politician Dr Aykan Erdemir on Turkey's version of "Secularism"2016/08/14
Dr Aykan Erdemir of the US Foundation for Defense of Democracies on Turkish secularism
- The Ark - Angkor Wat2016/08/14
Dr Martin Polkinghorne joins Rachael Kohn to unravel the dual faith traditions of Cambodia's famous temple complex.
- Rev Dr Keith Garner on parents trying to re-enter the workforce2016/08/01
Wesley Mission has launched a new program designed to support parents seeking to re-enter the workforce.
- The Ark: Tarot Cards of Fortune2016/08/01
How a 15th century card game became a major system of divination.
- Tiernan Brady on Australian Marriage Equality2016/07/31
Ireland’s champion of Marriage Equality is now in charge of the Australian Marriage Equality campaign.
- Is our “lucky country” becoming a meaner society?2016/07/31
Is our “lucky country” becoming a meaner society?
- The Ark: Theosophy Feminism and the Wizard of Oz2016/07/25
Frank Baum - theosophist, feminist and author of The Wizard of Oz.
- Religion and Politics afterTurkey's recent coup attempt2016/07/24
The Turkish Government is blaming the recent coup attempt on the Gulen Movement. Who are they?
- A Newington School Interfaith Panel where students get into interreligious dialogue.2016/07/24
School students get into interfaith dialogue.
- Former Labor Premier of South Australia Rev. Dr Lynn Arnold AO2016/07/17
Former Labor Premier of South Australia
- The Ark - Delphic Oracle2016/07/17
The oracle at Delphi
- Turkish Analyst Dr Aykan Erdemir, then Competition and User Choice in Government Human Services2016/07/17
Turkish Analyst Dr Aykan Erdemir, then Competition and User Choice in Government Human Services
- Prof William Cavanaugh on the myth of religious violence2016/07/17
Prof William Cavanaugh on the myth of religious violence
- U.S.A. Religion News with Tom Roberts from the National Catholic Reporter2016/07/11
The Editor at Large of the US National Catholic Reporter shares the latest developments around the Catholic world.
- London's Temple Church Choir on tour in Australia2016/07/10
The Musical Director and the Priest in charge of London's renowned Temple Church boy choristers discuss their upcoming tour of Australia.
- The power of the Dreaming, and hopes for a treaty among Indigenous Australians2016/07/10
As Australia marks NAIDOC week, Sunday Nights explores the continued power of the dreaming, and hopes for treaty among Indigenous Australian ministers and those ministering with them.
- Islam and Australian Democracy2016/07/04
Islam and politics became something of a punching bag during the election campaign. Our panel sorts through the issues.
- The Ark: Missions to Aborigines2016/07/03
The clash of beliefs and cultures in early Australian history
- Anglican Bishop Stephen Pickard on compassion in democracy2016/07/03
Seeking greater compassion within our democratic institutions
- Andrew West on the latest Religion and Ethics news2016/06/27
Making some sense of religious and social attitudes within political change
- Rev Robin Meyers from the USA on the Progressive Christian Movement2016/06/26
American Christian minister, peace activist, philosophy professor and author
- Ahmad Shuja on Afghanistan and the dangers facing refugees2016/06/19
Ahmad Shuja describes how unsafe and unstable Afghanistan remains for returning refugees
- The Ark: The Religious Habit2016/06/19
The nun's habit has divided people since it came into being shortly after Catholicism itself emerged.
- Refugee Advocates speak out in Refugee Week2016/06/19
Refugee Advocates working with some of the most marginalised people in Australia
- Evangelical Christian Larry Taunton on his friend, Christopher Hitchens2016/06/19
Larry Alex Taunton is the author of 'The Faith of Christopher Hitchens".
- New worship book for Australian Catholics2016/06/13
A new worship book has been published for Australia's five million Catholics.
- Auburn Giants multicultural women's AFL team2016/06/13
A multicultural women's AFL team made up mostly of Muslim women is smashing stereotypes in Western Sydney.
- Rev Dr Keith Mascord on his new book: Faith without Fear2016/06/12
Rev Mascord's new book "Faith without Fear" is about burning issues confronting modern Evangelical Christians.
- Dr Graham Phillips find how meditation can change you2016/06/12
Catalyst's Dr Graham Phillips took on meditation and tested the results.
- Kallistos Ware on historic Orthodox bishops' meeting2016/06/05
For the very first time in over 1200 years Eastern Orthodox bishops of the world are meeting together this month with their leader, ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
- Much ado about Safe Schools2016/06/05
The landmark school program on sexual orientation and gender identity is lauded by its supporter but pilloried by its critics.
So what's actually in it?
- Pastor Steve Chong on the ISIS frontline2016/06/05
Pastor Steve Chong and his wife Naomi travelled to northern Iraq with Open Doors Australia , which focuses on supporting Christians around the world who are persecuted for their faith.
