Listen Now - 2010-07-25 | Download Audio - 25072010
The proper nanny of the Banks children was created by Australian-born Helen Goff, aka Pamela Travers, whose unconventional personal journey led her to Gurdjieff and Krishnamurti (repeat broadcast). Today Westerners seeking alternative paths have turned to New York Times-bestselling author Master Zhi Gang Sha who believes in soul healing through soul singing. Read Transcript
Listen Now - 2010-07-18 | Download Audio - 18072010
Massive membership, popular music and an upbeat message may be the future of the church, but according to social researcher Marion Maddox at Macquarie University it comes at a price of increased materialism and male-dominated leadership. Female leadership was a mark of Pentecostal Church origins and it's regaining ground, says the Dean of Alphacrucis College, Jacquie Grey. They were both at the Future of Religion in Australia Conference held recently at Trinity College in Melbourne. Read Transcript
Listen Now - 2010-07-11 | Download Audio - 11072010
Dr Sakena Yacoobi's Afghan Institute of Learning has changed the lives of thousands of Afghan women and she tells Rachael Kohn how God, co-operative spirit and high principles have made her underground schools a success right under the nose of the Taliban. Carol Kaplanian at the University of Western Australia is researching the crime of 'Honour Killing' which affects middle eastern and Pakistani communities the world over. Read Transcript
Listen Now - 2010-07-04 | Download Audio - 04072010
The fourth cardinal virtue, Justice, has been both championed and abused by its guardians. Social justice activist, Catholic Bishop Pat Power, joins with judicial educator and land rights consultant Joanna Kalowski and lawyer and former jihad enthusiast Irfan Yusuf in a conversation about the personal, religious and secular limits of justice. Read Transcript
Sunday 6pm
repeated Tuesday 1pm and Wednesday 2am
Presented by
Rachael Kohn
Sunday 01 August 2010
Can faith move mountains and rescue lost souls? Stand-up comic and author of My Dirty Shiny Life, Lily Bragge thinks so because her life was a shambles before she converted to Christianity. Former barrister and founder of the Shanti Mission Harmony Centre in NSW, Shakti Durga, has also experienced a powerful transformation from her New Age faith in Eastern and Western mysticism. But Los Angeles-based sociologist of religion and author of Society without God, Phil Zuckerman, has no truck with the certainties of faith.
The Spirit of Things is running a monthly series exploring all seven virtues, from Prudence to Temperance, Courage, Justice, Faith, Hope and Love.
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The Parliament of the World’s Religions was held in Melbourne in December 2009. Read Margaret Coffey’s commentary in her blog Talking of Faith.
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