Life & Faith
Episodes
Thursday Jul 31, 2014
Life and Faith: War
Thursday Jul 31, 2014
Thursday Jul 31, 2014
This week marks 100 years since the start of World War I. Life and Faith discusses the process of remembering and interpreting an event on such a grand scale.
Thursday Jul 24, 2014
Life and Faith: Child Abuse and the Church
Thursday Jul 24, 2014
Thursday Jul 24, 2014
Life and Faith draws from a panel at the Re:Thinking conference on the awful effects of clerical child abuse. The full audio of the Re:Thinking panel is available on the Radio National website. Simon Smart and Natasha Moore also examine the recent film Calvary and consider what contribution a piece of art can make to the discussion.
Thursday Jul 17, 2014
Life and Faith: Nick Spencer
Thursday Jul 17, 2014
Thursday Jul 17, 2014
Nick Spencer is the author of Atheists: The Origin of the Species. The book is a history of atheism, which examines what has driven its growth and why it is a myth that atheism emerged because the rise of science made religion obsolete. He spoke to Simon Smart about the book and the implications of belief and non-belief.
Thursday Jul 10, 2014
Life and Faith: Islam and Christianity
Thursday Jul 10, 2014
Thursday Jul 10, 2014
Richard Shumack recently completed a PhD in Islamic Studies and has just released a book entitled The Wisdom of Islam and the Foolishness of Christianity. He joined Life and Faith to discuss the differences between Islam and Christianity.
Thursday Jul 03, 2014
Life and Faith: Faith in the Public Sphere
Thursday Jul 03, 2014
Thursday Jul 03, 2014
Miroslav Volf is Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School and Director of the Yale Centre for Faith and Culture. He is also the author of a number of books including A Public Faith: How followers of Christ should serve the common good. He joined Simon Smart on Life and Faith to discuss why religion cannot just be a private affair and what Christianity has to offer society generally.