Jennifer Wiseman was an undergraduate just starting out in astronomy when someone named a comet after her.
Jennifer Wiseman was an undergraduate just starting out in astronomy when someone named a comet after her.
An aerospace engineer and an astrogeologist discuss the whether and why of space exploration.
Is the human race on an inevitable trajectory onward and upward? Not quite, says Nick Spencer.
Politics, religion, and being a good guest at dinner - or a good citizen in the public square.
The Crusades are one of the most notorious episodes of Christian history.
Few ideas have changed our world more profoundly than this one.
How can we take Christianity seriously, if Christians have so often departed from the tune of Jesus?
Jesus’ most famous parable had a big influence on the early church – and the world.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer is a rare example of someone whose faith prompted him to stand up to Hitler.
Jesus dramatically changed how Western culture thinks about power and service.
From Emperor Constantine onwards, the church has had a fraught relationship to power.
The Jewish and early Christian insistence on care for the poor transformed the ancient world.
Not all Crusades were against Muslims, or in the Middle East.
We head to George Washington’s house for a concrete take on a big philosophical concept.
Can we be good without God?
The medieval papacy offers a vivid picture of a church corrupted by wealth.
Father Damien of Molokai showed the true meaning of “compassion”: to suffer with the afflicted.
Few people have done more to lessen human misery and increase human happiness than Lord Shaftesbury.
Simon Smart reflects on the journey and vision of Martin Luther King Jr, fifty years on from his death.
Natasha Moore on the cricket scandal, Barnaby Joyce, and the Easter story.
Barney Zwartz on grief and hope.
Nobody knows what Jesus looked like – but his image is instantly familiar.
Justine Toh on the new Mary Magdalene film – which makes for awkward viewing in a time of #MeToo.
Stephen Liggins considers a new scandal in light of an old ethic.
Jesus preached a radical ethic of non-violence – one the early church took very seriously.
Modern ideas of charity were an anomaly in Greece and Rome.
Jesus accorded women dignity and opportunity. The church hasn’t always followed suit.
The secret history of a cherished concept.
How the Bible was used to support a system of profound oppression and dehumanisation.
As Christians gained influence, they came up with ideas like “Just War” and the “Peace of God”.
The gripping, often irreverent, sometimes hilarious history of the Bible in Australian culture.
How a near-death experience helped one man embrace all of life – the beautiful, and the ugly.
Astrophysicist Jennifer Wiseman on star-gazing, human significance, and the prospect of extra-terrestrial life.
Will the real Jesus please stand up? John Dickson’s new book is a quest for the historical Jesus.
Two Aboriginal women give their first-hand accounts of growing up on Christian missions.
Social researcher Hugh Mackay on building a more compassionate and less anxious society.
Nick Spencer responds to questions following the 2018 Richard Johnson Lecture.
Nick Spencer delivers the 2018 Richard Johnson Lecture, on what makes the West the West.
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