Simon, Natasha, and John share the stories behind their favourite Christmas carols.
Simon, Natasha, and John share the stories behind their favourite Christmas carols.
How the shoot was better and worse than you ever imagined.
An exploration of the role of emotional, social, and especially spiritual care in modern medicine.
It took a famous atheist philosopher to shake the foundations of Sarah Irving-Stonebraker’s atheism.
Courage, blindness, unexpected romance, and a meeting of cultures: the story of missionary Amy Oxley Wilkinson.
Professor Sarah Williams on the importance of language and history when it comes to gender.
Barney Zwartz considers some of the more counter-intuitive truths that Christianity lays claim to.
We look back on the span of World War I through the prism of one man’s life – and death.
Tremper Longman says the Old Testament remains fresh and exciting to him – even after 40 years studying it.
Sociologist Tom Aechtner on why complexity is better than conflict, and how we change our minds.
The Corbetts arrived in Everton ready to fight losing battles – but they’re winning some too.
YA novelist Claire Zorn on surviving high school, why she didn’t expect to be a writer, and mental illness.
Jennifer Wiseman was an undergraduate just starting out in astronomy when someone named a comet after her.
Jennifer Wiseman reflects on the place of beauty in our study of the universe.
Jennifer Wiseman reflects on how big the universe is – and how small we are.
Jennifer Wiseman explains how she finds blessing in both her study of science and her reading of the Bible.
Jennifer Wiseman wouldn’t be surprised to discover that the whole universe was, in fact, teeming with life.
How can we take Christianity seriously, if Christians have so often departed from the tune of Jesus?
Barney Zwartz tackles this commonly-asked question.
Simon Smart writes about the place of religion at the democratic table, and whether Christianity can make Scott Morrison a better PM.
Barney Zwartz and Denis Dragovic make a case for upholding religious freedom in Australia.
It is woefully easy to find Christians behaving badly – yet historically their faith has been a force for good.
John Dickson argues that Christianity is the reason the West considers humility a virtue.
Is there a right and a wrong way to die? Or a worse and a better way? Natasha Moore explores these questions for ABC Religion & Ethics.
The Crusades are one of the most notorious episodes of Christian history.
Few ideas have changed our world more profoundly than this one.
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.
The Jewish and early Christian insistence on care for the poor transformed the ancient world.
Jesus preached a radical ethic of non-violence – one the early church took very seriously.
What is a life well lived? We consider the ripple effects of one man’s influence on generations of students.
When you’re a minority of a minority of a minority, the vital question to ask is where you belong.
A journalist defies our squeamishness about religion to make the case that God is good for you.
It’s everywhere, and it can be crippling. But people can be freed from the grip of trauma.
Caring for the drunk and the vulnerable in the party capital of Europe.
People are prepared to pay the price for ethical fashion – and the industry is taking notice.
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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