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Sunday Nights with John Cleary
Welcome to our new Sunday Nights website. Have a look around. Here you will find information about past and future programmes, biographical background material on guests, details of music featured on the programme, and access to podcasts of the first two hours of each and every Sunday Night.
It is also an opportunity for you to extend the conversation by joining our Sunday Nights blog. Comment on the contributions of our guests, and give us your feedback on our regular features including The Good Life, and The Inquizition.
It's especially good to welcome some of our regular Chat Room guests as bloggers. Now you will be able to pick up issues raised by them on Sunday Night and share your reactions to the conversation with others.
Latest Podcasts
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Eric Kaufman - Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?
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Spirit Matters - Australian Spirituality and Well Being
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The Goodlife and Indonesian Islam
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Coming Up
Anglican Church General Synod
Next week the Anglican Church of Australia meets in Melbourne for its triennial General Synod. The leading role of the Sydney diocese in international church debates over women, gays, and Church Order make the Australian Synod one to watch. We preview the Synod, and highlight the issues to keep an eye on...
and in our second Hour - John Dominic Crossan is one of the world's great religious scholars. His understanding of the life of Jesus as a Mediterannean peasant helped renew interest in the historical Jesus and shape the scholarly group known as the Jesus Seminar.
Recent Blog Posts
- Is the Australian National Council of Priests ready to blow up the world?
- Sexual abuse high on the agenda at national meeting of priests
- From bad to worse: Belgians, desecration, sacrilege and the Catholic church
- Vatican outrage as Belgian police raid the Cardinal's house, desecrate graves and detain bishops
Talkback
Spirit Matters - Australian Spirituality and Well Being
Can we in any sense talk of an Australian spirituality? Is there a link between spirituality and well being? Link the two and we may find the recipe for a renewed sense of community. This week in Melbourne social scientists and theologians have been putting their heads together over such questions, and on Sunday Night we are going to see what they've come up with.
05/09/2010
Interviews
Eric Kaufman - Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?
With all the current talk about the revival of religion, political Scientist Eric Kaufmann takes a look at the statistics and muses that if demography is any guide, the world to come will be much more religious and much more conservative.
05/09/2010
The Good Life
The Goodlife and Indonesian Islam
Indonesia is the world's largest democracy- and also the world's largest Muslim majority nation. With over 2 hundred million Muslims, and a long and complex history, aspects of Ramadan in Indonesia reflect a great deal about the character of Indonesia. The end of Ramadan is near- and the final day - Eid - has it's own uniquely Indonesian home-grown name- Lebaran. Lebaran is a holiday - not unlike Christmas celebrations for Christians.
I went off to a Ramadan iftar meal (breaking the fast) at the Indonesian consulate in Maroubra, Sydney, to learn a little more about the unique nature of Indonesian Islam through its celebration of Ramadan and its festival end.
I went off to a Ramadan iftar meal (breaking the fast) at the Indonesian consulate in Maroubra, Sydney, to learn a little more about the unique nature of Indonesian Islam through its celebration of Ramadan and its festival end.
05/09/2010
- The hidden impact of alcohol 29/08/2010
- Challenging Charities - Vinnies and the Salvos 22/08/2010
- Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf 29/08/2010
- Psychologist Paul Martin on Pastoral Care and Sexual Diversity 22/08/2010
- The Goodlife and the Uighurs 29/08/2010
- The Goodlife and Sufi'ism 22/08/2010
One O'Clock Chat Room
Thoughtful and entertaining blogs from our regular guests...
Samina Yasmeen
Associate Professor Samina Yasmeen is the Director, Centre for Muslim States and Societies at the University of Western Australia, Perth.
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