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Thursday, 26 August 2010
In a world where social issues call us to action, can we afford the luxury of contemplation? Laurence Freeman, Director of the World Community for Christian Meditation, looks at prayer, meditation and the virtue of stillness.
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Thursday, 19 August 2010
David Fanshawe, the English composer who died last month, was best known for his 1972 work, African Sanctus, a setting of the Catholic Latin Mass which combined rock music with traditional African singing and drumming. Here Fanshawe describes his remarkable travels to Africa in 1969.
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Friday, 06 August 2010
Written in the early 5th century, Augustine's City of God is one of the classics of Western theology - but it also articulates a guide to politics that resonates today. This program features a discussion by leading theologists.
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Have we in the West lost the idea of civic virtue? Did the 1960s, with their celebration of free choice and individualism, do away with such public values as decency and honour?
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Massive membership, popular music and an upbeat message may be the future of the church, but it comes at a price of increased materialism and male-dominated leadership.
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Thursday, 15 July 2010
In 2009 a film was released about the life of the Singing Nun (pictured). With its release on DVD, the film's Belgian producer discusses the life and music of the woman who changed the face of popular music.
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Thursday, 08 July 2010
This year the Melbourne College of Divinity celebrates its 100th anniversary. This program of Encounter explores the history, shape and future of theological education in Australia.
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Friday, 18 June 2010
Oliver Collins sings in his school chapel choir, and he serves breakfast
to homeless people as part of his school's outreach to Brisbane's poor.
Oliver also suffers from an extremely rare disease of the connective
tissue - Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva - (or FOP) which means
that a second skeleton is gradually imprisoning his body in bone. - Every Day @ Encounter, Radio National
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Thursday, 03 June 2010
ABC Radio's Encounter joins one of the controversial ethics classes currently being trialled in NSW public schools. The classes have sparked a turf war and they have also sparked robust debate - can you be ethical without God?
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Friday, 21 May 2010
Senator Cory Bernardi's call to follow Belgium and ban the Burqa in Australia has set off a firestorm of commentary where confusion and contradiction reign.
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