Past Programs
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Jews Are News
27/11/2005
The Australian Jewish News celebrates 110 years this year. Editor, Dan Goldberg, comments on the independent newspaper that has occasionally conflicted with religious authorities.
Demonic Possession
13/11/2005
Demonic possession is recorded in the Gospels and remains a strong theme in Christian history.
The Angel of Mons
06/11/2005
The Angel of Mons is said to have appeared in the battle at Mons, Belgium, in 1914. British scholar of the supernatural, David Clarke investigates.
Secret House Rituals
16/10/2005
Ian Evans has discovered a secret practice of the 18th and 19th centuries in Australia & the UK to protect the home and its inhabitants from evil forces.
Celts: Ancient or Modern?
02/10/2005
What has become of the Celtic peoples whose culture spanned Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea?
Blood and Fire, Salvos in Australia
18/09/2005
The Salvation Army started in Australia 125 years ago when two men held a meeting in Adelaide's Botanic Park.
Mystery Cults of Pompeii
28/08/2005
Archaeologist Michael Birrell describes the mystery cults from the East, such as the cult of Isis, which have been found in the ruins of Pompeii.
The Kimberley Plan Read Transcript
21/08/2005
Melbourne journalist Leon Gettler takes us to the 1930s when the Kimberley region in Western Australia was proposed as a place of refuge for Europe's Jews.
Box and Dice
31/07/2005
The stone box that was thought to have contained the bones of James the brother of Jesus made the news a few years back. But it was found to be a fake. How did the controversy get that far, and why were archaeologists willing to gamble on their reputations? Prominent expert on James research and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, Robert Eisenman, explains.
American Prophet: Joseph Smith
29/05/2005
This year the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, The Mormons, will be celebrating 200 years since the birth of their founder, Joseph Smith.
Edmund Rice, from Merchant to Mentor
15/05/2005
The story of Edmund Rice, the founder of the Christian Brothers.
The Gods of Alexander the Great
24/04/2005
Who were his gods, and why did he want to become one? And what was the religious impact of the man who changed the face of the ancient world?
Alexander Cruden, Who Unwrote the Bible
03/04/2005
An index of every word and phrase in the Old and New Testaments, Cruden's Bible Concordance has never been out of print since its publication in 1750.
Celts: Ancient or Modern?
06/03/2005
What has become of the Celtic peoples whose culture spanned Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea?
Australia's Anglican Culture
20/02/2005
Australia's Anglican culture is ignored in current histories of the country, argues historian Brian Fletcher.
The Gods of Alexander the Great
13/02/2005
Who were his gods, and why did he want to become one? And what was the religious impact of the man who changed the face of the ancient world?
General Sir John Monash
23/01/2005
Monash was an Australian Jew whose victories in France at the end of World War I broke the 4-year stalemate of trench warfare.
