Past Programs
Religion and Beliefs - 2003
Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Pastor, Poet, Nazi Resister
17/09/2003
As a Lutheran pastor in Germany during the 1930s Bonhoeffer actively resisted the Nazi regime. For his part in an attempted plot to assassinate Hitler, Bonhoeffer was executed at the age of 39 just days before the end of WWII.
Bernadette of Lourdes
06/08/2003
One of the most famous Catholic saints, Bernadette was a 14 year old peasant girl from the Pyrenees in Southern France when she saw "the white lady" in a grotto in 1858. Soon thousands would flock to the market town of Lourdes to visit the grotto and buy photos of Bernadette.
A Brief History of Heresy
25/06/2003
G.R. Evans follows the fraught history of heresy, showing how the Church came to demand orthodoxy in the face of alternative ideals, and explaining how those involved were 'tested' and punished.
Christian Identity Movement Read Transcript
18/06/2003
Originating in the mid-19th century, the Christian Identity Movement believe that white people of European stock are the descendants of the "Lost Tribes" of ancient Israel. They also believe that non-whites are "mud peoples" created before Adam and Eve, and that Jews are the Satanic offspring of Eve and the Serpent.
Seven Monks of Algeria
09/04/2003
The murder of 7 Catholic monks by the leading Islamist resistance group in Algeria (GIA) in 1995 rocked the world. Having declared war on all foreigners, the GIA was unmoved by the pro-Islamic attitude of Father Abbot Christian and the friendly relations the monks cultivated with the town of Tibhirine. John Kiser tells their story.
Herrnhut
26/02/2003
Australia's first utopian commune was founded in western Victoria in 1852 and lasted for forty years. It was based on a blend of Moravian Christianity, personal charisma, millenarianism, mysticism and communism.
Noah's Flood
19/02/2003
Long regarded as fanciful by historians, the flood that sent Noah packing and everyone else drowning is very likely to have occurred in the Black Sea basin around 5600 BC.
