Listen Now - 11052008 | Download Audio - 11052008
For thousands of people in Australia, life inside prison is a reality. But thanks to the dedicated work of chaplains, prisons can also be places with meaning and hope.
Listen Now - 04052008 | Download Audio - 04052008
In the Christian liturgical calendar, Pentecost celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles as described in the New Testament. We also travel to the Sri Lankan Lankarama temple in Western Sydney to learn about the Buddhist celebration of Vesak, marking Buddha's birth and enlightenment. Read Transcript
Listen Now - 27042008 | Download Audio - 27042008
The former Labor Premier of NSW, Bob Carr, is as much a critic of totalitarianism as he is of the Bible's call to obedience. But that hasn't stopped him from reading the Bible, the ancient epics and the great modern works that plumb the meaning of God and man's destiny as he reveals in his new book, My Reading Life. Read Transcript
Listen Now - 20042008 | Download Audio - 20042008
Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church (the Moonies), claimed that he was 'humanity's Saviour, Messiah, Returning Lord and True Parent' in 2004. Moon's influence within the US government is remarkable given his extremely critical views of American society and his own Messianic designs, the subject of John Gorenfeld's investigations in his book, Bad Moon Rising. Read Transcript
Sunday 6pm
repeated Tuesday 1pm and Wednesday 2am
Presented by
Rachael Kohn
Sunday 18 May 2008
This week we re-visit our monthly series, Spiritual Classics, with The Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, and the poetry of the 19th Century Anglican turned Jesuit priest, Gerard Manley Hopkins, delivered by Australian author Tom Keneally.
Sunday 13 April
First published in 1993, The Celestine Prophecy has sold millions of copies. The story is an adventure to Peru in search of ancient scrolls and the nine spiritual insights they contain. The book is now a film and to preview The Celestine Prophecy Movie, and to talk matters spiritual, Rachael Kohn speaks with the book's author, James Redfield, who is touring Australia in early April to give workshops in Melbourne and Sydney.
6pm AEST
The National Interest
with Peter Mares
Local and national focus on the major issues of the week
