Mid-Week Update: Threats to Religious Freedom

News Video Audio Twitter abc.net.au/religion Mid-week update What kind of religion is free in the public square? ABC Religion and Ethics - 24 Oct 2012 Western societies now safeguard freedom for only a certain kind of religion - a heavily privatized kind. This narrowing of religious liberty weakens the social order which serves and supports all citizens. More The politics of abortion: America does not have a pro-life party ABC Religion and Ethics - 22 Oct 2012 The Republican Party is often described as America's pro-life political party. In reality, the GOP is not pro-life. At best, it's merely anti-abortion. At worst, it's simply misogynistic. More A priestly people: Women bishops and the unity of the Church ABC Religion and Ethics - 23 Oct 2012 Due to its refusal to ordain women bishops, the Church is beset by a fundamental theological inconsistency. For the sake of the health of the Church and its credibility in our society, this must be rectified. More The body of Christ: Medicine and the Christian difference ABC Religion and Ethics - 19 Oct 2012 If the Christian body is a body meant to glorify God, the approach to health care that should characterize Christians may be quite different from those not formed by the practices of the church. More On ABC Radio Religion and Ethics Report - Presbyterian roots of Adam Smith's economic theory ABC Radio National | Wednesday 24 October 2012 5.30pm Presented by Andrew West The president of Campion College and former Heritage Foundation fellow, Ryan Messmore, argues that the Obama administration is threatening religious liberty in the United States like no administration before, with its health insurance legislation. Dr Messmore is the 2012 Acton lecturer at the free-market Centre for Independent Studies. Australia's 'Airport Economist' Tim Harcourt discusses the legacy of Christian socialist economist John Neville, who's just turned 80, and the Presbyterian roots of Adam Smith's economic theory. And American Baptist minister and history professor Cheryl Townsend-Gilkes discusses the way the preaching style of the African-American church has influenced American political oratory, from Frederick Douglass to Martin Luther King to Jesse Jackson to Barack Obama. Repeated Thursdays at 5:30am  More Unsubscribe  © 2012 | Privacy policy | Conditions of use