Mid-week Update: Asylum Seekers and the Corruption of the Australian Soul

News Video Audio Twitter abc.net.au/religion This week's highlights Power over life and death: The amorality of modern medicine ABC Religion and Ethics - 27 Nov 2012 Since we have come to believe that life comes from nowhere, is headed nowhere and has no particular purpose, we are reduced to little more than corpses figuring out when to embrace death. More The fear of others has corrupted the Australian soul ABC Religion and Ethics - 27 Nov 2012 Somehow, we've become comfortable with treating vulnerable "others" as we would never want to be treated. Measured against the Golden Rule, it points to a neglected, enfeebled, imperilled Australian soul. More A new Christendom: Can Christianity breathe life into modernity? ABC Religion and Ethics - 27 Nov 2012 Modernity, by God's grace, may yet be the site in which a new Christendom can emerge, one in which the reign of God emerges side-by-side with the full dignity and flourishing of man. More The triumph of the radicals: Women bishops and the Church of England ABC Religion and Ethics - 27 Nov 2012 The General Synod decision on women bishops reveals that the Church of England has been unable to find a way to tolerate high levels of diversity within its membership. It has been held hostage by the radical fringe. More On ABC Radio Religion and Ethics Report - Religious turmoil in Syria and Lebanon ABC Radio National | Wednesday 28 November 2012 5.30pm Presented by Andrew West Could the religious turmoil that is currently roiling Syria spill over into Lebanon? Dr Mike Bassous, general secretary of the Bible Society of Lebanon, says that Lebanon has struck a delicate political and religious balance between Christians, Sunni Muslims, Shiite Muslims and Druze, but this could be in jeopardy as thousands of refugees fleeing the violence in Syria pour across the border. And Professor Ruth Powell, director of the National Church Life Survey, gives an overview of the results of the latest survey, which finds that churchgoers are older, well educated and overwhelmingly female - and that the sense of belonging outweighs belief. Repeated Thursdays at 5:30am  More Unsubscribe  © 2012 | Privacy policy | Conditions of use