Those in the churches who obsess about sexuality should lift their thoughts from the human genitals to the real moral problems of our world, on which their views may actually be helpful.
Without committed religious scholars and intellectuals aware of the dangers now confronting Islam, there can be little doubt that we are heading for an upsurge of religious populism and the emotional blindness of the masses.
The unity produced by having an enemy in common is palpable. But, as Augustine warns, such a restless temporal unity must constantly be renewed by further wars and new enemies.
Many Jews do not realise that the core of our prayer is not petition at all, but praise and thanksgiving. The essence of reciting blessings and prayers is to make us more grateful for and in life.
ABC Radio National | Wednesday 19 September 2012 5.30pm
Presented by Andrew West Do the protests against the anti-Muhammad movie mask a bigger grievance over socio-economic problems and authoritarian government in the Muslim world? Professor Salman Sayyid of the International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding at the University of South Australia argues the protests reflect a broader anger that has few official channels in which to express itself, and that governments in the Muslim world prefer anger directed at western interests rather than their own regimes. Jess Hill of The Global Mail asks why the Saudi government remains a favourite regime of many in the West, even though it foments the sort of extremist anger seen on the streets, and the World Council of Churches begins hearings in Geneva into the way blasphemy laws in Pakistan have been used against religious minorities. Repeated Thursdays at 5:30am
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