This Week's Highlights: A Place of Asylum? The History of Australia's Dealings with Unwanted Immigrants

News Video Audio Twitter abc.net.au/religion This week's highlights A place of asylum? Australia's history with unwanted immigrants ABC Religion and Ethics - 2 Nov 2012 Our attitudes toward asylum seekers have deep roots in our formative history as a nation. Such attitudes were constitutive of our history as a nation-state, and of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia. More Idolatry and injustice: A Jewish appreciation of Reinhold Niebuhr ABC Religion and Ethics - 1 Nov 2012 As a Jew born in 1941, I might very well owe my life to Reinhold Niebuhr. For Niebuhr was able to counter the ethical temptation of Christians of his time and place to be passive in the face of Nazi injustice. More Malala Yousafzai and the other half of Muslim history ABC Religion and Ethics - 30 Oct 2012 Malala Yousafzai's fate is a reminder that women's historical roles in Islamic learning and scholarship need to become much better known among Muslims themselves. More Love in time of infidelity: Rethinking sex and celibacy ABC Religion and Ethics - 29 Oct 2012 The task of reimagining celibacy and faithful vowed relations, whether heterosexual or homosexual, in an age of commodified desire and massive infidelity is both necessary and immensely daunting. More This week on ABC TV Compass - Divine Women - Part 3 ABC1 | Sunday 4 November 2012 06:30 pm Presented by Geraldine Doogue Bettany Hughes uncovers the lost era of the priestess. She delves into the Ancient Greek worship of the goddess of sex, Aphrodite and finds out what this practice meant for women.  More Songs of Praise - Windsor Castle ABC1 | Sunday 4 November 2012 11.30am Presented by Diane Louise Jordan Diane Louise Jordan visits Windsor Castle to discover what life is like within the walls. An Irish Guard, a professional photographer and a volunteer steward provide a glimpse of this world famous tourist attraction.  More This week on ABC Radio Encounter - Arab Jews: A Forgotten Exodus ABC Radio National | Saturday 3 November 2012 5.00pm Presented by David Rutledge Sixty years ago, around one million Jews lived in Arab societies, but today only a few thousand remain. The plight of Palestinian refugees is well known, but the Jews who were uprooted and forced to flee their Arab homes are largely forgotten. We explore the past, present and possible future for Arab Jews. Producer: Magdi Abdelhadi (BBC) Repeated Wednesdays at 1.00pm  More For The God Who Sings - Saints and Souls ABC Classic FM | Sunday 4 November 2012 10.30pm Presented by Stephen Watkins The remarkable story of Lazarus, his decaying body restored, his life too, captured the imagination of artists and composers, assuring faith of resurrection for saints and souls.  More Religion and Ethics Report - Mitt and Mormonism ABC Radio National | Wednesday 31 October 2012 5.30pm Presented by Andrew West Next week's US president election is looking extremely tight. Every vote will count. Will the Mormon religion of Republican candidate Mitt Romney cost him a crucial handful of votes? Polls suggest most evangelical Christians will vote, however reluctantly, for Romney. But a hard core might stay home, unable to support a man whose faith they consider a cult. Also, the distinguished American scholar and writer, E.J. Dionne, argues in his latest book that the 2012 election reflects a 300 year contest in America between those with an individualist view of government and those who derive their communitarian view of society from the Bible. Repeated Thursdays at 5:30am  More Sunday Nights - The Issue, The Interview and The Goodlife ABC Local Radio Across Australia | Sunday 4 November 2012 10.05 pm Presented by Noel Debien Conversations on important issues concerning religion, spirituality, ethics and values.  More The Rhythm Divine - Conscious Music with Heather Frahn ABC Radio National | Sunday 4 November 2012 6.00am Presented by Geoff Wood One of the young pioneers of the Conscious Music Movement with songs for well-being and positive social change, Australia's Heather Frahn has been compared to Tracy Chapman and India Arie. A multi-award winning singer-songwriter, with a powerful voice and a unique hybrid eight-string baritone guitar, Heather Frahn joins us for our concert series The Rhythm Sessions featuring acoustic versions of songs from her new album, Be The Change. Repeated Mondays at 1.00am.  More The Spirit of Things - My Spiritual Diary: Dr. Catherine Crock ABC Radio National | Sunday 4 November 2012 6.05pm Presented by Rachael Kohn The award winning young doctor and mother of five, Catherine Crock is on a mission to change the hospital culture. She's already introduced music in the hospital setting by producing 12 HUSH cds that have raised funds for Childrens Hospitals across Australia. But its her team work and mentoring, and her production of a play to help hospital staff understand the importance of communicating well with patients and families, that have made Cath a most outstanding leader. Family life has been enormously sustaining, yet a potentially lethal allergy and a heart condition give this inspirational woman cause to reflect on her own mortality and the sources of her deepest joy. Repeated Tuesdays at 1.00pm  More Unsubscribe  © 2012 | Privacy policy | Conditions of use