Sunday Nights with John Cleary
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Sunday Nights with John Cleary
Sunday Nights with John Cleary is a unique weekly programme exploring the issues, events and people driving developments in religion, ethics, spirituality, popular culture, values and beliefs in our country.
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94 EpisodenRichard Leonard SJ on movies
Richard Leonard on movies including Ken Loach's "I Daniel Blake", "Hacksaw Ridge" and "Fantastic beasts and where to find them"
Brenda Niall in conversation about her recent book on Archbishop Daniel Mannix
Australia's most controversial bishop, Daniel Mannix was the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne from 1917 until is death at 99 years of age in 1963.
Cheerio Chat Room
John Cleary reviews the year in religion and ethics in conversation with Samina Yasmeen, Bill Leadbetter, Frank Sheehan, Angela McCarthy and Chris Bed...
Rod Bower: In there amongst it
Millions of hits on a church Facebook page, outspoken on many social issues, and recipient of the Australian Abysinnian of the Year at the Australian...
Prof Ori Soltes
Spiritual insights through fine Arts across Jewish , Christian and Muslim traditions
Muslim public intellectual Mona Siddiqui
On Islam, religion, extremism, migration and the shaping of public policy.
Evangelical Christian Kathy V Baldock on dialogue with gays and lesbians
Repairing the division existing between social and Christian conservatives and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community
Turkey and the Gülen Movement with Emre Celik
Since the failed military coup in Turkey this year, the Turkish government has cracked down on organisations it claims to pose a threat to national se...
Fr Sean McDonagh's passion for the environment
In the mid 1980's, Fr Sean McDonagh published a book, To Care for the Earth, on environmental responsibility back when the environment was not on the...
Who is my neighbour?
Lebanese-Muslim communities say they have been unfairly called out by Federal Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.
Faith leaders support Civil Marriage Equality
Muslims, Baptists, Orthodox Jews, Progressive Jews, Baptists, Pentecostals and Catholics who advocate for Same-Sex Civil Marriage
Dr Keith Garner from Wesley Mission
Supporting women and children through mental- health issues
Iain Provan
Dr Provan's new book "Convenient Myths" talks about how modern culture constructs myths to suit the the temper of the times.
Sex in Hinduism (The Ark)
In Hinduism, sex has a place that's unparalleled in other world religions.
Andrew West on the wash-up from the USA's presidential election
The evangelical triumph of President-elect Trump
Prisons and Purpose
Penitence, penitentiary, reform, and reformatory were words of promise for our prison system. Today, have we lost hope in our prisons?
Jobs Aren't There: Anglicare Report
The vexed question of whether carrots or sticks are more effective when it comes to welfare
Jon O'Brien Catholics For Choice
Individual Catholics arguing for conscience and autonomy in regard to issues like abortion and contraception
Pope prays with Lutherans in Sweden: Bishop John Henderson
Lutheran and Roman Catholic world leaders mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation
Luke Geary on the Attorney General versus Solicitor General
Thoughts on the political struggle over the independent role of the Australian Solicitor General.
The Ark: Enlightenment is not Godless
The 17th & 18th century Enlightenment philosophers have been criticised for being anti-religious. But just how opposed to God were they?
Diwali: The Indian festival of Light
Light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair
Re-boot your life with Religion
This week around Australia the ABC has been hosting conversations about Rebooting your life, and of course throughout human history one of the central...
Medea, the Goddess Who Killed Her Children (The Ark)
Medea is a figure from ancient Greece, who's had a lively reputation in Western literature and art. She was a symbol of evil, but also of power, a sor...
Healing the wounds: Australia's Serbian Orthodox Bishop
Born in Cleverland, Ohio, Bishop Irenej has completed his time as Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Australia and New Zealand, and has been elected as the Ne...
U.S.A. Religion News with Tom Roberts from the National Catholic Reporter
John Cleary is joined by regular guest Tom Roberts, Editor-at-Large of the US National Catholic Reporter.
Dr Anne Aly: first Muslim woman elected to our Federal Parliament
New Federal member for Cowan in WA, and the first Muslim woman elected to our Federal parliament
"Sully","Snowdon" and" Scientology" with film critic Richard Leonard SJ
Film critic Fr Richard Leonard SJ with his ethical take on movie-making; for "Sully", "Snowdon" and "My Scientology Movie".
Refugees and the Australian Conscience
Has the toxic asylum-seeker debate damaged Australia's Soul?
The Ark: The Galileo's Crime
The trial of Galileo Gallilei in 1633 was a scandal for both science and theology. Neither were advanced by the verdict.
The Ark: psychiatrist Carl Jung and Shamanism
The founder of analytical psychology and what he discovered on the parallels between psychoanalysts and witch doctors.
How to release refugees long held prisoner on Manus, Nauru and Christmas Island
Professor Frank Brennan passionately arguing about human rights and asylum seekers.
Vale Sheik Fehmi, de-redicalising Grand Mufti of Australia
Australia's earliest de-radicalising Imam
Dr Keith Mascord: first Anglican casualty of the same-sex marriage debate
A Sydney Anglican minister appears to be the first casualty of the same-sex marriage debate.
American Prophet Joseph Smith
On the 200th anniversary of the birth of the founder of Mormonism, Rachael Kohn spoke to Professor Douglas Davies about the life of Joseph Smith.
A Tibetan Pilgrimage with Mark Gould and Tenzin Choegyal
The ritual making and destruction of sand mandalas in Tibetan Buddhism, as highlighted on the ABC TV's Compass program.
Muslims, Migration and Australian Angst
Surveys are pointing to a sizeable fear of Muslims among Australians.
What might these findings mean for Australia’s half a million Muslims, a...