Life & Faith

What does freedom of religion mean in a secular society? Should religion be given any role in the public square? What kind of religion is acceptable in the modern West? CPX spoke to Ryan Messmore who is the president of Campion College, Australia's first Liberal Arts College. Previously he was Research Fellow in Religion and a Free Society with the Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC and the Founder and Executive Director of the Trinity Forum Academy, Royal Oak, Maryland.

In India, China and many other parts of the world today, girls are killed, aborted and abandoned simply because they are girls. The United Nations estimates as many as 200 million girls are missing in the world today because of this so-called “gendercide”. The film It's a Girl reveals this issue. Global experts and grassroots activists put the stories of killed, abandoned and trafficked girls in context and advocate different paths towards change, while collectively lamenting the lack of any truly effective action against this injustice. Simon Smart and Justine Toh discuss the film and speak to Melinda Tankard Reist about "gendercide".

What is mindfulness? Simon Smart and Justine Toh discuss the benefits and dangers of mindfulness with clinical psychologist Lisa Aitken.

December 4 was International Day of People with a Disability. CPX spoke to Jessica King, who has cyanotic heart disease, about what it is like to live with a disability and how the notions of welcome and vulnerability allow us to accept everyone in their difference.

November 25 was the International Day for Eliminating Violence Against Women. Join Justine Toh and World Vision Gender Advisor Michelle Lokot as they discuss efforts to wipe out gender-based violence

Barbara Ferguson works to provide housing and resettlement for displaced Pygmy peoples in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

What does it mean to 'judge others'? Steve Liggins, Simon Smart and Justine Toh tackle this taboo topic and what Jesus might have meant when he said, 'Do not judge'

Mark Sayers' new book diagnoses the restlessness of the contemporary West and how people are not finding the freedom that they are seeking.

The Western World is increasingly full of noise and busyness. Justine Toh and Simon Smart discuss the value of stillness and silence.

The media has made a fuss over the so-called 'Gospel of Jesus' Wife' papyrus. John Dickson spoke with Justine Toh about what we might be able to learn from the document if it is authentic, and why it tells us more about how the media operates than Jesus.