Life & Faith
Centre for Public Christianity
Growing up as the son of a diamond smuggler. The leaps of faith required for scientific discovery. An actress who hated Christians, then became one. Join us as we discover the surprising ways Christian faith interrogates and illuminates the world we live in.
Episodes
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Jul 10, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: Christianity's Legacy Part II
What has Christianity ever done for the world? We look at charity, service, and humility as key contributions the Christianity has made to the contemporary world.
Jul 3, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: Christianity's Legacy Part I
What has Christianity ever done for the world? In this first podcast, we discuss the great works of Western culture that have been shaped by Christianity: music, art, literature, architecture, and science.
Jun 26, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: Ross Gittins
Sydney Morning Herald economics editor Ross Gittins talks to Simon Smart about the importance of relationships in economic policy.
Jun 20, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: Girls off the Streets
Justine Toh interviews Roger & Hiroko Seth who run an aftercare home for girls liberated from sex trafficking in India.
Jun 12, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: The Environment
As World Environment Day rolls around, Simon Smart & Justine Toh discuss the Christian understanding of what it means to care for the world.
May 18, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: Rikk Watts
Rikk Watts, Professor of New Testament at Regent College, Canada, talks about the way the early Christians began to challenge the accepted wisdom of their day, and how Jesus overturns everything that we know about life.
Apr 28, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: Anzac Day
Justine Toh and Simon Smart discuss the significance of Anzac Day for Australians and why it is that people continue to be drawn to Gallipoli to remember the events of almost a century ago.
Apr 28, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: Feasting
Simon Smart and Justine Toh discuss the pleasure of eating, how our relationship with food goes beyond just using it to power our bodies and examine if there is a spiritual dimension to eating.
Apr 10, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: Reason and Faith
Is faith by definition irrational? Can it be rational to believe in God? With the second Global Atheist Convention around the corner, Simon Smart and Justine Toh take some time to discuss the relationship between reason and belief.
Apr 10, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: Easter
Why does the date of Easter change? What is the practice of Lent all about? Can we trust the historical accounts of the death and resurrection of Jesus? John Dickson and Simon Smart discuss these and other questions.
