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Sunday Nights with John Cleary
Welcome to our new Sunday Nights website. Have a look around. Here you will find information about past and future programmes, biographical background material on guests, details of music featured on the programme, and access to podcasts of the first two hours of each and every Sunday Night.
It is also an opportunity for you to extend the conversation by joining our Sunday Nights blog. Comment on the contributions of our guests, and give us your feedback on our regular features including The Good Life, and The Inquizition.
It's especially good to welcome some of our regular Chat Room guests as bloggers. Now you will be able to pick up issues raised by them on Sunday Night and share your reactions to the conversation with others.
Latest Podcasts
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Fr Donald Cozzens and Dr Michael Whelan on the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church
25/07/2010|
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The 'Great' debate reviewed
25/07/2010|
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The Goodlife, Daoism and Soul-Power
25/07/2010|
Coming Up
Partnering the Poor
How much are we Australian's prepared to commit ourselves to the welfare of others? For years churches and charities have argued that looking after others includes not just a hand out but a hand up. One of the agencies that promotes a global view on our duty to offer a hand up, is TEAR Australia. Tim Trudgen is based in Galiwin'ku, North East Arnhem Land, NT, working with the Yolngu people. Barbara Deutschmann is a long term senior TEAR staff member and a theologian, with particular interest in gender issues. C.B. Samuel is a Pastor, theologian and CEO of an Indian development agency.
In our second Hour
NATE KERR author of 'Christ, History and Apocalyptic: the politics of Christian mission'
Recent Blog Posts
- Is the Australian National Council of Priests ready to blow up the world?
- Sexual abuse high on the agenda at national meeting of priests
- From bad to worse: Belgians, desecration, sacrilege and the Catholic church
- Vatican outrage as Belgian police raid the Cardinal's house, desecrate graves and detain bishops
Talkback
The 'Great' debate reviewed
"Well, how did you score it" is the predominant question across the country tonight. 'Not a knockout to either side', seems to be the general verdict. Lurking below is perhaps a general distaste for both sides. Tony Abbot fudges work choices, Julia Gillard fudges climate, and both seek to manipulate the soft underbelly of Australia on immigration and population.
Is this one of those elections in which voluntary voting, if it were to be permitted in Australia, would declare a plague on both their houses? What do you think?
Is this one of those elections in which voluntary voting, if it were to be permitted in Australia, would declare a plague on both their houses? What do you think?
25/07/2010
Interviews
Fr Donald Cozzens and Dr Michael Whelan on the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church
The world is watching the Catholic Church's public agony over clergy sexual abuse. Last week the National Council of Priests of Australia invited one of the church's most widely read commentators on the issue, American priest, Fr. Donald Cozzens author of a number of books including 'The Changing Face of the Priesthood', to speak to them, and a rather intense session it proved to be. Tonight, Donald Cozzens joins us together with Australian priest Michael Whelan, to assess the temperature of the debate both in Australia and internationally.
25/07/2010
The Good Life
The Goodlife, Daoism and Soul-Power
Master Sha (as he is called by his followers) presents a deeply Chinese approach to the good Life- his unique method of acquiring health and well-being. One of his books on this subject became a New York best Seller, and he now runs the Institute of Soul Healing and Enlightenment. While the roots of his basically Daoist belief system are very ancient, Dr Sha is a modern phenomenon. While he has qualified as a Western medical doctor, he also has extensive knowledge of Chinese traditional medicine, and has developed a new system of his own- based 'soul singing'. These are mantras he teaches that he says will improve health and wellbeing. It may not surprise you that Hasidic Judaism teaches a somewhat similar approach to the healing nature of sound.
25/07/2010
- The Future of Faith 18/07/2010
- St Vincent de Paul sacking/ Palestinian Christians 11/07/2010
- Hal Drake and Sean Frayne 18/07/2010
- Dr Paul Fiddes 11/07/2010
- The Good Life and St Benedict of Nursia 18/07/2010
- The Goodlife and the Cao Dai, part 2 11/07/2010
One O'Clock Chat Room
Thoughtful and entertaining blogs from our regular guests...
Samina Yasmeen
Associate Professor Samina Yasmeen is the Director, Centre for Muslim States and Societies at the University of Western Australia, Perth.
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