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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Andrew West |Nadyat El Gawley |Bethany Stewart
Wokeness. It’s a word that’s gone from badge of pride to insult. It’s an idea with religious roots, even though most of its champions would disdain any religious belief or doctrine. Those who have embraced so-called wokeness say they are promoting social justice. But to sociologist Musa al-Gharbi, it’s social justice for the comfortable – for those who want to feel progressive but hang onto the privileges and status of the upper middle class.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Andrew West |Nadyat El Gawley |Bethany Stewart
Pope Francis, seriously ill, struggling to work from a hospital bed in Rome. He’s revealed that he has written a resignation letter -- but without a date. So what happens if the Pope slips into unconsciousness? Who’s responsible for leading 1.3 billion Catholics. Professor Darius von Guttner specialises in Vatican affairs and history at the Australian Catholic University in Canberra.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Meredith Lake |Hong Jiang |Rohan Salmond |Bethany Stewart
What does it mean to be fully alive? Elizabeth Oldfield has ditched the conventional script of what life can look like — instead choosing to live in what she calls a "micro-monastery". Elizabeth Oldfield is host of The Sacred podcast and a author of Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Andrew West |Hong Jiang |Bethany Stewart
Join The Religion and Ethics Report in Hungary. The country is also the centre of Europe's culture wars, especially on issues of immigration, gender, and sex. And Prime Minister Orban has famously pledged to make Hungary a model of "illiberal democracy." Even those who don’t buy into Orban's project recognise how successful the Hungarian prime minister has been at creating a nationalistic model. He's attracted admiration from the right, and even segments of the left.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Meredith Lake |Rohan Salmond |Hong Jiang |Bethany Stewart
Volunteers make the world go round! Most people undertake volunteer work at some point in their lives, but some religious traditions particularly emphasise the importance of service to others. Mandeep Kaur is a member of the Central Australia Sikh Cultural Centre in Alice Springs, she is joined by other members of the Centre, including several children. Abir Roz is the President of the Muslim Women's Support Centre of WA.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Andrew West |Hong Jiang |Bethany Stewart |Ann Marie Debettencor
The King of Bhutan is in Australia, meeting national leaders and some of the 35,000 members of the Bhutanese diaspora. The Buddhist-majority country enjoys a reputation as the happiest country on earth — but it also faces economic and human rights challenges. Next month's presidential election has been called the most consequential in modern US history. American voters seem polarised, but political scientist Damon Linker believes that there is common ground. Buddhism, US Elections, World Politics
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Andrew West |Hong Jiang |Bethany Stewart
A combination of drought, flood, and a civil war in Sudan could leave 25 million people at risk of starvation. That's more than half the population. The World Health Organisation says 3.6 million children are already acutely malnourished. In the US, sporadic attacks on places of worship have convinced some church congregations to form their own armed militias. That's despite church leaders strongly supporting gun control.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Andrew West |Hong Jiang |Bethany Stewart
A combination of drought, flood, and a civil war in Sudan could leave 25 million people at risk of starvation. That's more than half the population. The World Health Organisation says 3.6 million children are already acutely malnourished. In the US, sporadic attacks on places of worship have convinced some church congregations to form their own armed militias. That's despite church leaders strongly supporting gun control.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Meredith Lake |Hong Jiang |Rohan Salmond |Bethany Stewart
What does it mean to be fully alive? Elizabeth Oldfield has ditched the conventional script of what life can look like — instead choosing to live in what she calls a "micro-monastery". Elizabeth Oldfield is host of The Sacred podcast and a author of Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Andrew West |Hong Jiang |Roi Huberman |Bethany Stewart
The failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump has not only turbo-charged his supporters, it’s led many to believe that God spared his life so he could retake power. The once mighty US Black churches, which drew congregations in the thousands, are in decline – and it's affecting the Democratic party. A country in which almost everyone is Muslim might seem an unlikely place for the government to impose a ban on the hijab. So why has the parliament of Tajikistan done so?
