

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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Nov 27, 2012 • 16min
Life and Faith: Barbara Ferguson
Barbara Ferguson works to provide housing and resettlement for displaced Pygmy peoples in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nov 20, 2012 • 14min
Life and Faith: Judging Others
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'

Nov 15, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: The Road trip that changed the world
Mark Sayers' new book diagnoses the restlessness of the contemporary West and how people are not finding the freedom that they are seeking.

Oct 31, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: Silence
The Western World is increasingly full of noise and busyness. Justine Toh and Simon Smart discuss the value of stillness and silence.

Oct 24, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: The wife of Jesus
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.

Oct 16, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: The Good Life Part III
In our society, what is the 'good life'? How much is it a construction of advertisers and what is it to really live the 'good life'?

Oct 16, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: The Good Life Part II
In our society, what is the 'good life'? How much is it a construction of advertisers and what is it to really live the 'good life'?

Oct 16, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: The Good Life
In our society, what is the 'good life'? How much is it a construction of advertisers and what is it to really live the 'good life'?

Oct 7, 2012 • 15min
Relationships in the iWorld
It isn't official till its Facebook official. What does this phrase tell us about relationships today? Do we still believe in the concept of 'forever' or have we replaced it with 'just now'? Simon Smart and Justine Toh discuss relationships and commitment in the modern Western world.

Sep 23, 2012 • 15min
Life and Faith: The iWorld
What is the iWorld? Dale Kuehne, the author of Sex and the iWorld, and Justine Toh explore the rise of individualism in Western Culture and the impact it is having on society.


