Religion: it’s at the centre of world affairs, but profound questions still remain. Why are you here? What happens when you die? Does God matter? God Forbid seeks the answers.
The Parliament of the World’s Religions recently wrapped up its eighth convening in its 128-year history. Interfaith events create a shared space for ...
The Catholic Church in Australia – the country’s largest religion – has held the first session of its most important meeting. The Plenary Council is a...
Some Jewish sacred texts are over 3000 years old, but are still read by nearly half the world’s population. In addition to Jews, there are four billio...
We live in a culture that glorifies the individual, so is it any wonder that success or failure at work is a pressure that many find hard to bear? On ...
Australia is a country where meat is our national icon — we commune around the barbie, and love our meat pies. Yet, we also have some of the oldest ve...
Can playing games teach us anything about ourselves, and about the world? And what do games have in common with attending church? On God Forbid, James...
Biblical literacy is likely lower in Australia today than at any point since the convict era. Yet the legacy of this book – for better and worse – is ...
How do we deal with people with fringe beliefs? The extremes of politics, society and religion seem outlandish, but most of us know someone who has vi...
There's been a decline in the number of Australians identifying as religious, but that doesn’t make dealing with religion in public any easier. So how...
In the Cold War era, we had the space race — the first satellite, first dog and first person in space. Today, it’s the first billionaire and his rocke...