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January 2012
Justine Toh considers Lars von Trier's latest film, an unforgettable, if profoundly discomfiting, viewing experience - one that leaves the audience wondering what kind of universe we inhabit. |
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December 2011
Justine Toh on the value of spending Christmas with others. |
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December 2011
Simon Smart responds to the claim that the Christmas-story is nothing more than wish-fulfilment, arguing that something can be both a wish and reality at the same time and that disbelief can be wish-fulfilment just as much as belief. |
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December 2011
Justine Toh on It's a Wonderful Life's George Bailey and why maybe Steve Jobs' life mightn't have been so 'wonderful' |
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November 2011
Justine Toh on how Twilight's cast of undying beautiful people strangely ape the 'amortal' hopes and dreams of our culture. |
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November 2011
Justine Toh on the work that being a woman involves. |
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October 2011
John Dickson argues that Christianity is the reason the West considers humility a virtue. |
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October 2011
Justine Toh on why Chinese hit-and-run toddler Wang Yue was left to die and why her "Good Samaritan" gives hope. |
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October 2011
For 2011 Anti-Poverty Week, Simon Smart examines the inequities in wealth distribution and asks if anything can be done about it. |
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October 2011
CPX Fellow Michael Bird on the serious problems caused by gambling and why the anti-pokie laws are not 'unAustralian' but instead show concern for the vulnerable. |
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October 2011
CPX Fellow Michael Bird asks if separation of church and state is the real issue at stake in the controversy surrounding school chaplains, then why isn't there a comparable protest against chaplains in the military, prisons, hospitals and police force? |
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October 2011
Simon Smart on the quest for amortality, growing older but never growing up, and how it excises the natural rhythms of ageing. |
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September 2011
Simon Smart reviews Harvard University Professor Robert Putnam's new book American Grace, which is an examination of religious life in today's America. |
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September 2011
10 years after September 11 is it possible to embrace rather than exclude our enemies? |
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September 2011
Simon Smart considers the findings of Robert Putnam, that religious people make better citizens and neighbours. |
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September 2011
Justine Toh asks what would be a fitting memorial to 9/11 |
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August 2011
CPX Fellow Brian Rosner responds to Peter FitzSimons' claim that belief in God is "entirely inimical to educational principles". |
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August 2011
Simon Smart on Fred Nile's attempts to block the Ethics classes in NSW Public Schools. |
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July 2011
John Dickson responds to Tamas Pataki's claim that it was the ancient Greeks, not Jews and Christians, who established the Western intellectual tradition of testing for truth. |
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July 2011
John Dickson looks into why people believe what they believe and what it takes to change someones mind. |
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June 2011
John Dickson examines the historical claims made by Dr Tamas Pataki in a recent ABC Religion and Ethics article |
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June 2011
Justine Toh asks if it's possible to love our neighbour by not watching pornography. |
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April 2011
Justine Toh examines how images of Jesus as beautiful serve to make him less challenging to the status quo. |
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April 2011
Simon Smart examines how the story of sacrifice links Easter and Anzac Day. |
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April 2011
John Dickson provides some thoughts about whether religion is a uniting or divisive force. |
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February 2011
Simon Smart examines the disappearance of faith language from public discourse. |
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December 2010
Simon Smart examines the message of hope at the heart of the Christmas story. |
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December 2010
Justine Toh explores the way that feasting with others can bring out a spiritual appetite. |
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December 2010
At Christmas, Greg Clarke looks at the story of the virgin birth and God's outrageous preference for sinners. |
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December 2010
Justine Toh considers what the Oprah's visit to Australia reveals about the aspirational lifestyle. |
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December 2010
Bronwen Hanna reflects on what art and Genesis have to communicate about what it means to be human. |
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December 2010
Simon Smart reviews What's mine is yours, which examines major changes in the way people are consuming. |
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November 2010
Justine Toh examines the way the Harry Potter series critiques consumerism. |
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November 2010
Responding to Brendan Brown (Why an atheist Prime Minister is better The Punch Nov 10), Simon Smart examines so of the realities of history and philosophy that the writer seems unaware of. |
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November 2010
Greg Clarke asks if Australia needs a 'big sign' of the significance of Jesus? |
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October 2010
Justine Toh examines some underlying messages of Eat Pray Love. |
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October 2010
Writing around the cannonisation of Mary MacKillop, Greg Clarke considers what it is to be a saint. |
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September 2010
Greg Clarke considers what people who burn books are seeking to achieve. |
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September 2010
Simon Smart reviews Home Truth and reflects on the what the idea of home means to people today. |
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September 2010
Richard Shumack explores the different ways the Muslims and Christians respond to the question of suffering. |
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September 2010
Greg Clarke examines how religious people can understand the tragedy of events like the Pakistani floods. |
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August 2010
Greg Clarke reflects on the life and writing of literary critic Sir Frank Kermode. |
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August 2010
Greg Clarke and John Dickson consider Anne Rice's announcement she is giving up on Christianity. |
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July 2010
John Dickson explores the 'Christian Vote' and suggests that concern for others should guide Christians' political choices.
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July 2010
Greg Clarke argues that Christians too often approach politics with an Old Testament mindset. |
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July 2010
Greg Clarke reflects on a recent display of Australia's historic Bibles. |
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July 2010
Greg Clarke examines how God and sport get mixed up. |
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May 2010
Simon Smart writes about atheist Christopher Hitchens and his Christian brother, Peter. |
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May 2010
Greg Clarke uses two very different books to explore how Christians interact with culture. |
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May 2010
Greg Clarke writes for ABC Unleashed on Patrick White's great novel, The Vivisector. |
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April 2010
Greg Clarke examines the recent ethics and scripture debate, considering whether schools need more Bible literacy. |
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February 2010
Palliative care doctor and ethicist, Megan Best, writes about some easily misunderstood aspects of the euthanasia debate, and argues that issues surrounding death require more than a medical answer. |
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January 2010
Greg Clarke examines an Australian artistic legend. |
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December 2009
John Dickson gives historical support to the traditional account of Jesus' birth.
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December 2009
Simon Smart reviews David Bentley Hart's book Atheist Delusions - The Christian Revolution and its Fashionable Enemies |
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December 2009
Simon Smart discusses his visit to the Parliament of World Religions and compares that to a trip to Bondi. |
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December 2009
Greg Clarke gives some thoughts on The Atheist's Guide to Christmas. |
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October 2009
As the consultation committee hands in its report to the government on a human rights charter, CPX directors insist that while there is no specifically Christian view on the question of the necessity of a charter, the principle of self sacrifice should take precedence over self interest |
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September 2009
John Dickson and Greg Clarke comment on the release of the Poverty and Justice Bible |
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July 2009
Greg Clarke argues that churches should take the time to speak out on political issues. |
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July 2009
Richard Shumack argues for the benefit of facing up to the 'mindset differences' between Islam and the West. This is a vital ingredient in the search for positive co-existence. |
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June 2009
Three significant deaths in one day raise questions of mortality for Greg Clarke writing for The Punch. |
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June 2009
Greg Clarke reviewed the Jack Black comedy Year One for The Punch. |
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May 2009
Greg Clarke and CPX Fellow Justine Toh featured on a panel examining the relationship of youth to religion. |
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May 2009
John Dickson examines the claim that religion leads to violence. |
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April 2009
John Dickson's Sydney Morning Herald article from Good Friday focused on the symbol of the cross - what it meant in the 1st century; what it means today. |
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April 2009
Greg Clarke examines Michael Ruse's position on faith and science. |
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April 2009
John Dickson featured on Richard Glover's Self Improvement Wednesday to talking about crucifixion with special reference to the crucifixion of Jesus. |
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April 2009
John Dickson was on The World Today discussing a survey commissioned by CPX about Jesus. |
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April 2009
CPX commissioned a survey to discover what Australians think about Jesus. You can read about the surprising results in The Age here or The Sydney Morning Herald here. |
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April 2009
John Dickson was interviewed by John Cleary for Radio National on his latest book Jesus - A Short Life. |
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February 2009
John Dickson was interviewed by Brian Crump about his new book. |
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February 2009
John Dickson examines the census figures that show a rise in people ticking "no religion". |
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January 2009
Being open to change can lead to radical shifts in belief even late in life, writes Greg Clarke. |
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January 2009
Greg Clarke discussed the Atheist Bus campaign with Luke Bona on 2GB. |
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December 2008
Greg Clarke's article 'Sweet Baby Jesus had a Beard' was published by ABC Opinion for the lead up to Christmas |
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December 2008
Greg Clarke featured on ABC Radio National's 'Religion Report' responding to the London atheist bus campaign and moves to launch a similar campaign in Australia. You can listen to it here or read about it here. |
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November 2008
CPX featured in a recent episode of Compass on ABC TV. You can download it here or read a transcript here. The program titled Apocalypse Now examined claims by Pastor Ron Weinland that the end of the world is imminent. John Dickson and Greg Clarke responded to questions regarding apocalyptic theology, drawing on their book 666 and all that. |
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October 2008
Simon Smart's new book Bright Lights, Dark Nights had extracts featured in The Australian newspaper. |
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September 2008
Greg Clarke wrote an opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald putting forward the idea that the Bible should be taught in schools. |
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August 2008
Oxford University Professor John Lennox visited Australia in 2008 as a guest of CPX. He is a well-known for debating Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens on the existence of God. He was interviewed by John Cleary on Radio National. |
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August 2008
John Dickson commented on US Pastor Mark Driscoll's visit to Sydney. |
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March 2008
Greg Clarke was interviewed for an article examining Christianity and mainstream arts. |
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March 2008
A one hour version of The Christ Files, an historical documentary examining the historical sources and interviewing leading scholars of the life of Jesus, was broadcast on Good Friday. |
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March 2008
John Dickson was interviewed by Rachel Kohn to discuss the release of his documentary The Christ Files. |
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March 2008
Avoiding both hyper-scepticism and Christian propaganda, in this essay John Dickson lays out what contemporary historians say they know about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. |
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August 2007
John Dickson wonders out loud why, unlike in the climate change debate, discussions about Jesus are dominated by the wacky fringe. |
