Big questions in books — Jane Austen and the complications of friendship
Have you ever read a book and wanted to be friends with the characters? For over 200 years, Jane Austen's fictional figures have been companions and inspirations for many readers of her novels.
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Peacemaking, counterpower and justice — Quaker Tim Gee
How might religious traditions animate the world's modern peace movements? What tools do they provide people working towards a more just and peaceful society?
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Pádraig Ó Tuama — Kitchen Hymns
Do you believe in God? It's not a question we ask often, and answering it stretches language — and belief itself — to its limit. Perhaps poetry is the best response! Meredith Lake speaks with Pádraig Ó Tuama at Sacrededge festival about his most recent book of poetry, Kitchen Hymns, which explores this question and more.
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Spirituality at the edge — Sacrededge 2025
What does it look like to explore the sacred on the edges of traditional religion? Meredith Lake and Rohan Salmond visit the Sacrededge festival in Queenscliff, Victoria, an arts and spirituality festival that this year explores "Stories of the Edge: Listening to Story — Discovering our Own".
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What does it mean to be liberated? Holocaust survivor Joe Szwarcberg
Eighty years ago on 11 April 1945, American soldiers marched into Buchenwald concentration camp and liberated the people they found there, including 14-year-old Joe Szwarcberg.
Soul Search explores contemporary religion and spirituality from the inside out — what we believe, how we express it, and the difference it makes in our lives
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