Books & arts
27 January 2017
Television | Released from behind his desk, Shaun Micallef proves to be a gifted explorer
Books & arts
2 December 2016
Books | Can the Ottoman Empire offer a guide to the future of the Middle East?
From the archive
28 July 2016
We’re still living with the legacy of Labor’s decision to support public funding of non-government schools
Books & arts
20 April 2016
Books | Transcendence, meaning, social purpose: religion has gripped a remarkable range of thinkers, says Janna Thompson
Essays & reportage
10 March 2016
Muslim women are urged to break free of patriarchical domestic lives yet viewed with suspicion if they display signs of their religion in…
International
18 December 2015
We should avoid exceptionalising jihadists, argues Olivier Roy. Otherwise we reinforce the fascination of rebels looking for a cause
National affairs
8 December 2015
What unites the group of Liberals who want to steer the party away from its roots? Norman Abjorensen profiles the ideas and the personalities
International
25 September 2015
With a terror alert issued and the country’s redshirts threatening to riot, Malaysia’s intractable political crisis has come to a head, writes Amrita Malhi
Books & arts
24 September 2015
Books | Bruce Duncan reviews Gerard Henderson’s biography of B.A. Santamaria
Books & arts
29 January 2015
Books | Susan Lever reviews Michel Faber’s The Book of Strange New Things
International
11 January 2015
We must avoid the cycle of recrimination that strengthens the extremist narrative, argues Greg Barton
Summer season
12 August 2014
Does Christianity’s “original sin” help us understand Western culture in the twenty-first century?
International
14 April 2014
The likely makeup of the next Indonesian government gives cause for optimism, writes Dominic Berger
Books & arts
1 April 2014
In Culture and the Death of God Terry Eagleton explores the persistence of religious ideas in political life and culture
19 December 2013
Myanmar’s infant information culture is helping to spread high-risk Islamophobia, reports Gerard McCarthy
Podcasts
9 July 2013
From the Radio National archive, Terry Lane talks to Labor senator Jacinta Collins
Books & arts
3 August 2012
Andrew Ford looks at how music has been the target of political and religious fundamentalists
National affairs
26 June 2012
Despite first impressions, the High Court's decision in the chaplaincy case was far from a clear victory for federalism. Graeme Orr looks at what it means for how the…
10 April 2012
After Tomb-sweeping day, the Chinese capital returned to normal, writes Antonia Finnane, except for the city’s Christians
Essays & reportage
13 September 2011
Shakira Hussein travels to Pakistan in the aftermath of 11 September 2001
National affairs
21 July 2011
The debate about the federal government’s school chaplaincy program has suffered from a lack of hard evidence, argue Monica Thielking and David MacKenzie
National affairs
8 October 2009
In terror of boredom, Christopher Hitchens talked to a receptive audience at the Sydney Opera House, writes Brett Evans