Ethics

Voices for Justice

Micah Challenge's Voices for Justice saw delegates from around the country lobbying politicians to ensure that Australia play its role in the Millennium Development Goals to halve extreme poverty by 2015. Simon Smart interviewed Carlyn Chen from Tear Australia at the event.

Time to seek the lost?

Greg Clarke and Simon Smart consider theological principles that could guide a wealthy nation's attitude towards asylum seekers.

Having Eyes to See

A disturbing story out of New York involving a man who came to the aid of a woman who was being attacked, has commentators asking questions about the state of society. Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax lay bleeding to death after being stabbed on a Queens sidewalk. Around twenty people walked by the stricken Guatemalan immigrant, and no-one raised the alarm or came to his assistance. Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan might have some relevance in this instance. What is it that causes some people to act with compassion in circumstances such as this, and others to merely pass by?

The sexualisation of girls

Melinda Tankard Reist is a Canberra author, speaker, commentator and advocate with a special interest in issues affecting women and girls. She spoke to CPX about the sexualisation of girls - how this is happening and what can be done about it.

Pornography

Dr Robi Sonderegger is a renowned Clinical Psychologist. We spoke with him in Canberra about a subject he has serious concerns about - the dangerous effects of internet pornography.

Gays and Jesus: The Gospel According to Elton John

Elton John says Jesus was a gay. CPX offers a Christian response with a difference.

David Bentley Hart Interview

Regarded as one of America's brightest theologians, David Bentley Hart speaks with authority on literature, philosophy, history, art and culture. In 2009 he weighed in to debates around the place of Christianity in Western culture with his book, Atheist Delusions - the Christian Revolution and its Fashionable Enemies. Watch our six-part interview with Bentley Hart conducted in a house in Baltimore, Maryland.

Euthanasia

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.

Part II of Byron Smith's Reflections on Copenhagen

In the second part of Byron Smith's look at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference he asks what, if anything, was achieved.

Facing the Truth in Copenhagen

Byron Smith asks whether Christianity has anything to say about climate change initiatives taking place in Copenhagen.

A Glorious, Fragile Vision

The story of Dick Hoyts astonishing love for his disabled son reflects an understanding of what it is to be human that is worth clinging on to.

Refugees, Asylum and Hopes for Compassion

Former Federal Liberal Politician in the Australian Parliament, Bruce Baird talks about his years in politics and the role his faith plays in his life. Of particular interest here is his experience with refugees and asylum seekers.

God Given Rights

CPX directors Greg Clarke and John Dickson examine the question of a Charter of Human Rights. Is there a specifically Christian perspective on this controversial topic?

The Heights and Depths of Humanity

Kate Wilcox finds some inspiration from an extraordinary story of an Australian woman fighting poverty and disease in Uganda. Read her review of Mama Jude - an Australian nurse's extraordinary other life in Africa, (ABC Books, 2009).

Reasons to Hope

Love in Action is a book just released telling the remarkable story of partnership between a wealthy Australian community and a city in Indonesia where poverty is an enormous challenge. Read about the difference this unlikely partnership has made in the lives of people in both communities.

Poverty, Justice and the Wholly Bible

Greg Clarke and John Dickson look at the launch of a specialist bible that focuses on poverty relief and issues of justice.

The Mercy Seat and Pan Am 103

Greg Clarke considers the outcry over the release of the Lockerbie Bomber, and the tension between the need for justice and our deep-seated desire for mercy, compassion and grace