Big Questions

Interview with Alain de Botton

Read Brian Rosner's fascinating email interview with popular philosopher Alain de Botton.

We need more religion but we don’t need its zeal

Are the 76% of Q&A viewers who believe we would be better off without religion right?

Faith in the infallibility of the mind is the atheist’s delusion

Simon Smart on how atheism removes the ground of rationality upon which it claims to stand.

Life and Faith: Faith and Reason

Does reason rule out faith in God?

‘I think, therefore I am an atheist’

How a fully embodied faith responds to the stress on reason as the only way to view the world.

Religion for Atheists

Alain de Botton's new book celebrates the good in religion... but removes God.

Feeding, Feasting and the human animal

What does eating, feasting and dining tell us about what it is to be human.

Melancholia, and the meaning of life

Lars von Trier's latest film leaves the audience wondering what kind of universe we inhabit.

And Man Created God

Robert Banks discusses his new book, which examines the belief that God is a human invention.

And Man created God

Simon Smart reviews the new book from Robert Banks, which examines if God is a human invention.

Christmas: too good to be true?

Is it merely a human fantasy that lies at the heart of the original Christmas event?

The Old Testament: A context for Violence

Iain Provan discusses the violence found in the Old Testament.

Chinese Good Samaritan gives hope amid indifference to dying toddler

Justine Toh on why Chinese toddler Wang Yue was left to die and why her "Good Samaritan" gives hope.

Rape as a Weapon

Author and peace advocate Lynne Hybels discusses the innocent victims in the Congo's civil war.

Religion, Violence, History and the Old Testament

Iain Provan talks to CPX about a variety of topics relating to the Old Testament.

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