Professor Emeritus Peter Lineham phones in for the weekly check-in on the metaphysical and esoteric world. This week Peter covers the life of the recently deceased James Dobson. An influential figure in American evangelical Christianity and a driving force behind turning evangelicals into a political bloc. 

Today Peter Lineham calls in to talk about the recent death of Protestant Minister John MacArthur.

Professor Peter Lineham discusses the recent statement from the New Zealand Jewish Council on rising antisemitism, instances of antisemitism in Aotearoa, defining hate speech in religious terms, and how antisemitism and criticisms of the Netanyahu government and Israel can be conflated. 

Professor Emeritus Peter Lineham phones in to catch us up on the recent Destiny's Church march, their flag-burning activities and also the large statue of Guru Rinpoche set to be installed in the Waiwera Valley. 

Oto and Peter had a kōrero about Shia Islam, the differences between it and the more widely followed Sunni sect and it's role in Middle-Eastern geopolitics.

Peter Lineham phones in to catch up Crawley and us listeners about his recent travels to China and the ways in which religions are currently practiced in China. 

Peter Lineham discusses the place of state-integrated religious schools within New Zealand's schooling system and the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that prevents Catholic from recieving subsidaries. 

Peter Lineham discusses the place of state-integrated religious schools within New Zealand's schooling system and the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that prevents Catholic from recieving subsidaries. 

This week Peter Lineham phones in to chat about the topic on everyone's mind (in theological and liturgical circles) - the new pope!

Peter Lineham phones to chat with Crawley about the Jains, the sixth-largest religion in India.