Christianity is growing in China. Like big time. What does this mean for the church and is it a good thing? 

We start a conversation about Chinese Christianity and then guess what... Tangents! 

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/august-web-only/christianity-china-church-state-sociology-theology.html 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/13/china-christians-religious-persecution-translation-bible   

Free will. Do we have it? What happens if we don’t ? What does God or the Buddha say about it? You are going to listen to this episode anyway, you have no choice.  

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/27/the-clockwork-universe-is-free-will-an-illusion  

Today we go on our most rambley ramble yet. We talk about justice, economics, build-your-own-God and so much more! 

Today we delve into issues of the Voice, First Nations spirituality and colonialism. And what this all means for religion and theology.  

https://www.abc.net.au/religion/rowan-williams-moral-importance-of-the-uluru-statement/101977756 

Tanya is back for another episode, and this time, its deeply theological.  

This week we welcome Tanya Wittwer to the podcast. Theologian, church leader, and all round amazing woman – Tanya joins us to talk about God, gender and the church.  

Link to Tanya’s book: https://www.mediacomeducation.org.au/shop/unless-they-are-sent/  

Who is God? and what (if any) Gender is God? What would happen if we approached God without the presumption of gender?These questions and more are tackled on today's episode, repleate with all the usual tangents.

Episode Correction: Jacob says that the Greek for Spirit (pneuma) is feminine. Pneuma is actually neuter, but the Hebrew for Spirit (ruah) is feminine. 

https://theconversation.com/church-of-england-to-explore-gender-neutral-terms-for-god-women-clergys-suggestions-for-replacing-our-father-199541?fbclid=IwAR3jkszpQAmtlW_ArXNh7iOR40TLMDyId-3LOHQTWgaWeY06DHOUiVJF-N8 

Happy Easter listeners! Hop along with us as Jamal learns all about Easter and what it really means.  

We launch off from where we left last week, in asking what is it about the immoral acts of religious leaders that make them particularly shocking? To answer this Jacob takes us all the way back to 1518 and the Heidlberg Disputation, and the idea that maybe being righteous sometimes gets in our own way...

https://bookofconcord.org/other-resources/sources-and-context/heidelberg-disputation/ 

What happens when an entire Monastery worth of Buddhist monks gets busted for meth? This week we discuss how being a monk doesn't always mean you have good ethics and the implications of this for religion. 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/epz7ke/thailand-buddhist-monks-drug-test-meth