News Video Audio Twitter abc.net.au/religion Merry Christmas! The most dangerous baby ABC Religion and Ethics - 22 Dec 2011 The young King in Bethlehem, born with a price on his head, represents a dangerous alternative to Augustus: the possibility of a different empire, a different power, a different glory, a different peace. More Christmas is really for the Grown-Ups ABC Religion and Ethics - 23 Dec 2011 We have found ways to keep Christmas unchallenging and sentimental. We get youngsters to perform our nativity plays. We talk about how magical this season is. We say "Christmas is really for the children." More Begotten, not made: The grammar of Christmas ABC Religion and Ethics - 22 Dec 2011 That Christ was before there was a "was" is a grammatical remark that suggests that whatever it means to say God means we must also say Christ. More Finding ourselves in the Christmas story ABC Religion and Ethics - 23 Dec 2011 Everything that matters to us matters to God. God embraces our human condition and all our cares, that He might grasp them in His little baby's fist. More This week on ABC TV Compass - New Season of Programs ABC1 | Sunday 4 March 2012 06:30 pm Presented by Geraldine Doogue Compass is currently in summer recess and our production team is busy researching and producing new stories to bring you in 2012. Compass is moving in 2012 to the earlier time of 6.30pm on Sundays.  More Songs of Praise - Edinburgh ABC1 | Sunday 1 January 2012 11.30am Presented by Sally Magnusson Sally Magnusson is in Edinburgh, host to Britain's biggest New Year street party, to meet some of those involved with the Hogmanay celebrations and to hear the story behind Auld Lang Syne. Hymns from St Mary's Cathedral.  More This week on ABC Radio Encounter - Auburn ABC Radio National | Sunday 1 January 2012 7.10am This week Encounter takes a trip to the western Sydney suburb of Auburn which has been declared a Refugee Welcome Zone. We find out how local community groups and people of faith are helping new arrivals to settle and get on with their neighbours.  More For The God Who Sings - Beginnings ABC Classic FM | Sunday 1 January 2012 10.30pm Presented by Stephen Watkins Having emerged from the humble-pie of Advent to the glitter of the Feast of Christmas - with the Feast of Stephen as condiment - Bach faces New Year to find the Feast of Circumcision asking a 'Faithful Shepherd' to bless his little 'lambkin'.  More Sunday Nights - New Years Day ABC Local Radio Across Australia | Sunday 1 January 2012 10.10 pm Presented by John Cleary From climate change to the global financial crisis, 2011 marked a year when many of the big issues were felt locally. On Sunday night this week John Cleary and guests review the year 2011 and look forward to 2012. Also, the second part of our summer feature, 'The Good Book', marking the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible.  More The Rhythm Divine - Trance Planet ABC Radio National | Friday 30 December 2011 9.05pm Presented by Geoff Wood Trance ceremonies are found in many of the world's spiritual traditions where the aim is to escape the prison of the individual self through the use of repetitive rhythms. And repetition is our theme, as we touch on the sema ritual of the Sufi dervishes, the trance music of the Gnawa musicians of Morocco, the hypnotic beats of electronica, and the reiterative patterns of composer Philip Glass with a tribute to the Dalai Lama. We also hear from the South Indian mandolin master U. Srinivas with a bhajan to his late guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba.  More The Spirit of Things - Decoding Alice in Wonderland ABC Radio National | Sunday 1 January 2012 6.05pm Presented by Rachael Kohn On the 150th anniversary of Charles Dodgson taking deacon's orders at Oxford University, the mathematician and children's author (whose pen name was Lewis Carroll) is revealed to be more than a keen observer of church politics of his day as others have observed. He was also an inveterate seeker in esoteric spirituality, including Theosophy and Rosicrucianism. Canadian author and poet, David Day, tells all.  More  © 2011 | Privacy policy | Conditions of use