News Video Audio Twitter abc.net.au/religion This week's highlights Seeking God but finding Allah ABC Religion and Ethics - 30 Jul 10 Islam claims to be the fasting-growing religion in the world today. This expansion is achieved partly through the relatively high birth rate of Muslim societies but also through dawa, by which people are persuaded to adopt its values and outlook. More Immigration and the moral status of borders ABC Religion and Ethics - 28 Jul 10 In debates about immigration a crucial issue is the moral and political status of borders. Do we think borders are good or bad, a necessary evil or a moral necessity? My contention is that those who argue for open borders undervalue a sense of place and the integrity of nations l ... More Where have the conviction politicians gone? ABC Religion and Ethics - 29 Jul 10 The current federal election campaign is distinguished - or disfigured, to be more accurate - by the haste with which both candidates have abandoned their political convictions in order to claim the political centre-ground. More This week on ABC TV Compass - The future of Christianity ABC1 | 1 August 2010 Presented by Geraldine Doogue Leading British lawyer and committed Catholic Cherie Blair investigates Christianity over the last 100 years and explores its future prospects. She examines the challenges posed by war, and political oppression in the 20th century which culminated in the Holocaust. Into the era's God-shaped hole fell the modern 'faiths' of materialism and secularism. But the US has bucked the developed world's secular trend. Cherie uncovers the reasons for Christianity's continued success there and asks: Are we living in a post-Christian age? Or, is the 21st Century going to be the Christian century?  More Songs of Praise - Contemporary praise 2 (rpt) ABC1 | 1 August 2010 Presented by Diane Louise Jordan Diane Louise Jordan is on Tyneside to meet community bridge-builders - from a department store chaplain to a young family who live on a floating hospital. There's music from Y Friday and Quay Voices and Stuart Townend is at the CastleGate Centre in Newcastle to lead the singing.  More This week on ABC Radio Encounter - The end of the world: a work in progress ABC Radio National | 1 August 2010 Baptist theologian Paul Fiddes argues that the end of the world is not a fixed date of apocalyptic destruction but is still being created by God's persuasive love in partnership with human activity. Producer: David Busch Repeated Wednesday 4 August, 7.05pm; and Thursday 5 August, 4.05am  More For The God Who Sings - Vanity of vanities ABC Classic FM | 1 August 2010 Presented by Stephen Watkins What do mortals get from toil and strain? Music! And light!  More Sunday Nights - Dissecting the Great Debate ABC Local Radio Across Australia | 25 July 2010 Presented by John Cleary What are we to make of the current election campaign; are you 'moving forward' with Julia or 'standing up' for Tony? Following the Leaders Debate, we will be dissecting the issues with a panel of representatives from key church welfare agencies. Listeners can participate in the discussion through our Sunday Nights open line.  More The Rhythm Divine - Music for the long now ABC Radio National | 30 July 2010 Presented by Geoff Wood The Indian bansuri player Vinod Prasanna draws on a family tradition 250 years old while Mali's master of the kora, Toumani Diabate, can trace his family's musical lineage back 71 generations. They join Irish singer and theologian Noirin Ni Riain with music for 'the long now', a phrase coined by Brian Eno in an effort to overcome the short attention span of contemporary culture. Repeated Sunday 1 Aug 5.05 am  More The Spirit of Things - The virtue of faith ABC Radio National | 1 August 2010 Presented by Rachael Kohn Can faith move mountains and rescue lost souls? Stand-up comic and author of My Dirty Shiny Life, Lily Bragge thinks so because her life was a shambles before she converted to Christianity. Former barrister and founder of The Harmony Centre, NSW, Shakti Durga has also experienced a powerful transformation from her New Age faith in Eastern and Western mysticism. But sociologist of religion and author of Society without God, Phil Zuckerman has no truck with the certainties of faith. Repeated Tuesday 3 Aug 1.05pm and Wednesday 4 Aug 2.05am  More  © 2010 | Privacy policy | Conditions of use