55 min
Dr. Paul Monk on Religion and Society in the 21st Century Bloom
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- Society & Culture
In this podcast, Nick and Dr. Paul Monk discuss:
The Rationalist Society of Australia and Paul’s occasional paper, Religion and Society: Dilemmas of Our Time
The deep history of the relationship between religion and society
The relationship between liberal and social democracies and religion since the Reformation
The rich traditions of mysticism, prayer and contemplation
The case of Israel Folau and the Religious Freedom Bills before the Australian Parliament
How we might structure curricula in schools to promote greater literacy and understanding of religious and civic issues
A vision for religious toleration in the 21st century
Dr Paul Monk is a poet, polymath and highly regarded Australian public intellectual. He has written an extraordinary range of books, from Sonnets to a Promiscuous Beauty (which resides in former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s library), to reflective essays on the riches of Western civilization in The West in a Nutshell, to a prescient 2005 treatise on the rise of China in Thunder from the Silent Zone: Rethinking China.
In this podcast, Nick and Dr. Paul Monk discuss:
The Rationalist Society of Australia and Paul’s occasional paper, Religion and Society: Dilemmas of Our Time
The deep history of the relationship between religion and society
The relationship between liberal and social democracies and religion since the Reformation
The rich traditions of mysticism, prayer and contemplation
The case of Israel Folau and the Religious Freedom Bills before the Australian Parliament
How we might structure curricula in schools to promote greater literacy and understanding of religious and civic issues
A vision for religious toleration in the 21st century
Dr Paul Monk is a poet, polymath and highly regarded Australian public intellectual. He has written an extraordinary range of books, from Sonnets to a Promiscuous Beauty (which resides in former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s library), to reflective essays on the riches of Western civilization in The West in a Nutshell, to a prescient 2005 treatise on the rise of China in Thunder from the Silent Zone: Rethinking China.
55 min