Richard Johnson Lectures

In this episode, you'll hear the Q&A session follwoing Tim Winton’s 2024 lecture,Exiles at Home: what our contempt for nature is costing us.Writer and activist Tim Winton reminds us that life on earth is a gift, a miracle we often fail to honour or even recognise. As we face an ecological crisis unprecedented in human history, Tim points to the critical need for solidarity -

In this episode, you'll hear Tim Winton’s 2024 lecture,Exiles at Home: what our contempt for nature is costing us.Writer and activist Tim Winton reminds us that life on earth is a gift, a miracle we often fail to honour or even recognise. As we face an ecological crisis unprecedented in human history, Tim points to the critical need for solidarity - with the earth, our home, and

In this episode, you'll hear the Q&A session that followed Leisa Aitken's 2023 lecture titled, Rediscovering Hope. How we lost it. How we get it back? You can hear her lecture in an earlier episode of this podcast, but here is Leisa, with Simon Smart, digging deeper into the topic. --- Leisa is a clinical psychologist who's been counselling and teaching for more than 25 years i

In this episode, you'll hear Leisa Aitken's 2023 lecture, Rediscovering Hope. How we lost it. How we get it back? The future feels tenuous these days, uncertain … overwhelming, even. Hope might be scarce, but it's not lost. At least not with Leisa Aitken is our guide. Leisa is a clinical psychologist with 25 years’ experience in her field and she's just completed a PhD on Hope.

In this episode you’ll hear the Q&A session that followed Scott Stephen’s 2021 lecture titled… Out Of Sight: Attentiveness in a Dismissive Age You can hear his lecture in an earlier episode of this podcast, but here is Scott, with Simon Smart, digging deeper into the topic. --- Scott is the ABC’s Religion and Ethics online editor, and the co-host, with Waleed Aly, of Th

In this episode you’ll hear the Q&A session that followed Sarah Irving-Stonebraker’s 2020 lecture titled… Free To Be Me? The Forgotten Story of Religious Liberty You can hear her lecture in an earlier episode of this podcast, but here is Sarah, with Simon Smart, digging deeper into the topic. --- Sarah is Senior Lecturer in History at Western Sydney University. She was aw

You can hear his lecture in an earlier episode of this podcast, but here is Tim, with Simon Smart, digging deeper into the topic. --- Tim is co-founder of More in Common, an international initiative which has published some of the world's leading research on the drivers of polarisation and social division. He has worked as chief speechwriter and economic adviser for two Austr

In this episode you’ll hear the Q&A session that followed Nick Spencer’s 2018 lecture titled… Where Did I Come From? Christianity, Secularism, and the Individual You can hear his lecture in an earlier episode of this podcast, but here is Nick Spencer, with Simon Smart, digging deeper into the topic. --- Nick is Research Director of Theos Think Tank in London. He has writt

In this episode you’ll hear the Q&A session that followed Amy Orr-Ewing’s 2017 lecture titled… Is Christianity Bad News for Women? You can hear her lecture in an earlier episode of this podcast, but here is Amy, with Simon Smart, digging deeper into the topic. --- Amy is a Senior Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and is a widely sought-after speaker

In this episode you’ll hear the Q&A session that followed William Cavanaugh’s 2016 lecture titled… The Myth of Religious Violence You can hear his lecture in an earlier episode of this podcast, but here is William, with John Dickson, digging deeper into the topic. --- WIlliam is Professor of Theology at DePaul University in Chicago. He holds degrees from Notre Dame, Cam