Soul Search
Soul Search explores contemporary religion and spirituality from the inside out — what we believe, how we express it, and the difference it makes in our lives
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 255
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Making peace with our unpeacefulness: Claude AnShin Thomas' path from war to Zen Buddhism
Claude AnShin Thomas enlisted in the US Army at 17, served as a helicopter gunner and crew chief in the Vietnam War, and was awarded numerous medals and a Purple Heart – all before becoming ordained …
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Sun 14 Nov 2021
Life as we think it: poetry and philosophy for the everyday
How do we navigate the mundane of the everyday, the ordinariness of life, without becoming dull to its depth, beauty and capacity to surprise? A poet presents his award-winning meditation on walking …
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Sun 07 Nov 2021
Forgiveness up close: a look at mothers and daughters, Kierkegaard, hope and humility
What does forgiveness look like in the messiness and chaos that is real life? A filmmaker shares the intimate and courageous story of her own tumultuous relationship with her mother, and her journey …
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Sun 31 Oct 2021
Sacred landscapes: suburbia
Are suburbs spiritual deserts or sacred wellsprings? In the places where most of us live our day to day lives, where do we go to find joy and hope, beauty and grace – and how do we experience the tra…
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Sun 24 Oct 2021
Sacred Landscapes: solastalgia and spirituality in a melting world
Glaciers matter to the people who live near them – but how do these communities respond as more and more ice melts away? A priestess of the Icelandic religion of Ásatrú explains how ancient Norse myt…
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Sun 17 Oct 2021
Sacred landscapes: snow and the high country
Soul Search returns to our Sacred Landscapes series that explores the connections between spirituality and place. We turn to the cool climates with our guides – Dr Jonica Newby and Professor Jakelin …
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Sun 10 Oct 2021
Elaine Pagels on secret gospels, grief and religion
Professor Elaine Pagels has spent decades seeking to understand religion and, as her latest book reveals, this isn’t a merely academic exercise but a quest bound up with her own experience of life an…
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Sun 03 Oct 2021
Church and State in Germany: Political Theology from Karl Barth to Angela Merkel
It's the end of the Merkel era in Germany. We take a look at the faith and politics of this remarkable leader who has been at the helm of Europe's largest economy for almost 16 years. Then, we step a…
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Sun 26 Sep 2021
Saints, bullies and believers
What happens when a sceptical writer immerses herself in peak Christian belief at a creationist museum? What happens when a Christian minister confronts the past and present horrific failures of the …
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Sun 19 Sep 2021
700 years of Dante and The Divine Comedy
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." To mark 700 years since Dante's death on 14 September 1321, we're taking a close look at his life and masterpiece, The Divine Comedy. Join Dr Meredith Lake and …
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Sun 12 Sep 2021
Short-Distance Relationships: Soulmates
Soulmates. Star-crossed lovers, couple goals, my other half. Or besties, brother-from-another-mother, my person. Whatever form they come in, they're the people we can't live without. So, what role do…
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Sun 05 Sep 2021
Short-Distance Relationships: Strangers
Strangers. We pass them in the street. We live next door to them. We have conversations with them online. What brings strangers together, and what keeps us apart? Why do our interactions with strange…
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Sun 29 Aug 2021
Short-Distance Relationships: Siblings
Siblings. Most of us have them, and they're the closest and longest relationships many of us will have in our lifetimes. So, how do sibling relationships shape us? And what can we learn from brothers…
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Sun 22 Aug 2021
Jane Goodall on humanity and hope
Acclaimed ethologist and 2021 Templeton Prize winner, Jane Goodall, tells us about the many teachers who have gifted her with lessons on humanity and hope: from her childhood reading tree to her firs…
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Sun 15 Aug 2021
Planting peace: from Hiroshima to Pine Gap
As the Tokyo Olympics draws to a close, we mark another significant date on the calendar: Hiroshima Day. Hear from two women about their work to spread peace around the world by planting Hiroshima A-…
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Sun 08 Aug 2021
Why atheism is more than mere unbelief
A lapsed Catholic and a professor of theology on why there's a whole lot more to atheism than mere unbelief, and how atheists and theists may have more in common than you think.
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Sun 01 Aug 2021
The secret paintings and spiritual courage of Hilma af Klint
Join Soul Search host Meredith Lake and curator Sue Cramer as they take you on an audio tour of Hilma af Klint's works of incredible vibrancy and power that demonstrate her spiritual adventurousness …
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Sun 25 Jul 2021
The Muslim Cameleers: The lives and legacies of Australia's little-known outback pioneers
Muslim cameleers have a rich history in Australia – that you may not have heard much about. They're the men who transformed the economic, cultural and spiritual life of many outback communities at th…
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Sun 18 Jul 2021
Indigenous theologian Garry Deverell on grounded spirituality
What are the possibilities for a grounded spirituality, in the aftermath of colonisation? Indigenous theologian Garry Deverell has lived the search for a spirituality that connects land and body. He …
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Sun 11 Jul 2021
Heal Country: NAIDOC week with Brooke Prentis and Aunty Rev Denise Champion
This NAIDOC week Meredith Lake hands over the mic to guest presenter Brooke Prentis. Brooke is a Wakka Wakka woman who was born on Yidinji country, grew up mainly in Gubbi Gubbi country, but now live…
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Sun 04 Jul 2021
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