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
Contemporary Christian Music — Changing culture through song
You might not know it, but there's a parallel Christian entertainment industry that's existed since the 1950s, and it's changed the music you listen to — and even the politicians you know about. The …
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Thu 29 Feb 2024
Good karma? Taylor Swift and popular Buddhism in pop music
Even if you're not Buddhist, you might believe in karma. Taylor Swift's single 'Karma' reflects popular ideas about cosmic justice, and is just the latest Western pop hit to borrow concepts from East…
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Thu 22 Feb 2024
An Indigenous theological revolution
Hundreds of people — including pastors, activists, ministry workers and theologians — have gathered from every corner of this land we now call Australia. They're on Wurundjeri country for a First Nat…
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Thu 15 Feb 2024
Zen and protest in a changing climate
How do we live with care and attention on this beautiful, but warming planet?
We meet leading Zen teacher Susan Murphy. She's re-thinking the wisdom stories of her tradition, after having to flee h…
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Thu 08 Feb 2024
Dragons in Chinese tradition — and today
The Chinese dragon has long been associated with the Emperor of China, and by extension China itself. The coming Year of the Dragon this Lunar New Year is a reminder of how the dragon is a significan…
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Thu 01 Feb 2024
Contemplating country with Garry Deverell
What do Aboriginal spirituality and Christian theology have to say to each other? According to Garry Deverell there's plenty, but the conversation can only really begin when there's mutual respect an…
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Thu 25 Jan 2024
Going bush for solitude and connection
On SBS’s hit show Alone Australia, contestants had to spend weeks in the wilderness without any human contact. Isolation can be hard — many people fear it — but some embrace solitude as an opportunit…
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Thu 18 Jan 2024
The isolation and imagination of the first female English author
Julian of Norwich, the Medieval mystic and anchoress, continues to inspire though her writing even after 650 years. Her powerful prose about her religious revelations, was written in the midst of 14t…
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Thu 11 Jan 2024
Wildness and wonder at the edge of Australia
Ningaloo Reef – on the remote west coast of Australia – is the playground of whales, manta rays and black-flanked rock wallabies. The world-heritage site is one of the last wild places left on Earth,…
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Thu 04 Jan 2024
An Unorthodox Idea — Rest is Resistance
Why is rest such a challenge in our culture, in our time? Tricia Hersey has made it her life’s work to advocate for rest — developing a rest practice herself, and guiding others in the same direction…
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Thu 28 Dec 2023
Journeys that change us
Where are you going? Journeys take many forms: Moving away from your parents’ house, being a tourist in a foreign land, or going on a pilgrimage to a site of profound spiritual significance – and all…
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Thu 21 Dec 2023
How grace changes everything
As the year draws to a close, people from many traditions reflect on generosity, hope and grace. Where do you find grace in a world with so much grief? But according to Julia Baird, it’s worth lookin…
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Thu 14 Dec 2023
Making art in a time of crisis
Artists have always been engaged in social and cultural change. But how possible is art in a time of crisis? What kind of art do crises require and inspire?
Maissa Alameddine is a multidisciplinary…
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Thu 07 Dec 2023
Pasifika theologians reweaving the ecological mat
In a world shaped by colonialism and climate change, Pasifika theologians are on the cutting edge of Christian thought about mission, ecology and indigenous knowledges. It's part of a broader renovat…
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Thu 30 Nov 2023
Reading the Bible in Australia today
The Bible has been held sacred by Christians for centuries, and in the process has become one of the world’s most beguiling and disputed texts. Why do people still read it, nearly 2000 years after it…
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Thu 23 Nov 2023
The Māori Anglican Church, Māori language and the search for justice
Despite their many similarities, the colonial governments in Australia and New Zealand have taken very different approaches to relations with Indigenous peoples. After the referendum, what can Austra…
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Thu 16 Nov 2023
Muslim Anzacs — from the Great War to today
Did you know there were Muslims who fought on the side of the Anzacs in World War I, some even in Gallipoli? That ill-fated campaign has become a defining story of contemporary Australia, but we’re s…
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Thu 09 Nov 2023
Awakening a wondrous world through storytelling
What would it take for a wiser and more beautiful world to emerge, even in the midst of crisis? Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee says stories are like seeds, and when they are watered with our attention, they ca…
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Thu 02 Nov 2023
The Iona Community’s Ruth Harvey on thin places and strong communities
What does community look like in this increasingly fractured world? Iona Community Leader Ruth Harvey sounds a note of optimism that, although sometimes dispersed, intentional communities working for…
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Thu 26 Oct 2023
Icons and iconoclasts part 2
Have you ever felt the impulse to just tear it all down? Iconoclasm — or image breaking — has real potency as a way of contesting the sacred and re-imagining the world, even in a post-religious socie…
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Thu 19 Oct 2023
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