Christianity Today
Series
Where
When
Tuesday, 2 Oct 2018, 06:15pm - 07:15pm
Event Status
Past event
In 1966, 88% of Australians identified as Christian in the census. By the 2016 census, the proportion had dipped to 52%. The number of Christians who attend church regularly is even lower. How has Christianity gone from being at the centre of Australian cultural and social life to something that’s important to a dwindling number of Australians?
In this Fifth Estate conversation, we’ll discuss the evolving place of Christianity in Australian society and across the globe. Host Sally Warhaft will be joined by journalist and author Greg Sheridan, whose new book, God Is Good for You, makes a case for the achievements of Christianity. He argues that the Judeo-Christian tradition can offer a framework for tackling our increasingly complex and connected world.
Warhaft and Sheridan will talk morality, hope, disillusion and the changing shape of faith today.
Readings will be our bookseller at this event.
Featuring
Featuring
Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer. She is the host of The Fifth Estate, the Wheeler Centre’s live series focusing on journalism, politics, media, and international relations, and The Leap Year, a Wheeler Centre podcast about Australians’ lives in the fog of ... Read more
Greg Sheridan is the Australian’s foreign editor, and one of the most influential foreign affairs analysts in Australian journalism. After 35 years in the field, he is a veteran of international affairs who has interviewed leaders all over the Asia Pacific and America. He began journalism in the l... Read more
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