Richard Johnson Lectures

By: Centre for Public Christianity
  • Summary

  • The Richard Johnson lecture is an annual public event that seeks to highlight Christianity’s relevance to society and to positively contribute to public discourse on key aspects of civil life.
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Episodes
  • Exiles at Home: Q&A Session with Tim Winton
    Nov 18 2024

    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 - with the earth, our home, and with each other.

    Tim’s literary career spans 40 years and 30 books for adults and younger readers. His books have been translated into 29 languages and won numerous awards including the Miles Franklin Literary Award four times and he has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Tim is also the writer, narrator, and executive producer of the nature documentary series Ningaloo that screened around the world in 2023. Tim lives in Western Australia.

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    Check out CPX’s other podcast, Life and Faith, a weekly conversation about the beauty and complexity of belief in the 21st century. If you’d like to know more about CPX, our website is publicchristianity.org

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    29 mins
  • Exiles at Home: what our contempt for nature is costing us
    Nov 18 2024

    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 with each other.

    Tim’s literary career spans 40 years and 30 books for adults and younger readers. His books have been translated into 29 languages and won numerous awards including the Miles Franklin Literary Award four times and he has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Tim is also the writer, narrator, and executive producer of the nature documentary series Ningaloo that screened around the world in 2023. Tim lives in Western Australia.

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    Check out CPX’s other podcast, Life and Faith, a weekly conversation about the beauty and complexity of belief in the 21st century.

    If you’d like to know more about CPX, our website is publicchristianity.org

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    53 mins
  • Rediscovering Hope: Q&A Session with Leisa Aitken
    Nov 26 2023

    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.

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    Leisa is a clinical psychologist who's been counselling and teaching for more than 25 years in workplaces, hospitals, and private practice. She recently completed a PhD on the shifting grounds of hope through Western history and philosophy, theology, and psychology.

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    Check out CPX’s other podcast, Life and Faith, a weekly conversation about the beauty and complexity of belief in the 21st century.

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    24 mins

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