Christianity

Auckland blues musician Tom Rodwell's recent journey to the American south took him to the Georgia Sea Islands, where he came face to face with the private heart of African American music - gospel… Audio

British writer whose books include the memoir The Child That Books Built, the novel Red Plenty, and non-fiction books Backroom Boys: the Secret Return of the British Boffin, and Unapologetic: Why… Audio

David Steemson talks to two women who met through church. Cathy and Liz were two outstanding church women in their country town. Liz, the vicar's wife and Cathy married to a local farmer. But then… Audio

Christmas 2014 will mark the 200th anniversary of the gospel first being proclaimed in New Zealand. Or does it? Justin Gregory investigates the arguments for and against. Audio

Mike Gourley visits Bishop Justin Duckworth in a hut beside his Cathedral where he's spending a week fasting, praying and living in a kind of exile in order to promote Prison Reform. Audio

Mike Gourley profiles the book 'On a Mission' - the story of author Shaun Davison and the twenty-one other young men training to be Marist priests at the Mount St. Mary's seminary in Hawkes Bay. Audio

Mike Gourley meets up with a Wellington woman who says her Christian faith was only complete when she recognised its Jewish origins. Audio

Justin Gregory takes a tour of Christchurch's Transitional Cathedral - better known as the Cardboard Cathedral. A couple of weeks after opening, has it fulfilled everyone's expectations? Audio

The idea of pursuing theology through art was at the heart of a recent three day residential hui hosted by the Anglican Women's Studies Centre of Aotearoa. Participants were invited to explore how the… Audio

Dr Margaret Farley is a Catholic nun and emeritus Professor of Christian Ethics and Yale University's Divinity School, whose most recent book has been denounced by the Vatican. Just Love: "A Framework… Audio

Mike Gourley explores historical, theological and personal perspectives on the Eucharist. Audio

One of New Zealand's most senior Anglican ministers is taking on a high profile international role. Archbishop David Moxon is heading to Rome as the Anglican Communion's chief representative to the… Audio

With Easter soon upon us, church leaders around the country are busy preparing their communities for the most important festival in the Christian calendar. But the question is 'how do you plan for… Audio

Over two decades, through Papal visits, clerical sex scandals and fierce religious protests, Catholic spokesperson Lyndsay Freer became the public face of the Church in New Zealand. She sits down with… Audio

This week Sonia Sly visits a house which is referred to as Stillwaters Community. Ten people tenant the house, and part of their role is to make themselves available for weekly organised events where… Audio

It's the story of Invercargill-born and raised Craig Hoyle. As a former member of the Exclusive Brethren, he reveals the reality of growing up in a world of restrictions and constraints, where access… Audio

Mike Gourley meets Father Victor Shields the Maltese priest with a thoroughly modern take on psychology and faith. Audio

Mike Gourley recalls the events that happened or were planned for in New Zealand last year, to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. Audio

For forty years and almost 400 hymns, Dunedin composer Colin Gibson has been praising his God through song. Staunchly Kiwi and fiercely liberal in his writing, he's strived to use the imagery and the… Audio

Australian psychologist Stuart Edser is a life-long Christian and a gay man. For many years he sought to reconcile the two, to find, as he puts it, both self-esteem and a connection with God. The… Audio