The Centre for Public Christianity (CPX) is an Australian not-for-profit media company that supplies mainstream media and the general public with material about the relevance of Christianity in the 21st century. [1] The Centre has no denominational affiliation and seeks to represent historic Christianity as defined by the Nicene Creed.
CPX was established in 2007. John Dickson and Greg J Clarke [2] were its first directors, with Richard Grellman Chairman. Initial funding from Mission Australia helped get the venture started. [3] After support from Hammond Care, CPX signed a memorandum of understanding with Bible Society Australia. [4] Simon Smart has Executive Director since 2018. [5] [6]
Writers from CPX have contributed articles to The Sydney Morning Herald, [7] The Age, [8] and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). [9]
CPX has an online resource library featuring interviews with writers, scholars and commentators.[ citation needed] CPX releases a weekly 'Life & Faith' podcast. [10]
CPX runs the annual Richard Johnson Lecture, a series that aims to "highlight Christianity’s relevance to society and positively contribute to public discourse on key aspects of civil life." [11]2018’s speaker was Nick Spencer, Research Director of Theos, a think tank in London. [12]
The Centre has produced popular and academic works exploring the relevance of the Christian faith, including Public Christianity: Talking about faith in a post-Christian world, [13] 10 Tips for Atheists and other conversations in faith and culture [14] and The Wisdom of Islam and the Foolishness of Christianity. [15] In 2013, Smart co-authored a book with Jane Caro, Antony Loewenstein and Rachel Woodlock called For God's Sake: An Atheist, a Jew, a Christian, and a Muslim debate religion. [16]
In 2009 CPX released an historical documentary called The Life of Jesus [17] that was shown nationally on the Seven Network.
In late 2015 CPX began work on a documentary: For the Love of God: How the Church is Better and Worse Than You Ever Imagined. [18] The project considers the impact of Christianity on the world, both good and bad. It combines on-location filming with interviews with experts, including Marilynne Robinson, Rowan Williams, Alister McGrath and Miroslav Volf. [19] The documentary was released in May 2018.
The Centre for Public Christianity (CPX) is an Australian not-for-profit media company that supplies mainstream media and the general public with material about the relevance of Christianity in the 21st century. [1] The Centre has no denominational affiliation and seeks to represent historic Christianity as defined by the Nicene Creed.
CPX was established in 2007. John Dickson and Greg J Clarke [2] were its first directors, with Richard Grellman Chairman. Initial funding from Mission Australia helped get the venture started. [3] After support from Hammond Care, CPX signed a memorandum of understanding with Bible Society Australia. [4] Simon Smart has Executive Director since 2018. [5] [6]
Writers from CPX have contributed articles to The Sydney Morning Herald, [7] The Age, [8] and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). [9]
CPX has an online resource library featuring interviews with writers, scholars and commentators.[ citation needed] CPX releases a weekly 'Life & Faith' podcast. [10]
CPX runs the annual Richard Johnson Lecture, a series that aims to "highlight Christianity’s relevance to society and positively contribute to public discourse on key aspects of civil life." [11]2018’s speaker was Nick Spencer, Research Director of Theos, a think tank in London. [12]
The Centre has produced popular and academic works exploring the relevance of the Christian faith, including Public Christianity: Talking about faith in a post-Christian world, [13] 10 Tips for Atheists and other conversations in faith and culture [14] and The Wisdom of Islam and the Foolishness of Christianity. [15] In 2013, Smart co-authored a book with Jane Caro, Antony Loewenstein and Rachel Woodlock called For God's Sake: An Atheist, a Jew, a Christian, and a Muslim debate religion. [16]
In 2009 CPX released an historical documentary called The Life of Jesus [17] that was shown nationally on the Seven Network.
In late 2015 CPX began work on a documentary: For the Love of God: How the Church is Better and Worse Than You Ever Imagined. [18] The project considers the impact of Christianity on the world, both good and bad. It combines on-location filming with interviews with experts, including Marilynne Robinson, Rowan Williams, Alister McGrath and Miroslav Volf. [19] The documentary was released in May 2018.