# Secular Australia's identity crisis

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Podcast: [God Forbid](https://stenobird.com/podcast/god-forbid-567088)
Published: 2026-09-11T05:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/godforbid/secular-australias-identity-crisis/107069650
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What is the place of religion in a pluralist society? Australia calls itself a secular country, yet it has never been more religiously diverse. Whether you're religious or secular, whether you support multi or mono-culturalism, it seems we all claim the authentic mantle of modern Australian identity. Yet none of us agree on what it is, much less who owns it. How should we grapple with our identity as a secular nation in a diverse and ever-changing world? GUESTS:Renae Barker, Senior Lecturer, UWA Law School, author of State and Religion: The Australian Story. Greg Melleuish, Professorial Fellow, Robert Menzies Institute; Fellow, Campion College. Co-author of Understanding Piety and Theology in the Culture of the West: The Poetic Life. See him in conversation at the Berry Writer's Festival in November. Enqi Weng, Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University. Author of Media Perceptions of Religious Changes in Australia: Of Dominance and Diversity. This program was made on the lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation

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