At this time of year you might be struggling with your faith, or perhaps your lack of it. It can be difficult to reconcile what you see as the true meaning of Christmas for example, with the way that others view the celebration. Clinical psychologist Dorothy Rowe has thought long and hard about the place of religion in the modern world, and how religious belief is sometimes used to mask our feelings. She argues it\'s the reason some in society feel compelled to force their own ideas or faith onto others.

Dorothy talks to Philip Adams on Late Night Live, ABC Radio, Australia. Broadcast on 10.11.08

BBC World Service, October 5th 2008. The BBC World Service programme which boldly crosses boundaries: scientific, creative and geographic, presented by Bridget Kendall. Dorothy appeared with the American economist Marshall Goldman who assesses Russia\'s new status as an energy super power in his latest book Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia. Sociologist Frank Furedi argues we are too quick to blame global problems on humankind and should confront this new misanthropy\'. \'The Forum sounded like eavesdropping on a very interesting dinner table in a restaurant, and it gave you all a chance to develop your thoughts and relate them to what other people were saying.\' Sheila Christie.

Woman\'s Hour, BBC Radio 4, 10.10.08

Woman\'s Hour, Radio 4, 10.10.08

ABC Rural Radio (Australia), 29 February, 2008

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