Roundup: Tackling hunger, science and religion, News Ltd and the Bible, spiritual Q&A

Anguish as Ethiopians run out of options

Drought has created massive trails of migration as people and livestock seek elusive water supplies. Kenya’s government has declared an emergency, saying that the drought will hit up to 3.5 million people.

We must be God’s partners to tackle hunger, says Tutu

Desmond Tutu has said that God calls us to be his partners in changing a “crazy” world of extreme economic inequality.

Science and religion

In recent years scientists specialising in the mind have begun to unravel religion’s “DNA”.

Is the Bible a business opportunity?

Shane Claiborne on Rupert Murdoch, Zondervan, and Empire.

A spiritual special

ABC TV’s Q&A discusses faith and politics, religion in school, outspoken atheists, God gone quiet, lies and forgiveness and The Force.