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RELIGION

A spiritual reading of the Egyptian Revolution
- Henri Boulad
- 08 March 2011
2 Comments
It is an absurd confrontation. On one side, a man with empty hands; on the other, a well organised force equipped with batons, helmets and shields. I can still see the young man, like a lion, throw himself against the wall of shields, face tensed, eyes flashing, heart steeled.
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AUSTRALIA

Rescuing altruism from the Barnaby rubble
- Michael Mullins
- 08 February 2010
12 Comments
That Senator Joyce's arguments for reducing foreign aid make little sense does not stop them from winning popular support. Many voters decide on the basis of emotion rather than rationality. And tapping voter greed is likely to be more successful than appealing to altruism.
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RELIGION

Human rights without God
- Frank Brennan
- 27 February 2009
3 Comments
Professor Martha Nussbaum's recent book Liberty of Conscience provides a rich textured treatment of the place of religion in the public square. If God is taken out of the picture, it may be difficult to maintain a human rights commitment to the weakest and most despised in society.
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RELIGION

Maintaining the UN's moral gold standard
- Frank Brennan
- 10 December 2008
5 Comments
Sixty years on, it is fashionable to describe the Declaration of Human Rights as a peculiarly western, individualistic conception. It was not. Now is the time for Australia to discuss how best to make the State attentive to the still, small voice of conscience.
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AUSTRALIA

Minorities stomped as India flirts with fascism
- Irfan Yusuf
- 01 October 2008
15 Comments
Conventional wisdom tells us democracies are inherently stable, yet an extremist spirit has emerged in mainstream Indian politics. The silence among Australian Christians about the suffering of Indian Christians is as deafening as that of Australian Muslims towards Muslims in Darfur.
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RELIGION

Different song, but new Jesuit leader 'on message'
- Andrew Hamilton
- 29 January 2008
Recently elected Jesuit Superior General Fr Adolfo Nicolás briefed journalists earlier this week. While a comparison with a recent speech of Pope Benedict points to a difference in method, there is a singleness of purpose.
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AUSTRALIA

To make call on Iraq war requires more than machismo
- David Corlett
- 08 March 2007
1 Comment
Pacifist and radical Christian Ammon Hennessy said that courage without love and wisdom is foolhardiness. The longer the war in Iraq continues, the more the decision to invade looks to have been made on the basis of this sort of courage.
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RELIGION

A place where story and song make race and recrimination obsolete
- Brian Doyle
- 13 November 2006
No politician or poet from the Old World will lead us there. It will be someone from the new lands, who mills ideas into food and education and healing for thousands of people, who understands that power only matters, finally, when it is a verb.
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AUSTRALIA

The oxygen that breathes life into peacemaking
- Peter Garrett
- 30 October 2006
4 Comments
Other than formal interaction between nations, the role of non-government organisations (NGOs) who provide the heavy lifting in aid relief and community building in war-torn regions is critical, as is the exercise of citizen's voices, and the involvement they have with the political processes of their country.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The price of peace
- Jo Dirks
- 10 July 2006
Jo Dirks looks at a new film on the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

On your bus
- Grant Morgan, Anthony Ham, Matthew Albert, Steven Columbus
- 07 July 2006
On your bus, Kerala leads, Sudan in Australia, Coming to terms.
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RELIGION

On stopping Sauron
- Ormond Rush
- 05 July 2006
Winston Churchill is usually portrayed as one of the few people who recognised the evil potential of Adolf Hitler and was willing to go to war to stop him.
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