Keywords: Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
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- Peter Kirkwood
- 13 August 2010
One of Australia's most eminent theologians, Redemptorist Anthony Kelly, believes that what currently feels like a global breakdown of beliefs and culture may actually be the beginnings of a breakthrough to new forms of belief.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 07 July 2010
Fr Frank Brennan's address to the Melbourne College of Divinity
Centenary Conference, Trinity College, University of Melbourne, 6 July
2010.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 30 June 2010
6 Comments
Christians rarely agree on what they want from government. The Australian Christian Lobby jumped the gun last week with its forum for political leaders to address Christian voters: the elevation of Julia Gillard means it now needs to engage afresh with a new Prime Minister.
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RELIGION
- Shane Woods and Peter Hai
- 04 May 2010
19 Comments
What do Hans Kung, Geoffrey Robinson, and Pat Power have in common?
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 22 March 2010
2 Comments
Text from Fr Frank Brennan SJ's presentation Poverty and
Plenty: Where Do or Should Christians Stand? at the Centre for an
Ethical Society as part of the 2010 Series Forum at the Australian
Centre for Christianity and Culture, 17 March 2010.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 09 February 2010
'Tonight I want to reflect in light of the National Human Rights
Consultation how we as Church can do better in promoting justice for
all in our land. Full text from Frank Brennan's 2010 McCosker Oration, 'The Church as Advocate in the Public Square: Lessons from the National Human Rights Consultation'.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 28 January 2010
1 Comment
The full text of Frank Brennan's January 2010 address to the Australian Association of Catholic Bioethicists, 'Toothless, Trojan or True to Trinitarian Anthropology? Reflecting on the 2009 National Human Rights Consultation'.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 28 January 2010
22 Comments
Cardinal Pell thinks Church positions
on contested moral issues have a better chance of being reflected in law and policy if parliaments are not constrained by a
Human Rights Act. I would beg to differ. Gone are the days when church leaders can do deals with politicians behind closed doors.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Beth Doherty
- 20 January 2010
4 Comments
Pat Robertson's comments about Haiti's 'pact with the devil' are unhelpful, when deeply religious Haitians are themselves wondering about God's role in the earthquake. A more welcome image of Christianity is visible in the aid agencies that are assisting in the relief efforts.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 18 September 2009
4 Comments
In Life and Death: How do we honour the Patient's Autonomy and the Doctor's Conscience?
Frank Brennan's Sandra David Oration at St Vincent's Clinic, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 17 September 2009.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 13 April 2009
4 Comments
Bishop Geoffrey Robinson's book is an invitation to put fear behind us. Given the treatment it has received by people who should have known better, it has become an icon; a call to conversation without fear.
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EDUCATION
- Neil Ormerod
- 26 November 2008
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Theological colleges increasingly need to turn to churches for underwriting, yet church congregations are dwindling, which affects them financially as well. Something has to give ... and in Brisbane, it already has.
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