Keywords: Christian Brothers
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RELIGION
- Frank O'Shea
- 05 June 2009
24 Comments
After a lifetime in schools run by
religious orders, I am appalled to think abuse against children in institutions in Ireland was 'endemic'. I try to persuade myself that 'Brendan', the saintliest man I ever knew, cancels out the bad eggs.
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AUSTRALIA
Going to jail for the right
reasons is noble. In effect Jesus called for a kind of civil
disobedience. He went to jail for justice.
Today, I would be prepared to
be jailed for resisting consorting laws. Exclusive preview: The John Smith Quarterly Essay
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RELIGION
- Herman Roborgh
- 01 May 2009
14 Comments
The deployment by Western nations of more troops to Afghanistan will serve to exacerbate the Taliban's rising influence across the border in Pakistan. The history of Jesuit involvement in Pakistan reveals an alternative solution.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Jeff Klooger, Rory Harris and Janette Fernando
- 07 April 2009
4 Comments
In Rembrandt's painting, the risen Christ .. wears a jaunty hat ... So roguish! .. So impious! Impish, even!
.. He has come to greet his girlfriend .. Mary Magdalene
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INTERNATIONAL
- David Rosen
- 19 March 2008
3 Comments
The United Nations estimates that 5,000 honour killings occur annually. These killings are a rebellion against modernity, attempts to hold on to older traditional
values, especially concerning social relations and sexuality.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Caz Coleman
- 20 February 2008
2 Comments
Conflict began just over seven years ago in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia. While long-term peace strategies must involve a range of government and non-government players, the role of civil society in overcoming prejudice cannot be ignored.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Robin Koning
- 24 January 2008
14 Comments
Too often, generic statements about missionaries colluding with colonialism and destroying indigenous cultures are presumed to say all that needs to be said. Detailed study of mission history is essential if we are to move beyond the clichés.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Vacy Vlazna
- 14 November 2007
4 Comments
In July 2002, Australia voted against a proposal to strengthen the 1984 UN Convention against Torture. John Howard's friendship with George W. Bush has compromised and tainted our once reputable record on human rights advocacy.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrew Hamilton
- 03 October 2007
4 Comments
In a time of perplexity about Catholicism and religion generally, the
perspective of Christian Brothers' founder Edmund Rice is strongly anchored in a faith focused on the
neediest groups in society. It points us towards recognising the good values and motives of those with whom
we differ.
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RELIGION
- Stefan Gigacz
- 27 June 2007
5 Comments
The See Judge Act method has been used by church and other groups for many years, as a means of putting social justice principles into practice. Conservative critics have recently described it as the manufacturing of truth by consensus, but it has more to do with a common search for truth.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 13 June 2007
3 Comments
Rural landowners are planning a day of "civil obedience" on 1 July to assert what they believe is their right to clear native vegetation from their land. How is this different from the civil disobedience of anti-war protestors such as the Pine Gap Four?
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RELIGION
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