Keywords: Moral Authority
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 22 April 2010
War films tread a fine line if they are to respect the
experiences of soldiers without glorifying war. Beneath Hill
60 is the true story of Australian miner-soldiers tasked with tunnelling
beneath the front lines during World War I.
It is not unkind to the Anzac myths.
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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
- 19 March 2010
4 Comments
The challenges and opportunities are to fund equitably all
networks in education and to ensure that robust morale and community
engagement are hallmarks of all parts of the network, including state
schools and emerging schools such as Muslim schools.
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RELIGION
- Tim Roberts
- 12 March 2010
31 Comments
An ego-driven, take-no-prisoners approach dooms atheism to remain an exclusive club. Only by forming alliances with the moderate religious community will atheists be able to preserve the elements of society they value most, such as freedom of enquiry and the separation of Church and State.
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RELIGION
- Peter Vardy
- 12 February 2010
6 Comments
Some Protestants question whether Catholics are Christians. Some Catholics say there is no salvation outside their Church. Identifiying the essentials of Christianity matters in today's post-Christian society, where young Westerners are bored with Christianity and they feel that they have moved beyond it.
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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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ENVIRONMENT
- Peter Hodge
- 08 February 2010
6 Comments
Between Rudd's ETS and Abbott's 'climate con job', Australians concerned about climate change have little to cheer about. A growing acceptance of the failings of our market based economy has put
wind in the sails of an idea becalmed for a decade.
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EDUCATION
- Vic O'Callaghan
- 01 February 2010
4 Comments
Brian was in tears. A sheen of skin had been removed from his right
knee and his left hand was grazed. Michael was into his mantra
of accidental cause — 'He tripped over my foot' — while Sam stuttered in astonishment: he'd seen Michael deliberately push
Brian off the handball line.
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