Keywords: Religion And Violence
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RELIGION
- Binoy Kampmark
- 28 April 2008
2 Comments
Did the Pope's first visit to the US usher
in any significant changes for the Church in that
country? Benedict acknowledged that child abuse was a problem that had to be
confronted, but would not divorce it from the broader assault on community values.
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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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AUSTRALIA
- Chris Fotinopoulos
- 08 August 2007
Friendship and family are invariably mentioned in the same breath. Although most parents expect their children to trust family ahead of friends, children tend to place greater faith in friends, who are more likely to ‘allow them to breathe’.
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AUSTRALIA
The recent death of the Samoan Head of State, Malietoa Tanumafili II, has elicited public and private comment noting his good leadership and unique status in Samoa’s political history.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 05 June 2007
6 Comments
There can be no peace unless believers and atheists share an equal place in the public square of a free and democratic society.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Scott Stephens
- 02 April 2007
1 Comment
Scorsese’s is a fallen world. Like Cain, his tortured characters are driven further into the wastelands – whether the desert or the untamed streets of New York – by their acts of almost mythical violence, until any remaining vestige of hope or virtue is finally extinguished.
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RELIGION
- Scott Stephens
- 27 February 2007
3 Comments
I must confess to growing bored very quickly when I hear that our real problem today is the erosion of spirituality, of belief in a deeper dimension of life, and the consequent rampant materialism. From a properly Christian perspective, the problem today is not materialism, but religion itself.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Richard Leonard
- 27 February 2007
1 Comment
This is the full text of a speech given by Richard Leonard SJ in Queensland on spirituality and cinema, on the occasion of the opening of a new spirituality centre.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Dewi Anggraeni
- 27 February 2007
In the 1990s, Soeharto and his ministers were renting their power to business-savvy ethnic Chinese. The masses, unable to vent their anger at corrupt officials, shifted their targets to those associated with them, knowing that they could do that with impunity.
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RELIGION
- Abraham Rushdi
- 27 February 2007
1 Comment
The full text of "The selling of Islamic martyrdom and why some buy it", by Abraham Rushdi.
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RELIGION
- Daniel Madigan
- 24 December 2006
Pope Benedict is learning the hard way that interreligious dialogue these days is a complex and delicate business. Though he has now affirmed his respect for Muslims, his decision to quote a polemical medieval text against Muhammad and the Qur’an during a lecture last week remains puzzling. From 19 September 2006.
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RELIGION
- Abraham Rushdi
- 23 December 2006
1 Comment
There is a strong argument that the Qur'an does not sanction the use of martyrdom operations. But it must be asked why radical interpretations of the Qur'an resonate with some Muslim communities.
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