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Keywords: Dialogue

  • AUSTRALIA

    Say g'day to ease Muslim-Christian tensions

    • Michael Mullins
    • 27 April 2009
    21 Comments

    Christians committed to interfaith dialogue were shocked that some Christian leaders have opposed the building of an Islamic school in Sydney. Rather than welcoming the newcomers, leaders' statements will bolster opposition based on fear and ignorance.

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  • RELIGION

    St Mary's, Bishop Robinson and the value of dialogue

    • Frank Brennan
    • 27 March 2009
    42 Comments

    Bishop Bathersby and Fr Kennedy are pastoral, down to earth men. If there had been more dialogue between them, and between Cardinal Pell and Bishop Robinson, the Catholic Church would be more the Church Jesus would want it to be.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Dialogue with the enemy

    • Peter Kirkwood
    • 18 March 2009
    3 Comments

    When asked if America was winning the war in Afghanistan, Obama answered: 'No'. His call for dialogue with the Taliban reflects a form of inter-religious dialogue that goes beyond a lovey-dovey, 'underneath we're all the same' approach.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Muslim Turkey's Christian heritage

    • Jeanne Conte
    • 18 February 2009
    2 Comments

    The vast majority of Turkey's citizens are Muslim, yet they preserve and share their cultural history with the nation's Christians. Many Christian sites are revered by Muslims as well.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Genesis of a tyrant

    • Oskar Wermter
    • 08 July 2008
    5 Comments

    Robert Mugabe was a bright and ambitious boy, but angry, lonely and insecure. Nothing has changed. His greatest weakness is that he cannot accept criticism, responding with anger and aggression. The whole of Africa knows that now, to its cost.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Democratic Indonesia's lesson for Australia

    • Saeed Saeed
    • 13 June 2008
    1 Comment

    Kevin Rudd's visit to Jakarta today and continued inter-cultural dialogue could do much to enrich Australia's friendship with Indonesia. Indonesia's labelling as a basket case of corruption and terrorism denies the significant strides the country has taken since its democratic reformation.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Modern feminist dialogue wears ladylike veneer

    • Frances Devlin-Glass
    • 02 May 2008

    It will be difficult for bookshops to house The Mystery of Rosa Morland, as its genre is a wonderful hybrid of crime fiction and poetry. The verse novel represents a very modern feminist take on sexual and actual violence within marriage.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Photographic statements from a Mumbai slum

    • Ian Woolverton
    • 09 April 2008
    4 Comments

    Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based non government organisation that works with slum dwellers, commissioned Melbourne photographer Ian Woolverton to create a photo essay of scenes from Mumbai. Eureka Street presents a selection of images from this powerful essay.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Time running out for Khmer Rouge justice

    • Sebastian Strangio
    • 09 April 2008

    After nearly three decades of legal impunity, justice is finally catching up with the surviving Khmer Rouge leadership. But there's every chance the defendants will be dead before the courts have a chance to bring them to trial.

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  • RELIGION

    Deflecting the war on sentiment

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 08 April 2008
    4 Comments

    Symbolic gestures such as the apology to the Stolen Generations are often seen as a substitute for practical action. But sentiment provides important pathways into understanding the human impact of government policy-making.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Zimbabwe result could open the airwaves

    • Nigel Johnson
    • 04 April 2008
    4 Comments

    Independent radio stations have been denied broadcast licences under the Mugabe regime. While some still don't trust the government to honour the election result, others believe a new beginning for free speech is imminent.

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  • RELIGION

    Dialogue threatened with extinction

    • James McEvoy
    • 27 June 2007

    A strong theme of 20th century philosophy and social science is humans as 'dialogical' beings. Our sense of self is defined only in relationship with others, and the other is understood on his or her own terms. But in recent years, this view of the world has been contested.

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