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Following earlier scepticism, Pope Benedict XVI last week confirmed that he is coming to Sydney for World Youth Day next July. Unlike his predecessor, he doesn't see himself as ‘bishop of the world’. Instead he has reasserted the traditional pastoral role of the pope as Bishop of Rome.
The economic tools we are using to deal with climate change are inappropriate, and the long-term consequences for local areas are largely unknown. Global warming skeptics should critique the analysis of climate change rather than just retreat into a psychology of denial.
Encounters between individuals come before discussion of ideology or religion. By engaging in a dialogue between cultures and civilisations, a clash of religions can be avoided.
The last state authorised execution in Australia—that of Ronald Ryan—occurred 40 years ago last week. 12 year old Frank Brennan felt it was wrong. His adolescent moral sensibilities found resonance in public debate, law reform and policy change.
Michael McGirr looks into Peter Singer’s Pushing Time Away.
Peter Steele unlocks the hidden treasures of fine food.
Martin Flanagan on Tasmanian Aborigines, Henry Melville and the ABC.
Greg Barns on the life of Xavier Herbert.
Alan Nichols reviews Muriel Porter’sThe New Puritans: The Rise of Fundamentalism in the Anglican Church.
Anthony Ham travels the enigmatic and affluent Saudi Arabia
Don Gazzard visits the national libraries of France and Britain.
In extremis, we seek what we know, or something very close to it.
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