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Traversing grief on the Camino
- Tim Kroenert
- 03 May 2012
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Irishman Jack's cynicism has its roots in his hurt and betrayal over the clergy sex abuse scandal within his country. Snide American Sarah's abrasive personality masks numerous hurts. The most extraordinary aspect of religious pilgrimages is the ordinary humanity of the pilgrims themselves.
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RELIGION

Sharing the journey with agnostics and Qantas
- Andrew Hamilton
- 03 November 2011
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The Pope believes agnostics and Christians are on a shared journey, committed to peace and human dignity. The concept of the shared journey has consequences for the life of the Church, as in the Bishop Bill Morris saga, but also for events such as the Qantas controversy.
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Former diplomat's Australian-American alliance anger
- Peter Kirkwood
- 12 August 2011
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Former diplomat's Australian-American alliance anger
- Peter Kirkwood
- 12 August 2011
Australia has this tendency to look for a great and powerful protector, then become slavishly obedient to it ... When we're prepared to sacrifice the human rights of our own citizens in the interests of conducting that alliance, it makes me very angry. –Former diplomat Tony Kevin
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RELIGION

Islam in denial over burqas
- Muhammad Izhar ul Haq
- 07 June 2011
16 Comments
Everything Western nations do is analysed by the Muslim world in the light of 'conspiracy theories'. Fanatics present the French burqa ban as a reflection of anti Islamic sentiment. In fact millions of Muslim women in France and elsewhere do not cover their faces.
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Islam without billboards
- Peter Kirkwood
- 03 June 2011
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Islam without billboards
- Peter Kirkwood
- 03 June 2011
This week a series of billboards proclaiming 'Jesus: a prophet of Islam' and other pro-Muslim slogans have stirred controversy in Sydney. Andrew Harvey, a devotee of the mystical strand of Islam, the Sufi tradition, has a much subtler message about the basics of Islam.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Record store pilgrim
- Vin Maskell
- 11 May 2011
5 Comments
Once, I soaked up so much music it seeped from my pores. A week wasn't complete without buying a few albums, seeing a few bands, talking music with mates until dawn. Now I wonder if my weekly pilgrimage to a city music store is merely a break from the working day, or a respite from fading dreams.
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The search for meaning begins at home
- Ashleigh Green
- 22 December 2010
2 Comments
When we search in distant places for fulfillment and purpose, we can miss the value of the local experience. I recently spent time in Nganmarriyanga, a remote Indigenous community, where I was greeted by a child. 'This is the country of my mother,' she told me.
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RELIGION

Reconciling religion, politics and human rights
- Frank Brennan
- 04 November 2010
15 Comments
Cardinal Pell, with whom I have voiced disagreement, preached superbly at the mass of thanksgiving after the canonisation of Mary MacKillop. 'She does not deter us from struggling to follow her.' As we wrestle with the common good, let's make a place for all our fellow citizens.
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Man of faiths
- Peter Kirkwood
- 01 September 2010
28 Comments
On his return to Europe after many years absence, Raimon Panikkar said: ‘I left as a Christian, I found myself a Hindu, and I return a Buddhist, without having ceased to be a Christian.' This statement of his own multiple religious belonging is just one of many challenging insights and ideas that he wrote about with passion and eloquence.
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Jesuit's vision for a pluralist Australia
- Peter Kirkwood
- 30 July 2010
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Keywords: Pilgrimage