Section: Arts And Culture
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 24 December 2006
2 Comments
Denton says the people interviewed for his new film on evangelical Christianity in the USA "embody the Christian ideals of love", but absolute faith can "tell you it’s okay to hate a group of people such as homosexuals". From 31 October 2006.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Michael Mullins
- 24 December 2006
A new history of the North Sydney Jesuit parish describes the turbulent '60s, during which there was a shift in the disposition of Catholics from a feeling of it being "easier than one thinks to hate oneself", towards "learning to love oneself humbly". From 17 October 2006.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 23 December 2006
In a cerebral sci-fi movie, America’s war on drugs emerges as a reflection of the real-world War on Terror, where government forces rage against a demonised and largely faceless enemy.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- James Massola
- 23 December 2006
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After discovering books by three women, a Lonely Planet editor from Melbourne resolves to follow in their footsteps, in the hope of giving some purpose to her aimless wanderlust.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Judges Philip Harvey, James Massola and Andrew Hamilton
- 23 December 2006
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In a cage in Guantanamo bay / David Hicks sees his life slip away... The top ten entries in Eureka Street's limerick competition.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Jack Waterford
- 23 December 2006
Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard are enjoying their bounce, and their honeymoon, as John Howard predicted they would. Early polls suggest a marked upsurge in the Labor vote, in approval for the Labor leadership change, and in comparisons between the performance of Rudd and the Prime Minister. Were an election to be held now, one might think Labor would romp it in.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Michael Ashby
- 11 December 2006
Most political studies are poll-driven. Because qualitative data are far less likely to be available, little is known about the the political experience and imaginings of "ordinary" Australians.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Michael Mullins
- 11 December 2006
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Holding The Man, a modern Australian non-fiction classic, is now on stage in Sydney. A same-sex relationship sets two students on a path thats leads to deeply fulfilling lives, but also a premature death from AIDS.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Meg McNena
- 11 December 2006
1 Comment
Lean Cuisine and single flannelette sheets to the heaven / of anywhere else. Born for higher things, a fair share / of paradise beyond the pale of suburban confinement.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Chris McGillion
- 13 November 2006
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No assessment of Fidel Castro’s legacy will be complete without serious attention to his thoughts on religion and to how and why, over the past 20 years, he has turned Cuba from an international troublemaker into a global champion for social justice.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 13 November 2006
For those of us who recognise the injustice inherent to a system that could justify the imprisonment of innocent people based only on the colour of their skin, The Road To Guantanamo stands as a stark reminder that it’s not only radical Islamic fundamentalists who “terrorise” their perceived enemy.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Anne Elvey
- 13 November 2006
4 Comments
"Torquay cliffs"; "Coming into town from Holy Thursday to Ash Wednesday"; "Eucharist".
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