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RELIGION

The ten commandments of marketing
- Greg Soetomo
- 27 February 2007
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You cannot worship God and Mammon, Jesus says. But when people see themselves as divided by their understanding of God, Mammon can be a bridge on which they can stand together and talk. Hermawan Kartajaya reminded me of this recently.
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What's missing in Rudd-Abbott debate on faith in politics
- Andrew Hamilton
- 27 February 2007
22 Comments
Questions of why Christianity has a personal and social morality of a particular shape demand a more complex account of Christian faith than that provided in Mr Rudd’s emphasis on Jesus’ practice or in Mr Abbott’s emphasis on moral law.
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Capitalism's ingenious immunity to the guilty conscience
- Scott Stephens
- 27 February 2007
9 Comments
Every attempt to curb capitalism's voracious appetite, to ‘humanize’ its world-wide dominion, to place the world economy back in the service of the greater good, and thus temper its lust for unregulated growth, has not only failed, but has been assimilated.
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Ash Wednesday did not begin in 1983
- Kylie Crabbe
- 27 February 2007
5 Comments
For many Australians, Ash Wednesday is synonomous with the devastating bushfires of 1983. But a thousand years before the bushfires, Christians were beginning the season of Lent with Ashes, ensuring a gritty start for the road to Easter.
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All are one before the law
- Frank Brennan
- 27 February 2007
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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.
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Acting on Conscience Canberra Launch Speech - Kevin Rudd MP
- 27 February 2007
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Acting on Conscience Brisbane Launch Speech - Archbishop Phillip Aspinall
- 27 February 2007
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Acting on Conscience Melbourne Launch Speech - Rev Alistair Macrae
- 27 February 2007
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Acting on Conscience Sydney Launch Speech - Daniel Gilbert
- Daniel Gilbert
- 27 February 2007
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Stark contrasts on Aboriginal Rights in Pope's Alice Springs address
- Laraine Crowe RSJ
- 27 February 2007
On 29 November this year, many Australians call to mind the most fondly remembered Address given by Pope John Paul II during his 1986 visit to Australia. Most striking is the depth and decisiveness of the Address, and both Indigenous and non-Indigenous men and women who work to alleviate the disadvantage of Aboriginal people.
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The heresy of separate worlds: from Marcion to Iraq
- Andrew Hamilton
- 27 February 2007
8 Comments
Recently, I have been musing on three unrelated items. On Marcion, a shadowed but seminal figure in the early Church; on unsatisfactory recantations by prominent supporters of the Iraq war; and on the claim by a local newspaper that light sentences betray babies killed by their parents.
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Islamic elites’ construction of Islamic martyrdom
- 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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