Keywords: A Century Of Influence
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AUSTRALIA
- Ben Coleridge
- 05 March 2008
1 Comment
When it comes to political debate, being a foreigner can be difficult. Former president Vladimir Putin's recent State of the Nation address, made on the eve of his departure from the presidency, called for national unity and 'stable development' to the exclusion of foreign influence.
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RELIGION
- Scott Stephens
- 19 September 2007
7 Comments
Superiority and the benevolence of modern science and the health-care system, versus the cruel, more ancient practice of ostracising the sick from civic life.
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AUSTRALIA
The Iraq situation is a lot more complex than a simple standoff between western democracy and political Islam. Until this is understood, a viable solution that takes Iraq towards genuine democracy and self government is impossible.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
A 19th century dispute over rights to whale on Victoria’s western coast saw a massacre of local Aboriginal people. The image of uniformed, white officers appearing in Aboriginal communities, supposedly to restore order and protect children, gives eerie timeliness to an uncompromising new account by Bruce Pascoe.
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RELIGION
- 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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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Clive O'Connell
- 13 June 2007
2003 Nobel Literature prizewinner and Adelaide research fellow J.M. Coetzee, offers even-handed judgements about arcane authors. He assesses their work with an understanding assurance that abstains from proclaiming genius where there is only fitful talent.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Button
- 16 April 2007
4 Comments
The social policies of the Australia's past worked reasonably well in protecting people from serious poverty. But now we require new policies providing a similar sense of security and contemporary relevance.
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RELIGION
- 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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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Richard Leonard
- 27 February 2007
1 Comment
This is the full text of a speech given by Richard Leonard SJ in Queensland on spirituality and cinema, on the occasion of the opening of a new spirituality centre.
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RELIGION
- Abraham Rushdi
- 23 December 2006
1 Comment
There is a strong argument that the Qur'an does not sanction the use of martyrdom operations. But it must be asked why radical interpretations of the Qur'an resonate with some Muslim communities.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- James Massola
- 23 December 2006
1 Comment
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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RELIGION
- Julian Madsen
- 13 November 2006
6 Comments
For many, the War on Terror equals a War against Islam. Yet there is a real battle of ideas within Islam that is rarely heard by the West.
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