Keywords: Christian Brothers
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RELIGION
- James Massola
- 02 April 2007
2 Comments
Jesuit peace activist John Dear is continuing the tradition of civil disobedience pioneererd by the Berrigan brothers in the 1960s. A month in Australia has convinced him that we want to give up our freedoms in order to become part of the new American Empire.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 24 December 2006
Suicide bombing, kidnapping and rocket attacks are morally indefensible. They commonly demean the humanity of those who indulge in them and those who suffer them. From 25 July 2006.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 23 December 2006
19 Comments
Family First's claim that it is not a Christian political party should not be surprising. In Mark’s Gospel, the greatest single obstacle to faith is to put family first.
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AUSTRALIA
- Paul Daffey
- 30 October 2006
Phil is always at the end of the bar with his head in a book or, occasionally, a newspaper. He never tires of reading in company, with a either a vodka and Coke or a Cascade Light just off the page.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 04 September 2006
At Midnight Mass and blissed-out on the music playing on his Walkman, the newly atheist Zac daydreams that he’s floating up to the rafters, taking flight as the congregation below 'ooh-oohs' to the refrain of the Stones’ 'Sympathy For the Devil'. More than escapism, the scene reflects Zac’s unconscious desire to transcend the natural order of his world.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 24 July 2006
5 Comments
Suicide bombing, kidnapping and rocket attacks are morally indefensible. They commonly demean the humanity of those who indulge in them and those who suffer them. The response to acts of violence is morally more complex.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Siobhan Jackson, Gil Maclean
- 14 May 2006
Reviews of the films Inside Man, V for Vendetta, Capote, and The March of the Penguins.
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AUSTRALIA
- Peter Hamilton
- 10 May 2006
Peter Hamilton prepares to cast his first vote in a US election
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AUSTRALIA
On the 25th anniversary of the election of the Sandinista government, Nicaragua is still subject to the machinations of Central American politics
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AUSTRALIA
- Christine Gillespie
- 30 April 2006
3 Comments
Christine Gillespie walks in the steps of her Lalor ancestors.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Christopher Gleeson
- 27 April 2006
Christopher Gleeson finds much to admire in Maryanne Confoy’s Morris West: Literary Maverick.
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RELIGION
- Jeremy Clarke
- 25 April 2006
If Pope Benedict XVI can continue the work of both his immediate predecessor and his namesake, there will be cause for thanks
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