Keywords: Liberation Theology
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INTERNATIONAL
- John Falzon
- 18 October 2010
5 Comments
There's something disquieting about quietness imposed from above in the heart of a democracy. Anti-Poverty Week is a good time to reflect on how, as a nation, can hear the revolutionary stories of the oppressed and abandoned in our midst.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 30 July 2010
1 Comment
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- Peter Kirkwood
- 30 July 2010
When it comes to asylum seekers, both Labor and Liberal leaders spruik policy that taps into negative community feelings toward 'the other'. Fr Francis D'Sa offers an alternative vision embracing multiculturalism and religious pluralism.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 26 March 2010
3 Comments
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 24 March 2010
12 Comments
Thirty years ago today Archbishop Oscar Romero was shot as he celebrated
Mass. His blood and the chalice were spilled together on the altar.
His anniversary will be remembered around the world, for he provides one
of the universal images of what living faithfully as a Christian might
look like today.
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RELIGION
- Stefan Gigacz
- 27 June 2007
5 Comments
The See Judge Act method has been used by church and other groups for many years, as a means of putting social justice principles into practice. Conservative critics have recently described it as the manufacturing of truth by consensus, but it has more to do with a common search for truth.
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AUSTRALIA
- Rodrigo Acuña
- 16 April 2007
3 Comments
Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez has urged the Catholic Church to take its part in building his 'Socialism for the 21st century'. In return, the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference has called for a "style of socialism that upholds free speech, tolerates opposing views and respects religious education".
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Chris McGillion
- 13 November 2006
2 Comments
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
- Edmund Campion
- 01 July 2006
George Orwell’s take on language has an increasing contemporary relevance
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RELIGION
- Bruce Duncan
- 25 April 2006
The challenge for Pope Benedict
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Bruce Duncan
- 25 April 2006
1 Comment
Tom Butler (1915–2005): lawyer, editor of the Catholic Worker newspaper
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Tim Martyn reviews Amin Saikal’s Islam and the West: Conflict or Co-operation.
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