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Link highlights - Election 2016

Thursday, 23 June 2016

| Ethos editor

A selection of articles and resources from Christian and mainstream media, blogs and other outlets on the 2016 Federal Elections.

Link highlights - May 2016

Monday, 6 June 2016

| Ethos editor

Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces for May 1st to June 6th, 2016.

Former ABC head warns Christians against retreat into comfortable media worlds

Monday, 6 June 2016

| Kayley Payne

Eternity News reports on former ABC Mark Scott's address at the 2016 Work & Faith Award.

Faith in the election

Monday, 6 June 2016

| Nils von Kalm

Ultimately, for the Christian, the core of voting means voting for the party that will do the most for those who are most disadvantaged in the world, not the party that will do the most for ourselves.

Political Questions that Can't be Answered by our Publicly Funded Public Relations Firms

Sunday, 5 June 2016

| Bruce Wearne

We have seen genuine political parties give way to the rise of 'public relations firms', threatening to undermine respect for public governance, for state-crafting,

Death

Saturday, 4 June 2016

| Martin E. Marty

This exploration of Daniel Akst’s ‘Facing Up to Death,’ a review of Katie Roiphe’s The Violet Hour, looks at how 'religion' is experienced by everyday people as they face death.

Response to letter in The Age about voluntary euthanasia in Oregon

Saturday, 28 May 2016

| Denise Cooper-Clarke

Suicide rates have not fallen, but in fact increased, since the introduction of 'assisted dying' in Oregon, USA. Therefore the claim that legalising assisted dying might reduce the suicide rate in Australia is spurious.

Victorian Late-Term Abortion Legislation

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

| Ethos and Melbourne Anglican Social Responsibilities Executive

A response for discussion ahead of this week's vote in the Victorian Parliament on Late-Term Abortions.

Casting a Net of Caring

Sunday, 17 April 2016

| Amanda Jackson

The church needs to send a clearer message on domestic violence, argues the executive director of the Women's Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance.