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Doing Evil to Achieve Good? The Goverment's 'Moral Calculus' on Asylum Seekers

Monday, 3 December 2012

| Doug Hynd

Reflections on the moral calculus of the Australian Government’s policy on asylum seekers, or should the Government get into the business of taking hostages?

Sex and Politics

Wednesday, 7 November 2012

| Barbara Deutschmann

Barbara Deutschmann looks at the minefield of misogyny and sexism in a turbulent time in politics and in the wake of violent crimes against women.

Public Grief and the Post-Christendom Church: Reflections from Brunswick

Monday, 5 November 2012

| Gordon Preece

Demonstrative public, secular-spiritual displays of grief have become an increasingly common feature of our postmodern pilgrimage. The post-Christendom Church no longer has a monopoly on the expression and articulation of public grief, but Brunswick Baptist in its own small but significant way showed that the church can play a significant, if smaller part in providing solace in the face of inexplicably random violence and suffering.

Gender and Class Equality Should Go Hand in Hand

Monday, 5 November 2012

| John Falzon

Following a highly visible polemic against misogyny, the Federal government has moved to implement policy that forces more than 140,000 sole parents - mainly women - on to a Newstart Allowance that has seen no real increase since 1994.

Renovare - Training in Christian Character

Monday, 5 November 2012

| Nicholas Rundle

Whence Christian character? The Church today is weak because it largely fails to form believers and train them as apprentices in the Kingdom of God within strong faith communities. The synoptic vision of the Renovare movement seeks to move us beyond cultures of pietism, ‘sin management’ or social justice without the underpinnings of spiritual practice.

The Gospel, Goats and Generosity: The Story of TEAR’s Useful Gift Catalogue

Monday, 5 November 2012

| Sally Cloke and Brian Holmes

What would Jesus like for Christmas? It’s a simple question, perhaps even a little naïve. But when TEAR Australia asked it back in 1993, it started something that has transformed the lives of countless families living in poverty the world over and changed the way Australians engage with overseas aid.