Search Results: communism
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EDUCATION
- John Warhurst
- 09 July 2012
10 Comments
Labor speechwriter Graham Freudenberg observed that ‘the oldest, deepest, most poisonous debate in Australia has been about government aid to church schools’. The most dramatic episode in the history of church state relations in Australia was the Goulburn schools strike, which took place 50 years ago this month.
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RELIGION
- Kristina Keneally
- 08 June 2012
59 Comments
Recently Catherine Deveny tweeted that my claim to be a Catholic and a feminist showed I was 'suffering serious cognitive dissonance'. Many gay Christians are confronted by a similar lack of understanding from non-believers who can't understand why they would embrace a Church that rejects them.
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ECONOMICS
- Chris Middleton
- 08 November 2011
8 Comments
Whatever the merits of Occupy Wall Street, it is far too early to speak of any substantial challenge to the dominance of capitalism. Yet there is a real taste for exploring alternatives. The most influential of faith-based approaches to economic theory is that of distributism.
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AUSTRALIA
- Irfan Yusuf
- 07 October 2011
12 Comments
Today is the tenth anniversary of the war on Afghan jihadists. We civilised Westerners decided we’d had enough of barbarians flying planes into our skyscrapers, killing thousands of our civilians. And hence we sent our own planes to drop huge bombs on their villages and towns.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 03 August 2011
1 Comment
I received the documents in a battered brown suitcase. They were from a time of high drama within the Movement and the Labor Party concerning the Labor Split. In the course of my research, I wrote to several international sources. This brought me to the attention of the CIA and ASIO.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 02 May 2011
3 Comments
Political alliances can be strategically useful, but leaders must be careful not to appear too close to extreme groups. Tony Abbott and the NSW Greens have experienced 'guilt by association' in recent times, but the concept has a long history in Australian politics.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 29 April 2011
15 Comments
John Paul II was as much a Polish Catholic as Mary MacKillop was Australian. His moral force eroded the legitimacy of the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe. The controversy about his beatification is not about his virtue or historical significance, but about his legacy to the Church.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Mark Raper
- 17 November 2010
3 Comments
May I tell you about one refugee whom I met during the 20 years I lived and worked JRS? The story has no happy outcome, indeed far from it. But it may help to communicate some of the feelings that inspire many who accompany the refugees.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 11 November 2010
12 Comments
Nine prime ministers have been observant Christians. Two have been conventional Christians. Ten have been nominal Christians. Five have been articulate atheists or agnostics. One was a nominal atheist or agnostic.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Ben Coleridge
- 01 October 2010
9 Comments
America has grown so used to triumphing in the conflicts of the 1990s that mere stasis is now easily viewed as retreat. But from Teddy Roosevelt to Barack Obama, each time America has become blind to the limitations of its power, it has been wrenched back to reality by failure.
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AUSTRALIA
- Colin Long
- 06 September 2010
7 Comments
On the most important issues facing the nation, indeed the world —
climate change — we have had a Prime Minister who vaguely recognises
the problem but resists doing anything about it, and an opposition
leader who trivialises it to a question of tax.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Juliette Peers
- 06 August 2010
6 Comments
The Power Without Glory
trial ought to be read as a high-profile
and long lasting punishment meted out to traitors to a so-called
Australian normality. Frank Hardy's acquittal
and the campaign to defend his novel partly belong to mid 20th century
Australia's strong anti-Catholic undertow.
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