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Eco-spirituality's overwhelming agenda
- Peter Kirkwood
- 02 November 2012
With the introduction of the carbon tax in July, we are beginning to experience the consequences of attempts to address the threat of climate change. Theologian, ethicist and Uniting Church minister Noel Preston has led the way in the religious realm in thinking and talking about a range of ecological issues, including climate change.
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Drunk tweeting and other social media pitfalls
- Peter Kirkwood
- 05 October 2012
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Drunk tweeting and other social media pitfalls
- Peter Kirkwood
- 05 October 2012
'Journalists have long had a reputation for unwinding at the pub after a tough story ... What happens when you combine alcohol consumption, stress, real time and a live publishing platform that's unmediated?' Journalist, academic and 'furious citizen' Julie Posetti discusses the pros and cons of the Twitterisation of journalism.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

My life as a Florence tour guide
- Benedict Coleridge
- 22 August 2012
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All is not quite lost. There's still Michelangelo's David in the Academia — that's 'famous' and always makes for a good Facebook album cover. But after queuing for two hours, you feel rather underwhelmed — David isn't the 20m high statue of a ripped male you had been expecting, and there isn't a secret passageway leading from his gluteus maximus to a torture chamber beneath the Vatican.
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RELIGION

Conversations with Rowan Williams
- Andrew McGowan
- 22 March 2012
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When he became Archbishop of Canterbury, he brought with him the hopes of liberal Anglicans and the scrutiny of conservatives, as he appeared likely to lead the Anglican Church further towards acceptance of progressive views. His success or failure would have to be about conversation, not about decree.
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Religion and republicanism in Australian politics
- Peter Kirkwood
- 26 August 2011
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Religion and republicanism in Australian politics
- Peter Kirkwood
- 26 August 2011
Political commentator John Warhurst has devoted his working life to observing what motivates politicians, particularly their religious beliefs. He sees an Australian republic as a 'logical, necessary and natural evolution of Australian political and constitutional identity'.
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Shedding light on Christian Australia's bleak prognosis
- Peter Kirkwood
- 08 October 2010
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Shedding light on Christian Australia's bleak prognosis
- Peter Kirkwood
- 08 October 2010
Renowned sociologist Gary Bouma is one of most respected observers of religion in this country. He predicts that, by 2021, less than 50 per cent of Australians will call themselves Christian.
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RELIGION

Marketing the Dalai Lama
- Yannick Thoraval
- 14 December 2009
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When the Dalai Lama appeared, people flocked to the stage, mobile phone cameras in hand, so they too could own a piece of the Dalai Lama. As a measure of our cultural values, it is interesting to consider that the Dalai Lama has become a commodity.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Not a freakin' travel article
- Susan Merrell
- 01 July 2009
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I try to guard against stereotyping, so on arrival in New York I had not given a thought to the loud, brash New Yorker of legend. Yet, they were all there, en masse. New York is full of ... well ... New Yorkers. And boy, are they loud!
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AUSTRALIA

Football, sex and poetry
- Sarah Kanowski
- 02 June 2009
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Sex scandals can make celebrities out of the most unlikely figures. But just how similar is the case of the Oxford poetry professorship candidate accused of sexually harrassing his students, and Australian Rugby League's group sex scandal?
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Keywords: Academia