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  • RELIGION

    The emerging patterns of Benedict's papacy

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 12 June 2006

    John Paul II’s world was the post-Reformation Church, seen from a Polish perspective. Benedict XVI is rooted in the Catholic Church before the Reformation, reflecting the subjects of his academic dissertations - Bonaventure and Augustine - who were masters in the exploration of symbols.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Soul food

    • Matthew Klugman
    • 11 June 2006

    Matthew Klugman interviews Richard Tognetti of the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    The voices of the silenced

    • Anthony Ham
    • 22 May 2006

    Anthony Ham looks at the national and international legacy of the bombings in Madrid.

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  • RELIGION

    Talking about community

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 14 May 2006

    Lindsay Tanner and Tony Abbott recently gave thoughtful speeches about the place of the churches in public life, which merit a reflective response.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Anglican lines in the sand

    • Alan Nichols
    • 14 May 2006

    Alan Nichols reviews Muriel Porter’sThe New Puritans:  The  Rise of Fundamentalism in the Anglican Church.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Getting to know Billy better

    • John Button
    • 14 May 2006

    John Button on Aneurin Hughes’s Billy Hughes: Prime Minister and Controversial Founding Father of  the Labor Party.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Irreconcilable differences?

    • Madeleine Byrne
    • 11 May 2006

    Madeleine Byrne takes to the streets of Hong Kong for a pro-democracy march

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Reasons to believe

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 11 May 2006

    Paul Collins’ latest book looks at why Catholics continue their relationship with the church

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Power left behind

    • Andrew West
    • 08 May 2006

    On the 25th anniversary of the election of the Sandinista government, Nicaragua is still subject to the machinations of Central American politics

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Ethics in a time of terror

    • Godfrey Moase
    • 08 May 2006

    Godfrey Moase reviews Peter Singer’s The president of good & evil and Patricia Marchak’s Reigns of Terror.

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  • RELIGION

    Human dignity and democracy

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 30 April 2006

    Cardinal George Pell recently spoke to the Acton Society on the limits of liberal democracy.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    A democracy of convenience

    • Kate Stowell
    • 30 April 2006

    Kate Stowell visits Uzbekistan, a democratic republic still under the reign of its former communist party leader.

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