Keywords: Christian Brothers
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INTERNATIONAL
- Vacy Vlazna
- 14 November 2007
4 Comments
In July 2002, Australia voted against a proposal to strengthen the 1984 UN Convention against Torture. John Howard's friendship with George W. Bush has compromised and tainted our once reputable record on human rights advocacy.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrew Hamilton
- 03 October 2007
4 Comments
In a time of perplexity about Catholicism and religion generally, the
perspective of Christian Brothers' founder Edmund Rice is strongly anchored in a faith focused on the
neediest groups in society. It points us towards recognising the good values and motives of those with whom
we differ.
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RELIGION
- Stefan Gigacz
- 27 June 2007
5 Comments
The See Judge Act method has been used by church and other groups for many years, as a means of putting social justice principles into practice. Conservative critics have recently described it as the manufacturing of truth by consensus, but it has more to do with a common search for truth.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 13 June 2007
3 Comments
Rural landowners are planning a day of "civil obedience" on 1 July to assert what they believe is their right to clear native vegetation from their land. How is this different from the civil disobedience of anti-war protestors such as the Pine Gap Four?
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RELIGION
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RELIGION
- James Massola
- 02 April 2007
2 Comments
Jesuit peace activist John Dear is continuing the tradition of civil disobedience pioneererd by the Berrigan brothers in the 1960s. A month in Australia has convinced him that we want to give up our freedoms in order to become part of the new American Empire.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 24 December 2006
Suicide bombing, kidnapping and rocket attacks are morally indefensible. They commonly demean the humanity of those who indulge in them and those who suffer them. From 25 July 2006.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 23 December 2006
19 Comments
Family First's claim that it is not a Christian political party should not be surprising. In Mark’s Gospel, the greatest single obstacle to faith is to put family first.
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AUSTRALIA
- Paul Daffey
- 30 October 2006
Phil is always at the end of the bar with his head in a book or, occasionally, a newspaper. He never tires of reading in company, with a either a vodka and Coke or a Cascade Light just off the page.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 04 September 2006
At Midnight Mass and blissed-out on the music playing on his Walkman, the newly atheist Zac daydreams that he’s floating up to the rafters, taking flight as the congregation below 'ooh-oohs' to the refrain of the Stones’ 'Sympathy For the Devil'. More than escapism, the scene reflects Zac’s unconscious desire to transcend the natural order of his world.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 24 July 2006
5 Comments
Suicide bombing, kidnapping and rocket attacks are morally indefensible. They commonly demean the humanity of those who indulge in them and those who suffer them. The response to acts of violence is morally more complex.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Siobhan Jackson, Gil Maclean
- 14 May 2006
Reviews of the films Inside Man, V for Vendetta, Capote, and The March of the Penguins.
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