Keywords: Public Intellectual
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Avril Hannah-Jones
- 07 August 2009
1 Comment
The Australian Student Christian Movement was ahead of the mainstream church in its rejection of fundamentalism, its activism, support for ecumenism, and encouragement of lay and female leadership. Since the 1960s it has been a movement in exile.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 06 August 2009
7 Comments
Two years ago, Kevin Rudd wrote about German wartime theologian and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer stressed character. His ethics were not expressed in rhetoric about hard times and hard decisions, but in acting responsibly without regard to popularity.
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AUSTRALIA
- Sarah Burnside
- 04 August 2009
12 Comments
A recent editorial in The Australian regretted that Australian
conservatives have conceded the intellectual high ground to Labor. In fact, the Liberal Party and its supporters have arguably been far
more astute than the ALP in nurturing academics and research fellows
sympathetic to the 'liberal conservative' cause.
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AUSTRALIA
- Sarah Kanowski
- 02 June 2009
7 Comments
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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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 11 May 2009
2 Comments
While it is inherently racist for a person to claim membership of the
best race, it is no bad thing for a religious person to claim
membership of the one true religion. That is what religious people do.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrena Jamieson
- 17 April 2009
Loreto Sister Veronica Brady has taken on the Government for its treatment of Indigenous Australians, the church for its treatment of women, and Australian society for its materialism. She belongs to the long tradition of Australian stirrers.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 13 April 2009
4 Comments
Bishop Geoffrey Robinson's book is an invitation to put fear behind us. Given the treatment it has received by people who should have known better, it has become an icon; a call to conversation without fear.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 27 February 2009
3 Comments
Professor Martha Nussbaum's recent book Liberty of Conscience provides a rich textured treatment of the place of religion in the public square. If God is taken out of the picture,
it may be difficult to maintain a human rights commitment to the
weakest and most despised in society.
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MEDIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 28 January 2009
9 Comments
On first reading how Quadrant was deceived into
publishing a spurious article, I laughed. My laughter, however, turned into sympathy, and even to apprehension. I recognised how vulnerable Eureka Street could be to such a high class sting.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tom Clark
- 10 December 2008
15 Comments
Sick of singing from the same song sheet during a perfect storm? Try our innovative 12-step cliche evasion program and see if, at the end of the day, it impacts your speech and enhances your conversation, going forwards into 2009.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tim Battin
- 01 December 2008
6 Comments
The Rudd Government is attempting to sell its Fair Work Bill on the basis of 'balance', as compared with the Howard Government's WorkChoices Bill. This is like trying to strike a balance between Margaret Thatcher and Genghis Khan.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Binoy Kampmark
- 24 November 2008
1 Comment
Gunnar Bergstrom returned to Cambodia last week hoping to atone for his one-time approval of the Khmer Rouge's Year Zero. In 1978 he and his comrades from the Sweden-Kampuchea Friendship Association were hosted by a gracious and grateful Pol Pot.
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