Keywords: Towards Healing
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 19 February 2010
30 Comments
Expressing scepticism
about the value of politicians committing to healing
social problems, Abbott quoted Jesus: 'The poor you
have with you always'. This phrase, used here to diffuse the claim the poor make on us, is much richer in meaning when read in context.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 18 September 2009
4 Comments
In Life and Death: How do we honour the Patient's Autonomy and the Doctor's Conscience?
Frank Brennan's Sandra David Oration at St Vincent's Clinic, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 17 September 2009.
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RELIGION
- Herman Roborgh
- 25 June 2009
The scriptures of both Islam and Christianity are full of paradoxes. Some readers of paradoxes simply emphasise only one part of the paradox. (Full text of Herman Roborgh's Dialogue Australasia article, May 2009.)
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Cassandra Golds
- 15 May 2009
1 Comment
Jones' working life has been devoted to stories. In Through A Glass Darkly, she tells of her father's death. Her account questions the experiences behind modern medical miracles, and acts as a guide for understanding suffering and grief.
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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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AUSTRALIA
- Sebastian Strangio
- 23 February 2009
1 Comment
It was a momentous event: a senior leader of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime standing trial in a court of law. The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia has set itself a
mandate that goes far beyond rendering impartial verdicts.
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RELIGION
- Constant Mews
- 05 February 2009
Obama's inaugural address evoked another great speech. In Chicago in 1893 Swami Vivekananda called for an end to 'sectarianism, bigotry, and
its horrible descendant, fanaticism'. Vivekananda's vision was never realised.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Gillian Bouras
- 28 January 2009
5 Comments
As the bush scents drift, I
remember: the aroma of fish and chips floating
along the platforms at Flinders Street Station; the smell of dust that
heralds a storm, as moisture hits
bone-dry earth. When your life is sliced in two by migration, you do not scorn nostalgia.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 17 November 2008
5 Comments
Senator John McCain's gracious concession speech this month recalled an era when hate was
the norm. Big bankers are now being targeted with hate the has been inflicted on gays and other marginalised Americans, but there are better ways to heal America.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 06 October 2008
'Lee and
Christine Rush are your average Ozzie couple, except that their teenage son Scott is on death row in Bali having been
convicted of being a hapless drug mule. It will not go down well on the streets of Jakarta
if Australians are baying for the blood of the Bali bombers one month
and then pleading to save our sons and daughters the next month.'
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 22 July 2008
27 Comments
Pope Benedict's apology to abuse victims included a directive to the local church to extend compassion and justice. The Church's 'Towards Healing' protocol is not a cheap substitute for criminal prosecution or civil liability.
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RELIGION
- Donal Godfrey
- 03 March 2008
21 Comments
Clergy signatories to the 100Revs Statement of Apology to the gay community took part in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on Saturday. Many Christians long for their churches to be
places of welcome for all people and commit themselves to pursuing this
goal.
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