Section: Eureka Street Tv
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 01 July 2011
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The saturation coverage of the assassination of Osama bin Laden helped the cause of anti-religionists such as the New Atheists, who make blanket denunciations of religion. Theologian Peter Vardy says it’s not enough for believers to shine the light on good religion. They must denounce bad religion as well.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 17 June 2011
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 17 June 2011
A December 2000 article in The Age said Robina Courtin has 'been a black belt in karate, one of many daughters in a large Catholic family, a supporter of the Black Panthers, a radical lesbian separatist feminist and a lot else besides'. As a little girl she wanted to become a Catholic priest. Instead she became a Buddhist nun.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 03 June 2011
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 03 June 2011
This week a series of billboards proclaiming 'Jesus: a prophet of Islam' and other pro-Muslim slogans have stirred controversy in Sydney. Andrew Harvey, a devotee of the mystical strand of Islam, the Sufi tradition, has a much subtler message about the basics of Islam.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 20 May 2011
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 20 May 2011
The idea of establishing a university in Palestine was first mooted during the 1964 visit of Paul VI. Today Bethlehem University has 3000 students, and has had 12,000 graduates since its foundation. Current vice-chancellor Peter Bray is well placed to lead it through its next phase.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 06 May 2011
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 06 May 2011
Allison argues recent scientific revelations about homosexuality are part of the unfolding natural law that challenges negative attitudes and beliefs regarding it, and the basis for official Church teaching, that being gay is 'an objective disorder'.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 21 April 2011
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 21 April 2011
Recent debate in the Australian Catholic Church over the new English translation of the Mass shows the difficulty of expressing age-old spiritual truths in contemporary language and symbols. One Sydney Uniting Church has risen to the challenge.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 07 April 2011
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