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RELIGION

The optimism of Timothy Radcliffe
- John Warhurst
- 09 April 2024
12 Comments
Timothy Radcliffe has a hopeful vision for the Church, yet noting the slow pace of institutional change in his recent visit to Australia, he presented a sort of optimism that eschewed any hope for immediate outcomes. The basis for Radcliffe’s optimism seems to be his assumption that it is acceptable for the Church to take its time.
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AUSTRALIA

Recognition of Aboriginal rights: A contemporary Australian perspective
- Frank Brennan
- 05 June 2023
19 Comments
The wording of the proposed change to the Australian Constitution to enshrine a First Nations Voice might not be perfect. But whatever the imperfections and the risk of future complications, it is high time that Australia’s First Peoples were recognised in the Constitution in a manner sought and approved by a broad cross-section of Indigenous leaders.
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RELIGION

The Protestant Reformation 500 years on
- Frank Brennan
- 26 October 2017
9 Comments
The first thing to note about this 500th anniversary of the Reformation is that it is the first centenary celebration or commemoration that we have been able to share together and without rancour.
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INTERNATIONAL

The Catholic Church's view on human rights
- Frank Brennan
- 05 September 2016
1 Comment
'I am a Jesuit amongst Dominicans contemplating the Church's view of human rights. I am a human rights practitioner rather than a theologian, aware that human rights discourse is increasingly more universal and secular. Contemplating, preaching and enacting human rights in the 21st Century Church and World, I come asking two questions.' Frank Brennan's keynote presentation in Salamanca Spain to the International Congress of Dominicans in the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights: Past, Present, Future on the occasion of their 800th anniversary.
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RELIGION

Best of 2013: A Jesuit learns to live with a Jesuit Pope
- Andrew Hamilton
- 06 January 2014
6 Comments
I indulge a passing self-congratulatory thought that the Pope is, like me, a Jesuit, and will understand our Jesuit ways. And that the Church, of course, will benefit immeasurably from his Jesuit training. That is immediately followed by a touch of anxiety: perhaps he will understand our ways all too well.
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RELIGION

University as an agent of transformation
- Frank Brennan
- 22 March 2013
1 Comment
'Transformation and empowerment will come through the exercise of kindness and tenderness, accompanied by the practical abilities inculcated by a rounded Catholic education.' Frank Brennan's address at the Transformation and Empowerment Symposium marking 50 years of the Signadou campus of ACU, 22 March 2013.
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RELIGION

A Jesuit learns to live with a Jesuit Pope
- Andrew Hamilton
- 14 March 2013
49 Comments
I indulge a passing self-congratulatory thought that the Pope is, like me, a Jesuit, and will understand our Jesuit ways. And that the Church, of course, will benefit immeasurably from his Jesuit training. That is immediately followed by a touch of anxiety: perhaps he will understand our ways all too well.
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AUSTRALIA

Racist massacre in the Dominican pigmentocracy
- Jeremy Tarbox
- 01 October 2012
9 Comments
A Dominican drivers license specifies skin colour: white, light, dark, almost black or black. 'Black' likely brands the holder as a poor and inferior Haitian. Understanding this pigmentocracy is especially relevant now, on the 75th anniversary of the worst peace time human rights abuse of civilians in the Americas during the 20th century.
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AUSTRALIA

Revisiting South Africa
- Duncan Maclaren
- 31 August 2011
2 Comments
My last visit to South Africa was in 1989 when apartheid was in its death throes. The only difference between then and now in the gap between the poor (mostly black and so-called coloureds) and rich is that some blacks have become the 'nouveaux riches' of the new South Africa.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

God of the empty image
- Peter Lach-Newinsky
- 10 March 2009
4 Comments
To attain God everything must go: will, self, knowledge, word, God Himself ... Their faith is words. Mine unspeakable.
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AUSTRALIA

The Eureka moment
- Robert Hefner
- 14 May 2006
Robert Hefner speaks with Morag Fraser and Peter Steele about the qualities that made Eureka Street a special magazine.
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AUSTRALIA

One island, two nations
- Kent Rosenthal
- 25 April 2006
The common African past of both the Dominican Republic and Haiti continues to be a wound
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Keywords: Dominicans