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Keywords: Exorcism

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Sweet dreams and haunted histories
- Danielle Terceiro
- 30 October 2024
As Halloween starts to become a staple in Australian neighbourhoods, for most people its ghosts mean little more than costumes and candy. But from haunted churches to eerie local legends, Halloween says something about us and the way we carry snatches of unresolved history.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Human faces of Monet's demons
- Benedict Coleridge
- 09 August 2013
7 Comments
Monet, in a period of deep grief and loss, made what was in his career a rare decision: to paint other people. The artist forgot himself in contemplating the faces of his wife and his son, in depicting the faces of death and of incomprehension. We need icons like this — icons of incomprehension, reminders of the fragile self that, behind its virtual armour, is beset by doubt and demons.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Conversations about a damaged marriage
- Tim Kroenert
- 18 July 2013
Jesse and Celine head out to enjoy a final night in Greece. In conversation, the fray and fineness of their relationship are revealed. Discussions of philosophy and art illuminate ways in which their individual worldviews impact on their lived reality. They land in a hotel, where the conversation goes from intimate, to pragmatic, to something akin to exorcism.
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RELIGION

Pope's lessons in boldness for Australian politicians
- Andrew Hamilton
- 11 July 2013
21 Comments
One of the intriguing features of Pope Francis is the contrast between his earthy and free way with words and the laboured earnestness of those exploring his words for hidden meanings. It is like watching Martians deploy a bomb disposal unit to deal with the football a kid has kicked into their spaceship. The incongruity is humorous but it also points to a sclerosis in public conversations.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Polite parents of violent children
- Tim Kroenert
- 01 March 2012
As with Christos Tsiolkas' The Slap, an act of violence involving children acts as a catalyst to exacerbate the adult characters' prejudices, insecurities and resentments. Aided by alcohol, civility is gradually stripped away as a polite gathering degenerates into bullying and abuse.
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RELIGION

21st century exorcism
- Andrew Hamilton
- 14 December 2010
5 Comments
I respect the work of exorcists who offer appropriate pastoral care to those acutely troubled. I also believe it is not generally helpful to give prominence in the churches to demonic possession and exorcism.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Agnostic preachers fight the devil
- Tim Kroenert
- 25 November 2010
The Exorcist upheld an essentially fundamentalist, even romantic vision of religious experience. Its central character was an agnostic Jesuit whose encounters with demonic forces restore his faith. The Last Exorcism substitutes for the jaded Jesuit a troubled Middle American preacher.
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RELIGION

Delivering the mentally disabled from evil
- Scott Stephens
- 19 September 2007
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Superiority and the benevolence of modern science and the health-care system, versus the cruel, more ancient practice of ostracising the sick from civic life.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Fascinating and disturbing mysteries
- Rosamund Dalziell
- 27 April 2006
Rosamund Dalziell reviews Haunted Earth, by Peter Read.
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Keywords: Exorcism