Rowland Croucher
Budget 2014: Is this the Australia we really want to be?
Date May 16, 2014 Hugh Mackay Illustration: Jim Pavlidis. Poll delivers judgment on Coalition ‘Missing’ figures show poor are hit Pain-sharing promise to haunt PM How you responded to last Tuesday night ¢â‚¬â„¢s budget speech would depend on your point of view, your preoccupations and your prejudices ¢â‚¬“ political and otherwise. If you were a […]
Australians shouldn’t have to choose between growth and fairness
Equality of opportunity must remain an Australian value. We have to equip people to participate in the economy so they can access the benefits of growth. This budget won’t achieve it ‘For Piketty, rising inequality is driven by differences in financial capital rather than human capital’. Photograph: Andy Warhol Foundation/Corbis Penny Wong Monday 19 May […]
The Lucidity of Madmen: the Myth of the ‘Model Moderate Muslim’
Two excellent articles which appeared in the past week: The Lucidity of Madmen: Andrew Bolt, Waleed Aly and the Myth of the ‘Model Moderate Muslim’ Scott Stephens ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS UPDATED 16 MAY 2014 IN A TRIUMPH OF BIPARTISAN NIHILISM, MADMEN ACROSS THE IDEOLOGICAL SPECTRUM HAVE CONSPIRED TO ENSURE THAT NO MATTER REQUIRING A […]
What caused the Arab uprisings?
May 14, 2014 12:13 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star The dizzying pace of events across the Arab world during this fourth year of continuous citizen protests for a better life reveals a wide variety of developments in different countries. It is easy to become confused by the very erratic pattern of […]
‘His sheep hear his voice’: beautiful illustration
During the Palestinian uprising in the late 1980 ¢â‚¬â„¢s the Israeli army decided to punish a village near Bethlehem for not paying its taxes. These taxes, the villagers claimed, simply financed the occupation. The officer in command rounded up all of the village animals and placed them in a large barbed-wire pen. Later in the week […]
Huston Smith: Religion in the Twenty-first Century
Religion in the Twenty-First Century [See also here for an excellent series of essays from a wide range of scholars on this broad topic]. By Huston Smith Huston Smith is a philosopher, film producer, and author. He is widely regarded as the most eloquent and accessible contemporary authority on the history of religions. Born in […]
Kidnapping Schoolgirls: why does Boko Haram think that’s OK?
Mark Durie on the Glazov Gang – Islam ¢â‚¬â„¢s Role in Boko Haram ¢â‚¬â„¢s Kidnapping of Schoolgirls Posted: 09 May 2014 03:25 PM PDT Here is my recent appearance on the Glazov Gang: In the interview I suffered a slip of the tongue and at one point said that Islam permits a man to have five wives. Of course […]
Liberals and Conservatives (Richard Rohr)
Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation Seven Themes of an Alternative Orthodoxy Seventh Theme: Reality is paradoxical and complementary. Non-dual thinking is the highest level of consciousness. Divine union, not private perfection, is the goal of all religion (Goal). Liberals Versus Conservatives Meditation 21 of 52 At this time in history, the contemporary choice offered most Americans […]
Miroslav Volf: Embracing the ‘other’ in love, truth and grace
¢â‚¬â€¹Prof Miroslav Volf says his parents gave him an amazing gift of hospitality. 4/05/2014 by Gordon Preece Christians must practise a ¢â‚¬Ëœhermeneutic of hospitality ¢â‚¬â„¢ to those who are ¢â‚¬Ëœother ¢â‚¬â„¢, including Muslims and non-believers, argues Professor Miroslav Volf, Director of the Centre for Faith and Culture at Yale University. The renowned theologian and author of Exclusion and […]
Climate Change: Ensuring our safety is the first duty of government
Notes from an article by former Supreme Court of Victoria Judge David Harper AM The climate has changed, is changing, and will continue to change. Humankind is by default moving the globe towards four degrees of increased warming. Such a change will destroy civilization, and with it everything that is precious in life. The most […]
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