Rowland Croucher
People Like Us: How Arrogance is Dividing Islam and the West (Waleed Aly)
A review of Waleed Aly’s People Like Us: How arrogance is dividing Islam and the West (Sydney: Picador, 2007) 277pp RRP $32.95 Reviewed by Barry Peters. Wesley College has done its job well. This exclusive Melbourne private school has produced another star graduate in the Muslim lawyer Waleed Aly. Accused by an internet blogger of […]
Australian Politics: Christian Soundings
Soundings A forum for analysis and debate on issues of religion, ethics and public policy in Australia and internationally No. 70 – 22 November 2007 Onward Christian voters by Rod Benson Australian voters go to the polls in two days to re-elect their 25th Prime Minister since Federation in 1901, John Howard , or to […]
Evangelism on Usenet Newsgroups (video)
Here’s an email I just received: *** I found this. The speaker has a the kind of accent that would make you think twice about playing against a cricket team with him in it but apart from that he seems OK. http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=7061115361789725001&q=rowland+ croucher&total=1&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 Did you know it was available? I’d urge you to publicise it […]
Controversial Religious Movies
I thought you might be interested in Beliefnet’s list of The Most Controversial Religious Movies of All Time… The Most Controversial Religious Movies of All Time Putting religion on the big screen is a daunting prospect for even the most gifted filmmaker. Because faith is so sacred to so many people, there’s no way to […]
Reformers
“The reformer is always right about what is wrong. He is generally wrong about what is right.” – G. K. Chesterton
A Warning about The Golden Compass
Some very dark Materials: A warning about The Golden Compass By David Sch ¼tz I first became aware of the upcoming movie The Golden Compass when my wife and I saw the shorts for it at the cinema. We instantly put it on our “must see” list and said to ourselves: “The children would enjoy that.” […]
Divisions In Our World Are Not The Result Of Religion
Divisions In Our World Are Not The Result Of Religion By Karen Armstrong & Andrea Bistrich 14 November, 2007 Countercurrents.org Karen Armstrong was a Catholic nun for seven years before leaving her order and going to Oxford. Today, she is amongst the most renowned theologians and has written numerous bestsellers on the great religions and […]
Australia’s 2007 election
After what has really been a year-long election campaign, we will soon cast our vote in the Federal election. So how shall we vote? In a society where we are told that we are the most important person in the world, we are encouraged to vote accordingly. But what would Jesus say about this? Although […]
Appreciating Philip Pullman
Saturday, November 10, 2007 He may be the next best thing to the Antichrist, but (as with the AntiChrist) not all that Philip Pullman says is false. Even in the “His Dark Materials” series, he acknowledges (in the words of William Blake) A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can […]
The Great Wall of America (Church/State)
Nov. 18, 2007 The Great Wall of America By Harry T. Cook Even though the phrase “wall of separation of church and state” does not appear in the Constitution of the United States, Thomas Jefferson used it early in his presidency in reference to his and his fellow founders’ intention to keep ecclesiastical meddlers at […]
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