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Gay Marriage: Britain votes in favour
Line, or head, in the sand? 9/2/2013 LAST Tuesday in London, the House of Commons voted 400 to 175 in favour of marriage for gays and lesbians in England and Wales. If, as expected, the House of Lords also votes in favour and the bill becomes law, Britain will become the 10th country to endorse […]
Wheat: to eat or not to eat
Date February 14, 2013 Those with coeliac disease need to cut it out, but a growing number of healthy people claim they’re also all the better for going gluten free. Kenneth Chang examines the evidence. Slice of life ¢â‚¬ ¦ some wheat varieties contain higher levels of gluten because the protein helps give the springy inside […]
Iraq: revisiting a stupid war…
For democracy’s sake, let’s talk about our war in Iraq February 14, 2013 Sue Wareham An inquiry would help us avoid repeating mistakes made 10 years ago. Natasha Stott-Despoja addresses an anti-war demonstration in Swanston street on February 14, 2003. Photo: Shannon Morris The largest anti-war demonstrations in Australian history began 10 years ago today – […]
Aboriginal Recognition – unites all our politicians
Federal politicians of all political colours yesterday took a major step towards meaningful constitutional recognition of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Julia Gillard meets Lowitja O’Donoghue yesterday. Photo: Andrew Meares IT WAS a day unlike any other in the national Parliament since the 2010 federal election, and no one called it better than the man who […]
Crowds (Martin Marty)
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings 2/18/2013 Crowds — Martin E. Marty Students of world religions sometimes speak in puzzlement about the long-held claim that ¢â‚¬Å“religion is a private affair. ¢â‚¬ Part of that claim is based on something notable and no doubt laudable. In my tradition, […]
How History Trashes Reputations
Don’t treat me this way Date: February 18 2013 Adam Lusher History of hysteria? After the discovery of ”villainous” Richard III’s bones come new efforts to clear his name. So who else has time given a bad rap? THE discovery of royal bones beneath a Leicester car park has led to calls for Richard III […]
Is the Church Failing Young People?
Posted on February 18, 2013 by Joel Rieves Even though I don ¢â‚¬â„¢t work with youth anymore when I saw ¢â‚¬Å“Youth Ministry ¢â‚¬“ The Fifty Year Failed Experiment ¢â‚¬ by Fr. John Peck, I was intrigued. At some level, I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve always known there were problems in the church and five years of youth ministry showed me those problems weren ¢â‚¬â„¢t […]
Population – world statistics and trends
A changing world looks for a fresh approach to meet age-old challenges BY:ROSS FITZGERALD From:The Australian February 16, 2013 12:00 SOME perceptive social commentators compare population ageing with climate change as a key challenge in the 21st century. But in the community at large it gets much less than its fair share of attention. But, like […]
Papacy of Benedict was fraught with problems
BY:ANGELA SHANAHAN From:The Australian February 16, 2013 12:00AM IN a society where religion is often dismissed by the elites as irrelevant to public debate, the news that the Pope had resigned was not ignored by the hoi polloi. People have been talking about the papal abdication all week. Even the ABC thought the resignation of the […]
Conservative Religion and Conservative Politics
An interesting list: RELIGION AND PUBLIC POLICY (2/13) For some time I have been curious as to how conservative religion gets so easily enmeshed in conservative politics. I have been surfing the 11 religious channels on Direct TV, and have gone through a ream of pages from fundamentalist magazines and pamphlets. Here are some of […]
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