Rowland Croucher
Child Abuse: a World Wide Web of Organizations
The world wide web of abuse Date November 12, 2012 Chris Goddard Illustration: Jim Pavlidis. Across the globe, the organised crimes of serial child rapists have been met with disorganisation by careless institutions. THE stories from around the world are eerily similar. Children raped by perpetrators who are then sheltered by the organisations that gave […]
Racist Attitudes towards Black Americans
Americans still linking blacks to apes Crude historical depictions of African Americans as ape-like may have disappeared from mainstream U.S. culture, but research presented in a new paper by psychologists at Stanford, Pennsylvania State University and the University of California-Berkeley reveals that many Americans subconsciously associate blacks with apes. In addition, the findings show that society is […]
Initiating Men
How to put an end to the cycle of creating defective men Date November 12, 2012 Steve Biddulph The incubators of our nation’s leaders are failing them and us. YOU’D have to say it’s a theme in the culture – the outrageous mistreatment of girls at Sydney University’s St John’s College, which almost took the […]
Republicans and Women… and more about the US Presidential Election
Romney feels the scorn of women’s fury Date November 9, 2012 Emma Brockes The Republican paid dearly for his handling of female issues. IN THE long list of people who, in what might come to be seen as the most impressive achievement of his campaign, Mitt Romney managed to alienate, the biggest and most damaging […]
Moral Injury and Moral Repair – the emerging discussion within the armed forces
Moral Injury and Moral Repair ¢â‚¬“ the emerging discussion within the armed forces. Tim Dyer from John Mark Ministries has been facilitating discussion on moral injury at this year ¢â‚¬â„¢s Australian Defence Force chaplain ¢â‚¬â„¢s in service seminars. Every once in a while, a scientist or clinician describes something apparently for the first time and it immediately appears obvious […]
Church Attendances in Australia 2012
Flock keeping the faith – and feeling blessed Date November 7, 2012 Barney Zwartz Flocking together… chruchgoers are ‘considerably happier’ than they were 10 years ago. FALLING church attendances in Australia may have plateaued and churchgoers are considerably happier than 10 years ago, according to the five-yearly church ”census”. ”The complete Australian church is growing […]
Pedophilia: the Royal Commission is Good News
Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s: Why the royal commission is good news for the Church Fatima Measham ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS 12 NOV 2012 CATHOLICS MAY STILL SUPPORT THE PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS WHOM WE KNOW TO BE UNCOMMONLY DECENT HUMAN BEINGS, BUT ONLY WHEN WE CONDEMN THE ACTIONS OF THOSE WHO HAVE BETRAYED US. The paedophilia […]
The Religious Right after the Election
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings 11/12/2012 The Religious Right after the Election — Martin E. Marty Through the years your Monday Sightings has never commented on presidential campaigns, and the contest held this year is no exception. Today, self-liberated from the practice of opting-out, we can survey […]
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THE CHURCH?
(For a handout to our Wednesday Koinonia group, 14th November 2012) WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THE CHURCH? (notes from Brian McLaren, A New Kind of Christianity chapter 16) Recent Titles: A Churchless Faith, UnChristian, They Like Jesus but Not the Church, Quitting Church.. And also: They Won’t Let You Ask Questions There’s movement between churches: Some Catholics are […]
‘See How These Christians Love Each Other!’
Enduring All Things, Even Each Other by Martin B. Copenhaver Not long ago I was invited to preach at a denominational conference whose purpose was to encourage “civil discourse ¢â‚¬ in the church. The brochure for the event described its aims: While our times call for passion and conviction, they also summon us to civility. . […]
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