Apologetics
Apology: an Aboriginal Perspective
AN ABORIGINAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE APOLOGY (Editors note: Some of our readers have asked could we obtain a report from one of our Aboriginal leaders as to their perspective on the apology given by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd two weeks ago. Pastor Peter Walker a friend with whom we have shared the reconciliation journey over […]
Where is the Middle Class?
Paul Krugman Princeton Professor of Economics Paul Krugman talks about how the New Deal society has been dismantled in America, and the reasons for it. He brings it back to a revival of Southern issues about race being used by the ‘Movement Conservatives’ to undo various social policies during the present administration. Paul Krugman is […]
The Future of Humans/The Planet
Project 21 Stephen Cauchi February 24, 2008 A SOLUTION to the energy crisis, access to clean water, and direct information download to the human brain — these are just some of the great advances the world’s scientists have in their sights for the 21st century. According to a panel of experts appointed by the US […]
Church and State
“I accept Your Majesty as the sole source of ecclesiastical, spiritual and temporal power.” – The oath of loyalty sworn by Church of England bishops as members of a “Church established under the Crown” “They all act in opposition to the decrees of Caesar and claim instead that there is another king, Jesus.” – Acts […]
The Jesus Machine
A Down Under Minister’s look at Evangelicals and U.S. Presidential countdown… THE JESUS MACHINE* One of the intriguing sideshows of the current American presidential campaign is who believes what, who prays with whom, and which side is God backing. It bemuses, bewilders and frequently causes some alarm for the rest of the world. Australia, like […]
Coming out in church
Gays and the Anglican church have been in the news in the past week or so, particularly at the Anglican general synod in Canberra. The global Anglican church has been brought to the brink of schism by the passionate attitudes unleashed in 2003 when a gay bishop was ordained in the United States and same-sex […]
The Evolution of Morality
Steven Pinker February 23, 2008 WHICH of the following people would you say is the most admirable: Mother Teresa, Bill Gates or Norman Borlaug? For most, it’s an easy question. Mother Teresa, famous for ministering to the poor in Calcutta, has been beatified by the Vatican, awarded the Nobel peace prize and ranked in a […]
Compensation for Aborigines?
A wonderful start, but compensation? Peter Read February 9, 2008 CONGRATULATIONS, Prime Minister, on planning your apology to the removed children and their families. You may not realise how incredibly important it will be for the stolen generations to hear the words: “We thought it was right for the country, now we realise it was […]
Healing the psychological wounds of war
By Andrew J. Weaver 21 Feb 2008 What must [hu]mankind be, before such a thing as war could ever be known or thought of upon earth? How shocking, how inconceivable a want must there have been of common understanding, as well as common humanity, before any two Governors, or any two nations in the universe, […]
Beyond rich-poor stereotypes
By Paul Mukerji 21 Feb 2008 One morning, a couple of days after arriving as part of a recent Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) delegation to Colombia, we gathered in the park opposite our hotel for our morning reflection in which we touched upon a number of themes including poverty. The expression “rich and poor” came […]
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