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Religion & Spirituality

Is culture enough? Christianity and art

We can trace the museumisation of church art to the process of secularisation aided by the interest in comparative religion.

by Peter Sellick - 17/11/2020 - 4 comments

Driven underground by Christianity

Strangely enough for a work that centres on the secret, esoteric and arcane, 'The Secret Teachings' is largely concerned with the methodical application of rational logic.

by Peter McMahon - 3/11/2020 - 6 comments

Law of diminishing marginal utility

So, how much of COVID-19 can we take before it loses its ‘fear’ impact? In other words, have we reached, or reaching, a COVID-19 immunity worldview due to pandemic fatigue and pandemic anger?

by Greg Bondar - 28/10/2020 - 13 comments

The battle of the narratives of origin

Doubt about the veracity of biblical texts could have been ameliorated if English scholars were not so blind to German biblical research.

by Peter Sellick - 14/10/2020 - 10 comments

More scandals at the Vatican

Pell in this context is seen as more of a hero being treated badly by the Vatican's

by Keith Suter - 8/10/2020 - 13 comments

The Pell haters are all at See

George Pell is seldom out of the news, even when he is simply taking a pretty uneventful plane ride. His latest flight has taken a dramatic turn.

by Paul Collits - 6/10/2020 - 34 comments

Educating the next generation of nominal Catholics

At least one diocese in Australia is showing itself to have become prey to secularist progressive ideology. There may well be others.

by Paul Collits - 5/10/2020 - 8 comments

Clinging to the wreckage

It occurred to me at the time that a new thing had occurred, that the national interest was now the basis of all policy. What more do you need?

by Peter Sellick - 23/09/2020 - 22 comments

Three religious leaders who have lost all morality

Then, at its most basic, helping others, preventing harm, is the overriding moral belief that should drive our approach to the Corona Virus pandemic.

by Peter Bowden - 1/09/2020 - 8 comments

Has consumer capitalism displaced faith?

When we turned away from the enchantment of Christianity, we did not discover a disenchanted world, but we looked for new forms of enchantment.

by Peter Sellick - 17/08/2020 - 41 comments

Man and God: Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now

The book also counters many of the Gospel and secular truths that many people hold. Income inequality for example is not that bad.

by David Hale - 30/07/2020 - 12 comments

Reflections on some recent legal matters

George Pell, Dyson Heydon: the church and the law, both human institutions, subject to human failings

by Ian Keese - 27/07/2020 - 9 comments

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