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Human Rights Overboard
19/11/08 | Alison Watts
In a recent Sydney Morning Herald Immigration Minister Senator Chris Evans was quoted as acknowledging the deleterious health impacts on physical and mental wellbeing of long-term detention, from a speech he made in July 2008.
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Promoting the Gospel
09/11/05 | Bishop Robert Forsyth
Don’t be put off by the title. This is not just another book about evangelism. Promoting the Gospel is a significant ground-breaking treatment…
Don’t be put off by the title. This is not just another book about evangelism. Promoting the Gospel is a significant ground-breaking treatment…
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A Sinner’s Guide to Holiness
26/10/05 | Kamal Weerakoon
Holiness is one of those topics it’s easy to make people feel guilty about (the other two are prayer and daily Bible reading…!) Because it’s so easy…
Holiness is one of those topics it’s easy to make people feel guilty about (the other two are prayer and daily Bible reading…!) Because it’s so easy…
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Affluenza
19/10/05 | Ben Underwood
Affluenza explores the social cost of the quest for wellbeing through the thrill of consumption. It identifies debt, overwork, waste and the use…
Affluenza explores the social cost of the quest for wellbeing through the thrill of consumption. It identifies debt, overwork, waste and the use…
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Dining with Terrorists
05/10/05 | Michael P. Jensen
“Terrorism” is a notoriously difficult word to define, and yet the times in which we live demand a clear view of good and evil. To fight terror is,…
“Terrorism” is a notoriously difficult word to define, and yet the times in which we live demand a clear view of good and evil. To fight terror is,…
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The Sins of Scripture
21/09/05 | Bishop Robert Forsyth
Now I don’t mind Spong inventing a new religion. But I do wish he would stop trying to use the word ‘Christian’ for it. Surely someone from Consumer…
Now I don’t mind Spong inventing a new religion. But I do wish he would stop trying to use the word ‘Christian’ for it. Surely someone from Consumer…
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Authenticity: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for Real Life
14/09/05 | Michael P. Jensen
If Boyle’s prophecy is accurate, then there are significant ramifications for how churches might gain traction in the culture of authenticity. It will…
If Boyle’s prophecy is accurate, then there are significant ramifications for how churches might gain traction in the culture of authenticity. It will…
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The Birth of Christianity: The First Twenty Years
07/09/05 | Brian Rosner
The book abounds with insights and startling conclusions. Saul was converted within a year of Jesus’ crucifixion. The preaching that Jesus is “Christ,”…
The book abounds with insights and startling conclusions. Saul was converted within a year of Jesus’ crucifixion. The preaching that Jesus is “Christ,”…
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Velocity
24/08/05 | Lea Carswell
The phrase ‘child abuse’ kept winding itself around my mind as I read Velocity, the early childhood memoir of Australian author, Mandy Sayer.…
The phrase ‘child abuse’ kept winding itself around my mind as I read Velocity, the early childhood memoir of Australian author, Mandy Sayer.…
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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
17/08/05 | Michael P. Jensen
The End of Faith by Sam Harris is a book written in the atheist tradition of Bertrand Russell. It is proof that a self-indulgent and stupid book…
The End of Faith by Sam Harris is a book written in the atheist tradition of Bertrand Russell. It is proof that a self-indulgent and stupid book…
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Pride and Perjury & Porridge and Passion
12/08/05 | AMS Staff
Originally a respected British MP of impeccable Eton and Oxford background, a cabinet minister in the Tory government that preceded Tony Blair’s Labour…
Originally a respected British MP of impeccable Eton and Oxford background, a cabinet minister in the Tory government that preceded Tony Blair’s Labour…
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The Men who stare at Goats
27/07/05 | Michael P. Jensen
After The Da Vinci Code I have learnt not to trust books that begin by saying that “this is a true story.” It is pretty much an admission by…
After The Da Vinci Code I have learnt not to trust books that begin by saying that “this is a true story.” It is pretty much an admission by…
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What Women Really Need: Australian Women Talk About Jesus
13/07/05 | Madeleine Collins
Feminists would be appalled at this book. The central premise, that every woman needs a man named Jesus, is promoted by every one of the 21 contributors.…
Feminists would be appalled at this book. The central premise, that every woman needs a man named Jesus, is promoted by every one of the 21 contributors.…
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Fractured Families: the story of a Melbourne church cult
05/07/05 | Archbishop Peter Jensen
Fractured Families gives an assessment of a group called ‘the Fellowship’ which is mainly based in Melbourne. It had its origins in an intense…
Fractured Families gives an assessment of a group called ‘the Fellowship’ which is mainly based in Melbourne. It had its origins in an intense…
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I’m not crazy, I’m just a little unwell
14/06/05 | Webmaster
Struck down with an utterly debilitating ‘mystery’ illness, Sydney Anglican and Sky News presenter Leigh Hatcher falls from the high-flying, adrenalin…
Struck down with an utterly debilitating ‘mystery’ illness, Sydney Anglican and Sky News presenter Leigh Hatcher falls from the high-flying, adrenalin…
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Through Unfamiliar Paths
14/06/05 | Jeremy Halcrow
The tragic and gripping life story of Bernard Suwa, who arrived in Sydney as a refugee in 2000, gives insight into how Christ has transformed thousands…
The tragic and gripping life story of Bernard Suwa, who arrived in Sydney as a refugee in 2000, gives insight into how Christ has transformed thousands…
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Dirt Cheap: Life at the wrong end of the job market
01/06/05 | Michael P. Jensen
If you close your eyes and inhale the sea air and feel the warm summer sun on your cheek you might just find it possible to believe that a fair go still…
If you close your eyes and inhale the sea air and feel the warm summer sun on your cheek you might just find it possible to believe that a fair go still…
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Christian Jihad
04/05/05 | Jeremy Halcrow
Christian Jihad is a lesson in humility. From the Crusades, to the Spanish Inquisition to murderous anti-abortionists, the history of Christianity…
Christian Jihad is a lesson in humility. From the Crusades, to the Spanish Inquisition to murderous anti-abortionists, the history of Christianity…
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Corrupting the Youth – A History of Philosophy in Australia
27/04/05 | Michael P. Jensen
Socrates was famously executed in Athens for “corrupting the youth” of the city. In 1989, when I was in my first year of Arts at Sydney University…
Socrates was famously executed in Athens for “corrupting the youth” of the city. In 1989, when I was in my first year of Arts at Sydney University…
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