The good go to Heaven
Sermon two in a series entitled 'Answering Wrong Assumptions' delivered by Simon Manchester at St…
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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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Walking the Camino
08/10/07 | Elly Byrne
This is a book not to be hurried through. It is not a murder mystery to be rushed through to the end. It is not…
This is a book not to be hurried through. It is not a murder mystery to be rushed through to the end. It is not…
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The Atheist Manifesto
01/10/07 | Stephen Bell
It seems that in recent times that some atheists have become more and more ‘evangelistic’, in the sense of…
It seems that in recent times that some atheists have become more and more ‘evangelistic’, in the sense of…
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By Hook or by Crook
24/09/07 | Chris Little
Here’s your experiment. You travel towards a new planet knowing that, of the two races, one is friendly towards…
Here’s your experiment. You travel towards a new planet knowing that, of the two races, one is friendly towards…
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Everyman
17/09/07 | Craig Schwarze
Philip Roth is considered by some to be the finest American novelist of the last 25 years. In his latest book,…
Philip Roth is considered by some to be the finest American novelist of the last 25 years. In his latest book,…
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The Lucifer Effect
10/09/07 | Alan Dungey
In The Lucifer Effect Zimbardo assembles disturbing evidence that any one of us, if subjected to the right…
In The Lucifer Effect Zimbardo assembles disturbing evidence that any one of us, if subjected to the right…
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Kevin Rudd: An Unauthorised Political Biography
03/09/07 | Karin Sowada
There is something about Kevin Rudd’s ascendancy to the Labor leadership that resembles that famous scene from…
There is something about Kevin Rudd’s ascendancy to the Labor leadership that resembles that famous scene from…
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The Secret
27/08/07 | Louise Cummins
With The Secret claiming to hold the key to our happiness (as well as holding the key to finding the perfect…
With The Secret claiming to hold the key to our happiness (as well as holding the key to finding the perfect…
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He’ll Be Ok
20/08/07 | Heather Smith
He’ll Be Ok: Growing Gorgeous Boys Into Good Men takes us to the heart of how teenage boys think. It’s…
He’ll Be Ok: Growing Gorgeous Boys Into Good Men takes us to the heart of how teenage boys think. It’s…
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Amazing Grace
13/08/07 | Brett Hall
I must confess that until reading Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery,…
I must confess that until reading Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery,…
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The Jesus Family Tomb
06/08/07 | Richard Humphrey
Part Indiana Jones, part The Da Vinci Code, and part Discovery Channel with a bit of CSI and…
Part Indiana Jones, part The Da Vinci Code, and part Discovery Channel with a bit of CSI and…
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Jesus for the Non-Religious
30/07/07 | Mark Thompson
Jack Spong is back. Once again he is visiting Australia to promote a new book. This one is called Jesus for…
Jack Spong is back. Once again he is visiting Australia to promote a new book. This one is called Jesus for…
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Jesus for the Non-Religious 2
30/07/07 | John Dickson
Spong paints a portrait of a Jesus who overturned the barriers of race, creed and sexuality in order “to free…
Spong paints a portrait of a Jesus who overturned the barriers of race, creed and sexuality in order “to free…
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
30/07/07 | Sarah Barnett
In her wildly successful “children’s” series JK Rowling has constructed a narrative that asks us to consider…
In her wildly successful “children’s” series JK Rowling has constructed a narrative that asks us to consider…
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Curious Obsessions
25/07/07 | Alan Dungey
Ideas that were once widely credited but that we now find absurd or horrifying are a limitless source of human…
Ideas that were once widely credited but that we now find absurd or horrifying are a limitless source of human…
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The Witch of Portobello
18/07/07 | Craig Schwarze
What is a Christian to make of Paulo Coelho? He is a former dark magician, now a practising Catholic, who writes…
What is a Christian to make of Paulo Coelho? He is a former dark magician, now a practising Catholic, who writes…
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Vietnam
11/07/07 | Peter Denham
With a title like this one, you can get a feel for what is coming. I wasn’t really surprised that a definitive…
With a title like this one, you can get a feel for what is coming. I wasn’t really surprised that a definitive…
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The Subtle Knife
04/07/07 | Mark Hadley
There is a word for the philosophy that Philip Pullman is pushing in the second installment of the His Dark…
There is a word for the philosophy that Philip Pullman is pushing in the second installment of the His Dark…
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Northern Lights
25/06/07 | Mark Hadley
Philip Pullman, the author of Northern Lights, may prove to be to children’s literature what Richard Dawkins…
Philip Pullman, the author of Northern Lights, may prove to be to children’s literature what Richard Dawkins…
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