Yesterday around 20 Christian activists staged sit-ins in Sydney at the office of the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, and in Melbourne at that of Federal Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten. The protesters included…
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Yesterday the Global Freedom Network was launched – a groundbreaking initiative to combat 21st-century slavery in its many forms, including forced labour and sexual trafficking. It has a five-year business…
In January, Greens Senator Richard di Natale sparked another round of the never-ending debate as to whether or not the Australian Parliament should open with prayer. Under standing orders, each sitting…
Following education minister Christopher Pyne’s announcement last week of a review of the new Australian school curriculum, one of the reviewers, Kevin Donnelly, claimed in an interview that the national…
Today, December 6, is celebrated by the Christian churches as the feast day of St Nicholas. The saint is one of the historic figures on whom Santa Claus is based and so today is the closest the world gets…
Rutgers University recently announced it will offer a first-year seminar on the theology of Bruce Springsteen. The seminar, led by Azzan Yadin-Israel, will cover songs spanning Springsteen’s 40-year career…
The report of the Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Non-Government Organisations has now been tabled in the Victorian Parliament. Entitled Betrayal of Trust, it is sober reading…
This week Australia and many other nations celebrate a major civic ritual, Remembrance Day, which commemorates all who have died in war. It was originally known as Armistice Day, for it marked the end…
Recently the Prime Minister called upon the Labor Party to “repent” of its introduction of the carbon tax. His comments were ridiculed by some critics, not for the substance of what he said, but for the…
Australian life is surprisingly religious. Most of us, from politicians and activists lobbying for or against marriage equality in Australia, to royal watchers obsessed with the christening of Prince George…
Pope Benedict XVI announced his historic decision to step aside as Pope yesterday. This is the first time in 600 years a Pope has resigned. And in 1415 when Gregory XII resigned, he did so not to retire…
The story is almost unbelievable: a king buried for five centuries under what is now a car park, identified through mtDNA analysis with the last surviving matrilineal descendants of his sister. But it…
Twenty years ago, Anglicans in Australia and England independently passed legislation to allow for the ordination of women as priests. Now the Anglican Church of Australia has just appointed its fourth…
Back in the early 1980s, the former Secretary of State for Education in Harold Wilson’s Labour government, Shirley Williams, alerted me to a remarkable instance of regional economic development through…
Judgement Day is upon us, according to US Christian cult Familyradio - specifically May 21. So what does this mean and what should we expect? Can you explain the Rapture? The Christian New Testament refers…
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Director of the Yarra Institute for Religion and Social Policy, University of Divinity
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Stewart Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity College, University of Divinity, University of Divinity
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Coordinator of Studies: Systematic Theology, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity
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Professor, Lecturer, Department of Moral Theology and Canon Law, University of Divinity
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Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology, Whitley College, University of Divinity
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John Mark Capper is a Friend of The Conversation.
Consultant and Associate Professor of Theology, Australian College of Ministries, Sydney College of Divinity, University of Divinity
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Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Divinity
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Joan F W Munro Professor of Historical Theology, University of Divinity
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Honorary Research Fellow, Trinity College Theological School, University of Divinity
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Vice-Chancellor, University of Divinity
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Director of the Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy & Associate Professor, New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity
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Researcher and adjunct lecturer, University of Divinity
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Assistant researcher, University of Divinity
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John and Jeanne Stockdale Lecturer in Practical Theology and Ethics, University of Divinity
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Associate Professor (New Testament Studies), University of Divinity
