France needs to find a place for Islam in its fiercely secular state.
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Legislating against racial and religious vilification is highly fraught, as the ongoing debate around Section 18C has demonstrated, and unlikely to become less so any time soon.
Terrorism is a denial of the basic tenets of almost all religions.
Whether it’s Hillary Clinton’s courting the UFO vote or Donald Trump’s lending credibility to various conspiracy theories, the “triumph of reason” seems to have gone by the wayside.
Religious conversion sometimes has the added bonus of upward social mobility. But for many in South Africa’s Indian community it had the opposite effect.
We need to change our outlook if we are going to improve international relations.
Since the 1920s Pentecostal churches have had a major impact in South Africa’s Indian community. Their converts have grown larger than all the other Christian denominations put together.
Is it true that religious organisations are exempt from paying tax and from standard accounting and record-keeping obligations?
The popular TV series encourages us to question how we understand identity and community in light of religion.
For Muslims generally, as for conservative Christians, homosexual acts are sinful. Christian gays and lesbians have had to work hard for a measure of recognition among fellow-believers; their Muslim counterparts are just beginning that struggle.
Not only is the Australian Christian Lobby losing relevance, it has had to appeal to Bill Shorten to pay attention to the group in the lead-up to the 2016 election.
What are we really talking about when we criticize women who breastfeed in public?
The number of people who identify with a religion is declining, but that doesn’t mean it’s on its way out.
Henry II wouldn’t be amused – but rehoming relics is a way of making peace with the past.
The Catholic bishops have exhorted Australians to cast a “vote for the voiceless”, but it is doubtful that their plea will be paid much heed – by politicians or the public.
Experience in the US serves to highlight the potential long-term economic consequences if Australia fails to legalise same-sex marriage.
Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are helping change the top-down nature of organised Christianity.
Church cover-ups are extremely serious. Child victims are especially vulnerable and often suffer long-term psychological harm.
Local education authorities have mediated the RE syllabus for decades. Now, there might be a free-for-all.
It looks as if the story of the red priestess Melisandre is only just getting started. But is she a prophet, or a witch?
Principales colaboradores
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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Visiting Research Fellow University of Chester, University of Chester
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Research fellow at Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Texas State University
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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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Vice-Chancellor, University of Divinity
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Monash University
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Timothy W. Jones es Amigo de The Conversation.
Associate Professor in History, La Trobe University
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Senior lecturer, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Sociology, Deakin University
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies, University of Waterloo
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Senior Lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies, University of Sheffield
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
