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Our work on the International Panel for Social Progress has led us to conclude that religion is neither inherently pro-democracy nor inherently anti-democracy.
Diversity is an enormously appealing and powerful concept, yet it can also distract us from the focus we need to face today’s pressing social issues. So what’s the way forward?
Can artificial intelligence accurately simulate people’s religious tendencies in the face of disaster and tragedy?
Notions of heaven have changed through the ages, from an eternity centred on God to a more secular place where loved ones will reunite.
Around 14% of Australians identify as spiritual. It is time they were given the same rights as those belonging to organised religions.
Many companies now encourage certain spiritual practices to improve well-being and productivity, yet religion at work is a growing source of conflict. A paradox?
Ghanaians respond positively to financial appeals from churches compared to how they respond to paying taxes. Here’s how, and why, Ghana’s government should learn from religious groups.
The words “Christianity” and “progressive” don’t seem like they belong in the same sentence anymore. But to many progressive Christians, their religion has always been about social justice.
May 16 marks the 300th anniversary of the first woman to write a mathematics textbook.
A new book explores the complex and nuanced place the Bible has held in Australian culture since hundreds of copies arrived with the First Fleet in 1787.
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Islamophobic and anti-semitic parents are removing children from school RE lessons.
From injection of a morphine derivative to the administering of electric shocks, gay conversion therapy here has a painful legacy.
The Vatican has announced a training course to meet growing demand for exorcists.
In less than two generations, the proportion of Australians who never pick up a Bible has leapt to seven out of ten. But a robust biblical literacy can help us decode creative works and understand the past.
The story of the Waco siege is a story of how the media and the government can work in concert to shape a narrative and dehumanize victims.
Despite attempts to import its ideas, evangelical Christianity has never held the same political appeal in Australia as it does in the United States.
Twenty years after the Good Friday Agreement, churches have tended to marginalise the mavericks who helped bring about peace.
What would our church and society look like if we were confronted with the reality that the body hung on the cross was brown?
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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 is a Friend of 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
