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May 2013
In the US, where almost everyone believes in God, you truly see the best and worst of Christianity. But Rodney Stark's work suggests the impact of this religiosity is overwhelmingly positive, writes Simon Smart for The Drum. |
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May 2013
Simon Smart was featured on ABC Sunday Nights with John Cleary on the program "A Believable God?" |
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May 2013
Simon Smarts writes for Online Opinion on the way the drugs in sport scandal reveals the limits of utilitarian thinking. |
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March 2013
Simon Smart writes for The Drum on how Christ's self-sacrifice offers hope for overcoming the problem of evil. |
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March 2013
Writing for The Drum, Justine Toh critiques the way that Zero Dark Thirty and Django Unchained glorify revenge. |
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March 2013
John Dickson was a panelist on Q&A with Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Health; Greg Hunt MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Action; Professor Lawrence M. Krauss, Theoretical Physicist & Cosmologist; and Dr Cindy Pan, Medical Commentator & Author. |
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January 2013
Christmas is all about the divine response to the human propensity to make a mess of everything. |
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December 2012
Les Miserables and Christmas have a lot in common. Justine Toh writes for ABC Religion and Ethics on the power of embodied grace. |
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December 2012
It is time for the evangelists of unbelief to give up the nonsense that the figure at the heart of Christianity may have never even lived. |
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November 2012
Does being a Christian automatically mean being Republican? Simon Smart tracks the rise of the New Evangelicals: Christians for whom economic justice, poverty relief, immigration reform and environmental issues make up the political agenda. |
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October 2012
Justine Toh examines Jesse Fink's memoir Laid Bare and ponders the nature of love and sex in the modern world. |
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October 2012
Reflecting on the recent gender wars playing out in parliament, Justine Toh says that turning the other cheek is what's needed to stem the politics of outrage that currently powers the political machine. |
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October 2012
UTS Economics lecturer and CPX Fellow Gordon Menzies argues at ABC Religion & Ethics that sexual ethics and practice today apes the excesses of the free market. |
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September 2012
John Dickson on how the 'Gospel of Jesus' Wife' tells us a lot about how the media works but nothing about the man from Nazareth. |
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September 2012
Brian Rosner on whether the atheist worldview can adequately account for the human heart. (This article is in The Australian's members section.) |
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September 2012
What do Fifty Shades of Grey and Twilight have in common? They are both 'romance porn' writes Justine Toh in The Punch. |
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August 2012
Justine Toh in The Sydney Morning Herald's Daily Life section on media stereotypes of Christians. |
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July 2012
John Dickson in The Sydney Morning Herald arguing decline in Christianity combined with ageing population could signal a social storm. |
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July 2012
Justine Toh writes for The Drum on two documentaries that examine how we approach death and dying. |
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July 2012
Simon Smart reviews Geoffrey Blainey's A short history of Christianity, which explores the growth and impact of the Christian faith. |
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June 2012
Do Facebook and social media isolate us in our own private worlds and from each other? Sounds like hell, according to Justine Toh. |
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May 2012
John Dickson was on John Cleary’s show on ABC 702 discussing Mormonism and US Presidential politics. |
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April 2012
Justine Toh writes for The Punch on the need for more, not less religion. |
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April 2012
Simon Smart write for The Sydney Morning Herald on how atheism removes the ground of rationality on which it claims to stand. |
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April 2012
Brian Rosner writes for The Age on being known by God in an age where 'being true to yourself' is all the rage. |
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April 2012
Taking her cue from the film The Tree of Life, Justine Toh argues for the importance of following 'the way of grace' rather than 'the way of nature' when responding to non-believers on matters of faith. |
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March 2012
John Dickson takes Andrew Bolt to task over Bolt's attempt at Biblical criticism. |
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February 2012
In an era where sexual license is an unquestioned good, Justine Toh argues that Steve McQueen's latest film Shame is brave enough to consider its costs. |
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February 2012
What can feasting tell us about what it means to be human? And can it reveal the limits of science? Simon Smart digs in. |
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January 2012
Justine Toh considers Lars von Trier's latest film, an unforgettable, if profoundly discomfiting, viewing experience - one that leaves the audience wondering what kind of universe we inhabit. |
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December 2011
Justine Toh on the value of spending Christmas with others. |
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December 2011
Simon Smart responds to the claim that the Christmas-story is nothing more than wish-fulfilment, arguing that something can be both a wish and reality at the same time and that disbelief can be wish-fulfilment just as much as belief. |
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December 2011
Justine Toh on It's a Wonderful Life's George Bailey and why maybe Steve Jobs' life mightn't have been so 'wonderful' |
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November 2011
Justine Toh on how Twilight's cast of undying beautiful people strangely ape the 'amortal' hopes and dreams of our culture. |
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November 2011
Justine Toh on the work that being a woman involves. |
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October 2011
John Dickson argues that Christianity is the reason the West considers humility a virtue. |
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October 2011
Justine Toh on why Chinese hit-and-run toddler Wang Yue was left to die and why her "Good Samaritan" gives hope. |
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October 2011
For 2011 Anti-Poverty Week, Simon Smart examines the inequities in wealth distribution and asks if anything can be done about it. |
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October 2011
CPX Fellow Michael Bird on the serious problems caused by gambling and why the anti-pokie laws are not 'unAustralian' but instead show concern for the vulnerable. |
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October 2011
CPX Fellow Michael Bird asks if separation of church and state is the real issue at stake in the controversy surrounding school chaplains, then why isn't there a comparable protest against chaplains in the military, prisons, hospitals and police force? |
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October 2011
Simon Smart on the quest for amortality, growing older but never growing up, and how it excises the natural rhythms of ageing. |
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September 2011
Simon Smart reviews Harvard University Professor Robert Putnam's new book American Grace, which is an examination of religious life in today's America. |
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September 2011
10 years after September 11 is it possible to embrace rather than exclude our enemies? |
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September 2011
Simon Smart considers the findings of Robert Putnam, that religious people make better citizens and neighbours. |
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September 2011
Justine Toh asks what would be a fitting memorial to 9/11 |
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August 2011
CPX Fellow Brian Rosner responds to Peter FitzSimons' claim that belief in God is "entirely inimical to educational principles". |
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August 2011
Simon Smart on Fred Nile's attempts to block the Ethics classes in NSW Public Schools. |
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July 2011
John Dickson responds to Tamas Pataki's claim that it was the ancient Greeks, not Jews and Christians, who established the Western intellectual tradition of testing for truth. |
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July 2011
John Dickson looks into why people believe what they believe and what it takes to change someones mind. |
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June 2011
John Dickson examines the historical claims made by Dr Tamas Pataki in a recent ABC Religion and Ethics article |
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June 2011
Justine Toh asks if it's possible to love our neighbour by not watching pornography. |
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April 2011
Justine Toh examines how images of Jesus as beautiful serve to make him less challenging to the status quo. |
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April 2011
Simon Smart examines how the story of sacrifice links Easter and Anzac Day. |
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April 2011
John Dickson provides some thoughts about whether religion is a uniting or divisive force. |
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February 2011
Simon Smart examines the disappearance of faith language from public discourse. |
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December 2010
Simon Smart examines the message of hope at the heart of the Christmas story. |
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December 2010
Justine Toh explores the way that feasting with others can bring out a spiritual appetite. |
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December 2010
At Christmas, Greg Clarke looks at the story of the virgin birth and God's outrageous preference for sinners. |
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December 2010
Justine Toh considers what the Oprah's visit to Australia reveals about the aspirational lifestyle. |
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December 2010
Bronwen Hanna reflects on what art and Genesis have to communicate about what it means to be human. |
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December 2010
Simon Smart reviews What's mine is yours, which examines major changes in the way people are consuming. |
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November 2010
Justine Toh examines the way the Harry Potter series critiques consumerism. |
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November 2010
Responding to Brendan Brown (Why an atheist Prime Minister is better The Punch Nov 10), Simon Smart examines so of the realities of history and philosophy that the writer seems unaware of. |
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November 2010
Greg Clarke asks if Australia needs a 'big sign' of the significance of Jesus? |
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October 2010
Justine Toh examines some underlying messages of Eat Pray Love. |
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October 2010
Writing around the cannonisation of Mary MacKillop, Greg Clarke considers what it is to be a saint. |
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September 2010
Greg Clarke considers what people who burn books are seeking to achieve. |
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September 2010
Simon Smart reviews Home Truth and reflects on the what the idea of home means to people today. |
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September 2010
Richard Shumack explores the different ways the Muslims and Christians respond to the question of suffering. |
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September 2010
Greg Clarke examines how religious people can understand the tragedy of events like the Pakistani floods. |
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August 2010
Greg Clarke reflects on the life and writing of literary critic Sir Frank Kermode. |
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August 2010
Greg Clarke and John Dickson consider Anne Rice's announcement she is giving up on Christianity. |
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July 2010
John Dickson explores the 'Christian Vote' and suggests that concern for others should guide Christians' political choices.
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July 2010
Greg Clarke argues that Christians too often approach politics with an Old Testament mindset. |
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July 2010
Greg Clarke reflects on a recent display of Australia's historic Bibles. |
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July 2010
Greg Clarke examines how God and sport get mixed up. |
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May 2010
Simon Smart writes about atheist Christopher Hitchens and his Christian brother, Peter. |
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May 2010
Greg Clarke uses two very different books to explore how Christians interact with culture. |
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May 2010
Greg Clarke writes for ABC Unleashed on Patrick White's great novel, The Vivisector. |
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April 2010
Greg Clarke examines the recent ethics and scripture debate, considering whether schools need more Bible literacy. |
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February 2010
Palliative care doctor and ethicist, Megan Best, writes about some easily misunderstood aspects of the euthanasia debate, and argues that issues surrounding death require more than a medical answer. |
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January 2010
Greg Clarke examines an Australian artistic legend. |
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December 2009
John Dickson gives historical support to the traditional account of Jesus' birth.
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December 2009
Simon Smart reviews David Bentley Hart's book Atheist Delusions - The Christian Revolution and its Fashionable Enemies |
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December 2009
Simon Smart discusses his visit to the Parliament of World Religions and compares that to a trip to Bondi. |
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December 2009
Greg Clarke gives some thoughts on The Atheist's Guide to Christmas. |
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October 2009
As the consultation committee hands in its report to the government on a human rights charter, CPX directors insist that while there is no specifically Christian view on the question of the necessity of a charter, the principle of self sacrifice should take precedence over self interest |
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September 2009
John Dickson and Greg Clarke comment on the release of the Poverty and Justice Bible |
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July 2009
Greg Clarke argues that churches should take the time to speak out on political issues. |
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July 2009
Richard Shumack argues for the benefit of facing up to the 'mindset differences' between Islam and the West. This is a vital ingredient in the search for positive co-existence. |
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June 2009
Three significant deaths in one day raise questions of mortality for Greg Clarke writing for The Punch. |
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June 2009
Greg Clarke reviewed the Jack Black comedy Year One for The Punch. |
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May 2009
Greg Clarke and CPX Fellow Justine Toh featured on a panel examining the relationship of youth to religion. |
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May 2009
John Dickson examines the claim that religion leads to violence. |
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April 2009
John Dickson's Sydney Morning Herald article from Good Friday focused on the symbol of the cross - what it meant in the 1st century; what it means today. |
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April 2009
Greg Clarke examines Michael Ruse's position on faith and science. |
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April 2009
John Dickson featured on Richard Glover's Self Improvement Wednesday to talking about crucifixion with special reference to the crucifixion of Jesus. |
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April 2009
John Dickson was on The World Today discussing a survey commissioned by CPX about Jesus. |
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April 2009
CPX commissioned a survey to discover what Australians think about Jesus. You can read about the surprising results in The Age here or The Sydney Morning Herald here. |
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April 2009
John Dickson was interviewed by John Cleary for Radio National on his latest book Jesus - A Short Life. |
