Michael Bird Dr Michael Bird is Lecturer in Theology at Ridley College Melbourne and a Fellow of the Centre for Public Christianity. Contact More from this Author Article / Michael Bird The Ethics of Australian Defence Spending 08 Sep 202509 Sep 2025 In the Media / Sydney Morning Herald / Michael Bird Politicians Must Get Real About Gambling Reform 07 Sep 2017 In the Media / On Line Opinion / Michael Bird Do we have religious freedom anymore? 18 Nov 2015 Article / Michael Bird Whose Religion? Which Secularism? 23 Sep 2015 In the Media / ABC Religion and Ethics / Michael Bird Whose Religion? Which Secularism? Australia Has a Serious Religious Literacy Problem 22 Sep 2015 In the Media / On Line Opinion / Michael Bird Yes, Jesus existed … but relax, you can still be an atheist if you want to 29 Dec 2014 Article / Michael Bird Yes Jesus existed…but relax, you can still be an atheist if you want to 29 Dec 201408 Oct 2025 In the Media / On Line Opinion / Michael Bird Anti-religious card is poor way to oppose Abbott’s uni policy 10 Dec 2014 In the Media / The Drum / Michael Bird Ending religion won’t end the conflict The Middle East conflict might not be the best advert for religion, but what I… 26 Aug 201428 Jul 2025 Article / Michael Bird Ending religion won’t end the conflict 26 Aug 2014 Article / Michael Bird How God became Jesus: Bart Ehrman gets it wrong, again 16 Apr 201408 Oct 2025 In the Media / ABC Religion and Ethics / Michael Bird How God became Jesus: Bart Ehrman gets it wrong, again 15 Apr 2014 Article / Michael Bird Why the Australian Sex Party Gets Religion Wrong 05 Sep 201308 Oct 2025 In the Media / On Line Opinion / Michael Bird Why the Australian Sex Party gets religion wrong 05 Sep 2013 Article / Michael Bird Maybe the ADF Needs to Recover a Sense of Chivalry 19 Jun 201308 Oct 2025 In the Media / On Line Opinion / Michael Bird Maybe the ADF Needs to Recover a Sense of Chivalry 18 Jun 2013