Losing faith in Defence chaplaincy
This article is the second in a series on religion in the Australian Defence Force. Read the first article here.
During the G...
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Nov
Posts by Si Gladman
16
Nov
The committee of clerics lording it over Defence
This article is the first in a series on religion in the Australian Defence Force.
Every three months, Australian taxpayers pay to s...
08
Nov
Raised in her father’s church
In 2019, when Clare Heath-McIvor wrote on her blog about why she wasn’t a dominionist anymore, she recalled that her entire chur...
29
Oct
‘Infiltrate, Impact, Impel’: Raising up Christians for the Liberal Party
Upon signing up as a member of the Liberal Party in Victoria, some churchgoers have been handed a one-page document with the title ‘Pol...
01
Oct
School chaplains and the strategy of ‘saving souls’
Many parents at public schools will have little clue that their kids are being targeted as “souls to be saved” by churches and missiona...
04
Jul
When Albanese spoke up for euthanasia
When parliament resumes in Canberra later this month, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will have an opportunity to delve back into the H...
24
May
Liberal Party: Following the Christian right into electoral wilderness
Christian right lobby groups now have the Liberal Party they want – a lot more conservative and no doubt a lot more favourable to their...
02
Feb
How the school chaplaincy program crosses a line
Last month, as Queensland stepped up its efforts to vaccinate children before the start of the school year as the Omicron COVID-19 vari...
07
Dec
The broken message spread through a Christian schools network
In a podcast interview earlier this year, Reverend Geoff Lin admitted that his Living Hope SA group (with ‘SA’ referring to South Austr...
17
Nov
Rodney’s final stand on voluntary assisted dying
Even in his final months of life, Dr Rodney Syme was doing all he could to help make voluntary assisted dying accessible for all Austra...
15
Oct
The personal stories reshaping Australia’s journey out of religion
The trend in people 'deconverting' from religion or 'deconstructing' their faith has in recent years triggered viral hashtags on social...