Ethics & Religion
Religion as a way of seeing the world
Paul Monk
08/05/2025
In March this year, John Cottingham, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading and an Honorary Fellow at ...
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It’s for good reason that religion is in retreat
Paul Monk
18/04/2025
Bari Weiss’s highly successful Substack site, The Free Press, hosted a debate in March. All good rationalists would do well ...
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A veteran’s view of Anzac Day
Grant Palmer
03/04/2025
NOTE: This article discusses suicide. If you are a veteran or someone in need of support, you can find appropriate ...
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Robert Harris, Edward Berger and the Vatican
Paul Monk
06/02/2025
Robert Harris is a gifted historical novelist, whose work spans millennia on topics from ancient Rome (Imperium, Pompeii, Dictator) to ...
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The myths that prop up Defence chaplaincy
Si Gladman
11/01/2025
In the Australian Defence Force, there’s an oft-repeated line about the role that religious chaplains play. You hear it from ...
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How Australians view the religiosity of their political leaders
Neil Francis
11/09/2024
A new Pew Research Center study assesses public opinion about the importance of their national leader’s religion and religiosity. It’s ...
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What to expect when leaving a cult or toxic group
Clare Heath-McIvor
04/08/2024
There’s a lot they don’t tell you about leaving a cult, a high-control religion or toxic group. They don’t exactly ...
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‘Christianity-lite’: When all belief is gone
Simon McCarthy-Jones
27/07/2024
The world’s richest person, Elon Musk, just announced that he’s a “big believer in the principles of Christianity” and “a cultural Christian”. ...
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The Catholic Church’s fight to keep ‘cultural Catholics’ at Census time
Si Gladman
09/06/2024
The next Census in 2026 will likely be a watershed moment for our nation, with the proportion of Australians identifying ...
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Australia’s changing spiritual landscape
Anna Halafoff
31/05/2024
Spirituality is increasingly popular with young Australians: recent research shows 38 per cent of Gen Z Australians identify as spiritual. It ...
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Time to take religion out of Anzac Day services
Si Gladman
25/05/2024
Plenty of non-religious Australians have fought, and have died, in war for our country. While the insulting line that there ...
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Waving goodbye to imaginary friends
Graeme Gibson
04/05/2024
Let me introduce you to a young boy known as ‘Peanut’. James Delarue is his real name but, with affection, ...
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