10 Oct Law & Politics It’s time to take a stand against far-right politics 10/10/2024 By Matthe Sharpe 0 comments Political operatives on the far right have long spoken about their ambition to shift the “Overton window”. The aim is to ... Continue reading
13 Mar Law & Politics Reaching for the mountain tops in Mayor Tate’s kingdom 13/03/2024 By Si Gladman 0 comments Sue Baynes loves Christmas. A self-declared “Christmas tragic”, she gets her Christmas tree set up early – in November – and tells her ... Continue reading
29 Dec Ethics & Religion The legend of the first Christmas and ‘sodomites’ 29/12/2023 By Michael Barbezat 0 comments There is an obscure medieval legend that says once upon a time in Bethlehem a child was born whose holiness was so great it required th... Continue reading
11 Dec Ethics & Religion Christian dominionism: Follow the money 13/03/2024 By Chrys Stevenson 0 comments This article is based on a speech given by the author at the Secularism Australia Conference on 2 December in Sydney. For all... Continue reading
08 Dec Letters to the Editor The case for a new form of censorship 05/02/2024 By Rationale Magazine 0 comments Editor’s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. See our ... Continue reading
27 Apr Education ‘Holding the line’ on Religious Instruction for the Christian Right 27/04/2023 By Alison Courtice 0 comments Queensland’s education minister Grace Grace faces a decision of either listening to her Labor colleagues and their call to remove Relig... Continue reading
08 Apr Ethics & Religion Radicalisation and white Christian nationalism 09/04/2023 By Clare Heath-McIvor 0 comments Last year, I had a quick conversation with another writer about the difference between the ‘far right’ and ‘extreme right’ when it came... Continue reading
08 Nov Law & Politics Raised in her father’s church 13/03/2024 By Si Gladman 0 comments In 2019, when Clare Heath-McIvor wrote on her blog about why she wasn’t a dominionist anymore, she recalled that her entire chur... Continue reading
29 Oct Law & Politics ‘Infiltrate, Impact, Impel’: Raising up Christians for the Liberal Party 30/10/2022 By Si Gladman 0 comments 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... Continue reading
08 Sep Ethics & Religion Is Christian nationalism being written out of the 6 January story? 09/09/2022 By Joyce Dalsheim 0 comments When they entered the Senate chamber on 6 January 2021, a group of insurgents stopped and bowed their heads in prayer to consecr... Continue reading
24 May Law & Politics Liberal Party: Following the Christian right into electoral wilderness 15/07/2022 By Si Gladman 0 comments Christian right lobby groups now have the Liberal Party they want – a lot more conservative and no doubt a lot more favourable to their... Continue reading