Religion in politics - Rationale Magazine

16 Apr

What happens when sacred and secular power collide?

Alarm over the war of words between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV has escalated with remarkable speed, from The New York T...

10 Apr

Letters to the Editor

Test the city before the torch arrives

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06 Mar

Letters to the Editor

Government’s pandering to religion ‘fills me with horror’

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03 Oct

Law & Politics

The world “does have intelligent design”, says Andrew Hastie

03/10/2025
By Si Gladman
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Ten years ago, during his first political campaign, Andrew Hastie refused to answer media questions about his religious views an...

11 Sep

Ethics & Religion

How Australians view the religiosity of their political leaders

11/09/2024
By Neil Francis
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A new Pew Research Center study assesses public opinion about the importance of their national leader’s religion and religiosity...

08 Jul

Law & Politics

Faith-based politics is nothing new in Australia

08/07/2024
By Frank Bongiorno
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Senator Fatima Payman's defection over Labor Party policy on statehood for the Palestinians has generated wider discussion about the wr...

10 Jan

Law & Politics

Next steps in campaign to remove prayers from local government

31/01/2024
By Victor Franco
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This article is based on a speech given at the Secularism Australia Conference on 2 December 2023 in Sydney. In October, afte...

25 Nov

Feature series, Law & Politics

The hope for secularism

25/11/2023
By Hugh Harris
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This article is part of our ‘A secular Australian future’ feature series to mark the first Secularism Australia Conference

21 Nov

Feature series, Law & Politics

Say your prayers

31/01/2024
By Si Gladman
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This article is part of our ‘A secular Australian future' feature series to mark the first Secularism Australia Conference

18 Dec

Ethics & Religion

Andrew Denton: Report reveals gulf between conservative Christian politics and voters

18/12/2022
By Andrew Denton
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This foreword appears in the newly published Religiosity in Australia: Religion and politics. In May of 2022, as New South Wa...

14 Mar

Ethics & Religion

Out in the open: Should candidates for parliament state their religious affiliations?

09/09/2022
By Peter Adamson
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When I read Meredith Doig’s comment about "a new breed of 'muscular' Christians (Australian Rationalist, December 2020), some of them C...

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