11+ hour, 47+ min ago  (533+ words) I have written this article intentionally as sequel to that reflection, and a next step. If our concept of God must be ethical, our religious relationships must be ethical too. In other words: an ethical theism ought to yield an…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (10+ words) The power of the church in Pacific politics'Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (219+ words) As Muslims in Australia begin the holy month of Ramadan " a time devoted to fasting, reflection, ethical self-discipline and generosity " a national reckoning is also unfolding. That broader political context matters. It is precisely these ethical questions that the Racism…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (428+ words) In recent weeks, calls to regulate Islamic education in Australia have resurfaced with familiar language around accountability, safeguarding and public trust. While important, these debates often single out Muslim communities and frame them through a security lens. Religious authority should…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (154+ words) Police have deemed the blaze at Maidstone suspicious. (ABC News) Firefighters managed to prevent major damage to a church in Melbourne's west that caught fire in suspicious circumstances overnight. Reports of a blaze inside the Maidstone church were made to…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (738+ words) Peter ToRot has become PNG's first saint. (Supplied: Vatican News) Pope Leo XIV has canonised Peter ToRot, a Papua New Guinea man killed in prison in 1945 for standing up for monogamous marriage at a time when polygamy was practised. He…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (173+ words) The Right Reverend Susan Bell is the 12th Bishop of Niagara in Canada and is in Australia to give the Barry Marshall Memorial Lecture at the University of Melbourne's Trinity College. She will be talking about what we can learn about…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (657+ words) Take the example of opening a speech, ceremony or public event with an Acknowledgement of Country. After Australians refused to vote for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament in the 2023 referendum, the ritual can feel more like…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (387+ words) Paul Heck's recent article on religious pluralism and education in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) provides a valuable diagnosis of regional gaps in religious education. He identifies the disinterest and polemicism that characterise much current discourse among faculty…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (733+ words) The suicide attack on Christians at prayer in the Greek Orthodox Church of Mar Elias (Saint Elijah) in Damascus on Sunday, 22 June 2025, left 25 dead and 63 wounded. World leaders were quick to condemn the attack, as were Syria's state authorities, who…...