2nd Sep 2014
A new book argues that the major atheist thinkers throughout history have owed a lot more to religion than some would like to admit....
2nd Sep 2014
A new book argues that the major atheist thinkers throughout history have owed a lot more to religion than some would like to admit....
26th Aug 2014
The Middle East conflict might not be the best advert for religion, but what I cannot understand is the naïve presumption that once we got rid......
26th Aug 2014
The Middle East conflict might not be the best advert for religion, but what I cannot understand is the naïve presumption that once we got rid......
1st Aug 2014
The media often gets it wrong when covering (or not) the global persecution of Christians, but this reveals our religious blind spots rather......
1st Aug 2014
The media often gets it wrong when covering (or not) the global persecution of Christians, but this reveals our religious blind spots rather......
18th Apr 2014
Atheists should drop their easily dismissed scientific, philosophical or historical arguments against Christianity, and instead quiz believers......
18th Apr 2014
Atheists should drop their easily dismissed scientific, philosophical or historical arguments against Christianity, and instead quiz believers......
14th Apr 2014
14th Apr 2014
7th Apr 2014
People have a legitimate interest in speaking freely, and another legitimate interest in not being vilified. It doesn't have to be a question......
7th Apr 2014
People have a legitimate interest in speaking freely, and another legitimate interest in not being vilified. It doesn't have to be a question......
17th Jan 2014
The loss of the Lord's Prayer from the seat of national power would be lamentable, but so would allowing this holy tradition to become a piece......
17th Jan 2014
The loss of the Lord's Prayer from the seat of national power would be lamentable, but so would allowing this holy tradition to become a piece......
24th Dec 2013
In two of the heroes of 2013, Nelson Mandela and Pope Francis, we can see the unwaning influence of that one-time carpenter who was executed......
24th Dec 2013
In two of the heroes of 2013, Nelson Mandela and Pope Francis, we can see the unwaning influence of that one-time carpenter who was executed......
22nd Nov 2013
In a strange quirk of history, one hour before John F Kennedy was shot, across the Atlantic, CS Lewis, that other creator of imaginary tales,......
22nd Nov 2013
In a strange quirk of history, one hour before John F Kennedy was shot, across the Atlantic, CS Lewis, that other creator of imaginary tales,......
6th Nov 2013
Tim Winton's new almost-thriller Eyrie excoriates the atomisation of Australian society while reflecting on the price that must be paid for love,......
6th Nov 2013
Tim Winton's new almost-thriller Eyrie excoriates the atomisation of Australian society while reflecting on the price that must be paid for love,......
16th Oct 2013
Who or what do you turn to in a universe where sustenance of any kind is in short supply and death seems near?...
16th Oct 2013
Who or what do you turn to in a universe where sustenance of any kind is in short supply and death seems near?...
18th Jun 2013
When confronted by the atrocities he committed in Indonesia in the 1960s, gangster Anwar Congo asks "Have I sinned? I did this to so many people",......
18th Jun 2013
When confronted by the atrocities he committed in Indonesia in the 1960s, gangster Anwar Congo asks "Have I sinned? I did this to so many people",......