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November 2012

November 22, 2012

The Church and the State of Exception

A famous stanza of The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats reads:Things fall apart; the...

November 16, 2012

The Australian Child Abuse Royal Commission & the Redefining of Religious Liberty

This week, the Australian government announced the establishment of a Royal Commission into institutional child...

November 06, 2012

Catholic Social Teaching & Political Revival

Matthew Taylor of the BBC's Radio 4 has today provided a nuanced analysis of a...

November 01, 2012

Refugees and the Politics of All Saints Day

The Sydney Morning Herald yesterday reported on the Australian government's proposal to excise all of...

October 2012

October 25, 2012

Story on a (Cancer) Stick: Commodities & the Crisis of Cultural Narrative

As an attempt to reduce smoking and its associated health costs, the Australian government will...

October 18, 2012

On Liking the Gospel: the Church and New Media

There is a question hanging over the Church on what to do with New Media....

October 11, 2012

Smartphones, Memory and the Cross

The smartphone has become the sacrament (James KA Smith calls it the "liturgical instrument") of...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

“Gangnam Style” & Evangelisation

A minor musical phenomenon has been the Korean pop (aka K-pop) song "Gangnam Style" by...

September 13, 2012

How Earthly was My City? A Tale of Two Augustines

The 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 11th September 2001 and the killing of...

September 06, 2012

Are Migrants More Sinful?

Towards the end of Book 2 of his Confessions, Augustine of Hippo wrote that one...

August 2012

August 24, 2012

Religion & Politics: Campion College & ABC Radio

If the Pussy Riot incident in Russia, the conviction of some its members and some...

August 16, 2012

The Ecclesiology of Getting the Flu

Mention was previously made of Augustine's notion of the City of God being on pilgrimage...

August 09, 2012

The City and Running Away in “Dexter”

A previous post suggested that Christian theology requires a more thorough exploration on the theme...

August 02, 2012

The Christian, Cities & Difference

Aristotle once said that "the city is composed of different kinds of men" and that...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

God & Caesar: A Question of Coins

In Matthew 22:21, Jesus used a coin, minted with the face of Caesar, as a...

July 20, 2012

Marian Epistemology

A previous post discussed the Pauline and Augustinian notion that we on this side of...

July 13, 2012

On Liking the Gospel: The Church & New Media

There is a question hanging over the Church on what to do with New Media....

July 12, 2012

On Liturgy, Tradition and Innovation

The prolific James KA Smith has penned another informative article on the issue of whether...

July 06, 2012

Why “Religion” is Bad for You

Much has been said about the often bandied phrase "separation of Church and State". This...

June 2012

June 18, 2012

Upcoming Engagements: On the Liberal Arts, Dignity, New Media and Health Insurance

Readers might be interested to know of a number of conferences and presentations pertaining to...

June 15, 2012

Bonaventure for Environmentalists

In a previous post, reference was made to the necessity for the Christian to be...

June 12, 2012

The Politics of the Resurrection: A View from John Howard Yoder

The present meaning of the Resurrection for ethics is that we are never boxed in....

May 2012

May 10, 2012

A Theology of Running Away?

One constant, but perhaps under-discussed, theme within pop culture is the theme of running away....

May 08, 2012

Follow Up to the Australian Catholic Media Congress

The Australian Catholic Media Congress, held last week in Sydney, brought together bloggers, academics, journalists...

May 04, 2012

What the Church Offers to Grieving Players of “Mass Effect 3”

Internet fora have been burning hot processing posts expressing shock and anger at a seemingly...

April 2012

April 24, 2012

Girardians, the Sacrificial Regime & Abortion

Martin Snigg recently put up a comment in response to an article on abortion put...

April 13, 2012

The Sacred Making the Secular More Secular

Many of the secular liberal set often decry the involvement of religious actors in fear...

March 2012

March 16, 2012

Saving Souls Through the Flesh?

The political philosopher Eric Voegelin long argued that Modernity was marked by an undercurrent of...

March 09, 2012

Play, Liturgy and the Salvation of the World

At a recent conference organised by the Australian Society for Continental Philosophy, delegates would have...

March 06, 2012

Why It’s Good that Priests are Like Pokemon

Bad Catholic recently published a delightful post entitled "Priests and Pokemon". The post draws a...