Thursday, November 27th, 2008
What's the best way to get along with people who believe different things from you? _I have my truth and you have yours_? Is this a healthy tolerant approach or just lazy?
There was an interesting conversation on The Religion Report the other day about this very issue and ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
If you thought TV evangelists were scary, you aint seen nothin'. This week's Religion Report "Elite Fundamentism - The Fellowship's gospel of Capitalist Power":http://www.abc.net.au/rn/religionreport/stories/2008/2353921.htm is an interview with Jeff Sharlet the author of a book that looks at a fundamentalist group that has huge influence in American politics and industry ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
The Religion Report ran a "Lambeth Post-mortem":http://www.abc.net.au/rn/religionreport/stories/2008/2333504.htm this week to pick over the outcomes (or lack thereof) from lambeth. The discussion turned to the meaning of Lambeth and the nature of the Anglican Communion.
So "Lambeth":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambeth_Conferences is a conference held by the bishops of the Anglican Communion every ten years ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
The religion report this week celebrated 40 years since Pope Paul VI published Humanae Vitae in which he famously banned the pill. The show aired a number of interviews with various experts and commentators including Stephen Crittenden's (the host) Mum.
My summary of the story is that the Pope felt ...
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