Is Christmas on the way out? Well, certainly not the commercialised and consumeristic version. That is alive and well. But the real Christmas may well…
We live in an age in which threats to world peace and security constantly appear. Some threats are more ominous than others. Some rogue states…
How is the believer to think about poverty, welfare, and the best way to help the poor? Such topics are far too big to consider…
There were some very interesting comments about faith and politics made recently by a Victorian Labor MP. Health Minister Bronwyn Pike said that we all…
While certain religions are growing in some parts of the world, they are in decline in other parts. But the decline of one religion is…
Regnery, 2003. How can someone possibly manage to fill a 400-page book with example after example of Christians being persecuted in the United States? Only…
A lot of thought has gone into human mortality, and how we can prolong life. Less thought has gone into the question of why nations…
Multnomah, 2005. This book makes for scary reading. Even if it were only half true (which I do not think is the case), it would…
Phoenix 2003. Bernard Lewis is a leading Orientalist and expert on Islam. The author of dozens of books on the subject, spanning five decades, he…
In the culture wars, fair fights are hard to come by. Sometimes the odds are so stacked against you, that you hardly feel like wading…
On Tuesday November 18 another scene from the culture wars was played out. The top court in the US state of Massachusetts declared that a…
Eerdmans, 2002. I was in a Protestant Christian bookshop recently and was talking about this book with the store’s manager. When he learned of the…
The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), which was established as part of the Family Law Act 1975, began operations in 1980. It was meant,…
Strand Publishing 2001. There are two things that can safely be said about Fred Nile. One, most Australians have heard about him. Two, most of…
In the March 29 Melbourne Age there appeared an article by Peter Singer entitled “Why we should ignore the Catholic Church on stem cells”. In…
In the last few months they have come out in favour of legalising drugs, X-rated videos, surrogacy and euthanasia. They have recently called for accepting…
Human Life International, 1997. Human Life International has done us all a real service in publishing this book. This is a comprehensive, up-to date reference…
The Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee has released its “Inquiry into Sexuality Discrimination” report. This report follows from a number of oral and written…
Oxford University Press, 1992. In 1981 Paul Hollander published his very influential Political Pilgrims, a book which chronicled the journeys of Western intellectuals to Marxist…