John Garratt Publishing, 2001. Two out of ten. If you want a quick scorecard approach to how the authors in this book line up on…
Christians both within and without the Australian Christian Churches are excited and encouraged about the formation of the ACC. As one who writes from outside…
Often when I make an appeal for Christian social involvement, I get some Christians who bring up various objections, most of which boil down to…
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…
In the brave new world of the 1990s, a number of emerging technological possibilities pose a threat to the family unit. The ability to ascertain…
A recent survey found that 2.7 million (41 per cent) of Australia’s 6.6 million households had computers, with between a third and a half of…
Many Australians are mystified and disturbed about the proliferation of pornographic, violent and obscene materials on television, in films and video, in magazines, in advertising…
“It is children’s right to be children, to enjoy the pleasures of a childhood. . . . In the end, a childhood is the most…
Shield, 1996. Today drug use/abuse is not confined to the fringes of society. It is becoming mainstream, glamourised in films, music and magazines. As a…
As one who has grown up in, and been a part of, the counter-culture of the 60’s and 70’s, I want to examine the way…
In a few days around 40,000 delegates will arrive in China to attend the World Conference on Women to be held in Beijing. The conference,…
Australia has been asked to respond to a United Nations program, the World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children. Called the Program…
The Australian Education Union has just proposed that AIDS and sex education classes become compulsory from the earliest years of primary school. It wants homosexuality…
With one quarter of the International Year of the Family already passed, an assessment of how it has thus far progressed seems in order. In…
Macmillan, 1993. In 1978 when Alexander Solzhenitsyn delivered his now famous Harvard University commencement address, he both challenged and enraged his student audience. While denouncing…
Loyola University Press, 1990. Choice In Schooling by American academic David Kirkpatrick is a detailed overview of the history of the idea of tuition vouchers.…