Regina Orthodox Press, 2002. (Available from Crossroad Books in Melbourne – crossroadbooks.com.au) There has been a flood of books on Islam penned in the past…
With over 40 million copies sold worldwide, translated into 44 languages, and a blockbuster film due out in mid-May, The Da Vinci Code has made…
Ignatius Press, 2002. Peter Kreeft has taught philosophy for over forty years. He is also a Christian. So what does philosophy have to do with…
Harper, 2005. This is a very important book. That is because this is a very important subject tackled by an important author. Indeed, Guinness is…
Since Joseph Wakim of the Australian Arabic Council has given us a public lecture on what Christianity is meant to be about, perhaps I can…
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…
There are many problems with vilification legislation, especially when applied to religion. I have documented ten such problems in my paper, The Problem with Vilification…
Broadman and Holman, 2003. Democracy is about balancing the needs and interests of the majority with those of the minority (or minorities). It is a…
Twenty years ago the term Political Correctness was not found in any standard dictionary. Now both the term, and examples of it, are ubiquitous. The…
When I was a new Christian, reading through the New Testament for the first time, I was quite fascinated with – and frightened by – …
The Melbourne Age’s regular anti-religion writer, Pamela Bone has issued another salvo against faith. Entitled “The most dangerous force in the world,” (Nov. 30), the…
Baker Books, 1993, 2002. Norman Geisler is one of America’s leading Christian apologists. He is also one of the most prolific, with well over sixty…
A raft of new legislation is being passed throughout the Western world. These laws are called by various names, such as vilification or tolerance or…
While in Canberra recently, I had time to stroll into the local ABC Shop. Much of the content of these shops, of course, can be…
There exists an awful lot of conceptual confusion and definitional inexactitude concerning Christianity in general and fundamentalism in particular. Mind you, I’m speaking about the…
Organisations concerned about over-population seem to have their views presented in the media quite often. They regularly appear in the press expressing fears about over-crowding…
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has just released its report, Article 18: Freedom of Religion and Belief. The report is the result of…
One never ceases to be amazed at the things that will turn up in the daily newspapers. A recent newspaper account of a new study…
One never ceases to be amazed at the things that will turn up in the daily newspapers. A recent newspaper account of a new study…
Robert Nisbet once remarked that environmentalism has become the third great redemptive movement in human history, following Christianity and Marxism. Indeed it already has its…