Three related items on Islam. One. Danna Vale has received a lot of flack concerning her comments that Australia is aborting itself to extinction, and…
The current debate about RU486 has resulted in a flurry of claims and counter claims over the abortion issue. It is worth examining several of…
In the busyness of fighting the many skirmishes in the culture wars, be it the stem cell debate, the battle over marriage and family, the…
Ignatius Press, 2005. Existentialism was a leading expression of Western philosophy in the 20th century. And Jean-Paul Sartre was a major figure in the existentialist…
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…
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…
When an American President champions its cause, an Australian Education Minister says it should be looked into, and the cover of Time magazine treats it…
Ignatius Press, 1994. This book is a treat. One of the great Christian apologists, writers and thinkers of the last century is discussed by one…
InterVarsity Press, 2003. In this very informative volume six Protestant biblical scholars provide us with almost everything you’ve wanted to know about the institutions of…
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…
In 1984 the American social commentator Richard John Neuhaus wrote an incisive book entitled The Naked Public Square. In it he argued that in the…
Presbyterian Church of Victoria, 2004. Quiz time. When was the last time you read a book on the ten commandments? Indeed, when was the last…
The steady march of those who seek to undermine pro-family and pro-life values continues unabated. Various activist groups are making great headway in the face…
It has often been noted that the most liked people in the Old Testament were the false prophets. How come? Simply because the false prophets…
How does one think about war in Iraq? It is a complicated issue with many facets. There are international and geopolitical issues. There are moral…
Three guesses as to who said the following: “Even in purely nonreligious terms, homosexuality represents a misuse of the sexual faculty and, in the words…
Encounter Books, 2002. As the Western world grows increasingly secular, the attacks on religion in general and Christianity in particular become ever more shrill and…
An interesting article/interview with Peter Singer appeared in the December 1 Sunday Age. Entitled, “In a softer light,” the sympathetic article tried to portray the…