In pure dollar terms, the Christian Brothers might retain the Australian title for the religious body that has evaded most responsibility for harm to survivors of child sexual abuse. But there are other contenders for religious groups evading responsibility for… Continue Reading
We are in the middle of the 50th NAIDOC Week, which makes it a good time to remember its founders.The National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee was set up after the protest called the Day of Mourning in 1938,… Continue Reading
By Christian Daily International-Morning Star News ABUJA, Nigeria, July 6, 2026 (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) – Three weeks after the kidnapping of Scripture Union Nigeria’s national general director in southeast Nigeria, he and seven other fellowship leaders remain missing,… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall Pt 1- When One of Evangelicalism’s Most Trusted Voices Asks an Uncomfortable Question. Some controversies arise because someone deliberately sets out to challenge the church. Others because someone whom almost everyone trusts quietly admits that they are no… Continue Reading
In Texas, Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is standing against a controversial Republican, Ken Paxton, in a state that, according to Pew research, is 27% evangelical Protestant, 10% “mainline” Protestant, 5% in historically Black Protestant churches, 22% Catholic, 10% other,… Continue Reading
Richard Ostling via religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) J.D. Vance has lately written two books but, somewhat awkwardly, combined both within the same covers. The result is “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith,” a fascinating document for obvious reasons. But neither… Continue Reading
Multiculturalism is the word of the month thanks to the fractures on the right of Australian politics, and a new book challenges Christians to think through just how multicultural their church is willing to be. “The Multicultural Challenge to Sydney… Continue Reading
In the lead-up to the 250th anniversary of the USA (semiquincentennial), Peter Bentley provides a selection of articles from his series looking at the USA through American film and television. War has been a defining feature of the history of… Continue Reading
Stephen McAlpine, public theologian and author, has attended the conservative ARC (Alliance for Responsible Citizenship) conference in London and, unlike others, has come back in two minds.He appears somewhat sympathetic to the “rebuilding the west” theme that ARC runs with,… Continue Reading
This week, Mediawatch on the ABC was a cracker, bundling the stories of Sal Gover (of Giggle v Tickle fame) and Karl Stefanovic’s abrupt departure from Nine. It was so good it bears repeating. On Grover, Mediawatch took their host… Continue Reading