Filming of scenes for a controversial online show ‘Turned On: Dirty, Sexy Money’ at Brisbane’s Anglican Cathedral has drawn a shocked reaction after Collective Shout campaigner Melinda Tankard Reist posted about it. Making the point that the series is “part… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall Many years ago my young family and I had a farm stay holiday on Hugh Fraser’s Mohair Goat farm near Inverell. Hugh and his wife were lovely, and he kindly gifted me with a high quality Leatherman in… Continue Reading
Aaron Earls of Lifeway Research via Religion Unplugged In 1455, Johannes Gutenberg printed around 180 copies of the Bible, the first book to come from his movable type printing press. Last year, 570 years after Gutenberg, more than 19.1 million… Continue Reading
The Anglican Church of Australia is tilting further and further towards evangelicalism, an analysis of the election results from the General Synod (national church parliament) shows. This is seen clearly in the election of members to the Standing Committee of… Continue Reading
For a moment this writer felt that he was back in a Moore Theological College lecture theatre asCollege principal Mark Thompson got up at General Synod (the Anglican Church’s national parliament) to introduce a motion affirming “the biblical and apostolic… Continue Reading
What happens when a diocese (church region) is not viable? The Australian Anglican General Synod meeting in Melbourne has spent several sessions seeking a solution.The long-running and vexed issue of some rural and regional dioceses (regions) of the Anglican Church… Continue Reading
As the Anglican General Synod (national church parliament) begins a week of sitting in Melbourne, Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Bishops have been given increased recognition in the church, guaranteed funding by General Synod and become Bishops Assisting the Primate… Continue Reading
An excerpt from the Presidential Address by Bishop Mark Short to the 19th Anglican General Synod Describing the growth of distrust in our society, particularly post Covid, Bishop Short turns to the rise of anti-semitism as a prime example. The… Continue Reading
The national parliament of Australian Anglicans, the General Synod, meets in Melbourne this week. A series of proposals aims to tackle a long-standing problem: many of the church’s regional units, known as dioceses, are simply not viable without support from… Continue Reading
In an online essay, historian Michael Gladwin captures the post-war impact of the extraordinary cohort of chaplains who left comfortable parishes for the front line of World War One, profoundly shaping the way Australia commemorates Anzac Day and a lot… Continue Reading