Richard Ostling via Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) Turnout! Due to the stay-at-home factor, Democratic votes for president fell by some nine million from 2020, causing political scientist James Galbraith to say the party had committed “suicide.” Kamala Harris and the Democrats… Continue Reading
The NSW Labor government has demonstrated its support for volunteer religious teaching in public schools and acted on the need to protect students victimised over their religion. A helpline to report religious intolerance is now available for NSW public schools.… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Democracy lives: As I Left the school this week after a volunteer Scripture teaching lesson (SRE in NSW, RI in Qld), I realised that an election was afoot for the school SRC with an impressive array… Continue Reading
OPINION Matt Garvin (Part one of this discussion is here – but this part can be read alone) Donald Trump was uniquely positioned to tap into the massive societal changes brought about by democratising information and the erosion of traditional… Continue Reading
OPINION Matt Garvin I, like many others have been doing some reflection following last week’s election result. I am more and more convinced we are in the midst of a massive societal shift that we are only now beginning to… Continue Reading
Terry Mattingly via Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) Forget the opinions of newspaper czars. The question many voters needed to know in this feverish White House race was simple: Who did Hell endorse? Writing in the style of “The Screwtape Letters” by… Continue Reading
Today the comment threads on my feeds have bifurcated – with strings of horror and chains of celebration according to people’s polical preferences. Or maybe your threads lean mostly or competely one way. We all have different webs on connection… Continue Reading
The Other Cheek can’t even find a hint of where Anglican Minister Geoff Robson leans politically from this prayer about the US election. Which means it is a prayer we can all use. Father, I praise you as the sovereign… Continue Reading
Opinion By Peter Bentley There will be relief for most people in the Western world when the United States presidential election is over, though for many, probably also the first and only stage of grief. To say this year has… Continue Reading
86 members of the family of German WWII martyr theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer have issued a protest against the co-option of his name in the work of US-based controversial evangelical writer Eric Metaxas and political campaigners. A quick backgrounder on Bonhoeffer… Continue Reading