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Friday’s religion wrap

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 06:20:33 +0000

The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week. Christian study on prostitutes’ buddy Christianity Today profiles Josephine Butler, her faith and her advocacy work for prostitutes in the Victorian era. Raised in a strictly religious family, Butler’s father was a public advocate for ending slavery and was vocal about teaching his daughters about the ...

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Illusions and mythmaking with Freud and Darwin

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 04:11:53 +0000

Freud and Darwin—two iconic-yet-controversial historical figures whose work continues to have a tremendous influence in helping us understand who we are and how we evolved. But with the release of new biographies on the pair, what other aspects of their life can we uncover? Nick Mattiske reviews. The grand theories of Darwin and Freud, along ...

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Exploring the big questions of science

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 03:04:16 +0000

Although some might see an irreconcilable tension between science and religion, the quest for knowledge and meaning lies at the heart of both. While our understanding of the universe and humanity is constantly evolving as scientific breakthroughs occur, where does religious faith sit in our thinking? Nick Mattiske explores the big questions of science and ...

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May Journey now available

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 04:58:41 +0000

It’s time to talk They say the number one rule of polite society is you should never talk about religion or politics. It’s upsetting, and causes division where there should be friendship. Communities of faith don’t have that luxury. For obvious reasons we can’t avoid religion, and the expression of faith in the public sphere ...

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Were you ever banned from The Simpsons? I was.

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 02:07:23 +0000

The representation of religion in popular culture has long been viewed as unfair in the eyes of Christian parents, but do the cultural critiques of Matt Groening [co-creator] deserve a second look? As the Fox network celebrates 25 years of The Simpsons, Religion News Service argues it does. Over the weekend the FXX Channel in the United States ran an epic ...

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Set free to live for others

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 05:57:12 +0000

Lives ruled by faith and inspired by a love of adventure have their own reward, as Arie and Anneke van Klinken discovered. Dianne Jensen reports. Arie, 17 years, was picked up outside curfew by Nazi police in Emmen, occupied Holland. A few days later, en route to Gestapo headquarters, he escaped by jumping from the ...

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