Category Archives: politics
On the Road 46 out now!
The latest issue of the journal of the Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand, On The Road, is out today. It’s an election special and you can view it here: http://www.anabaptist.asn.au/index.php?type=page&ID=3124 It’s diverse, but all the articles articulate an … Continue reading
Greenish: Why I Don’t Think the Greens are an ‘Anti-Christian’ Party
On their Facebook profiles, many people leave the field for their political views blank. My most theologically astute Facebook friend has ‘Jesus is Lord’ for both his religious and political views. He’s exactly right – our confession that Jesus is … Continue reading
Filed under politics
Authority in science and religion, with short reflections on climate change, creation science and house church
The popular challenge to climate change science raises interesting questions about authority, expertise and the gap between popular opinion and the ‘experts’. For many scientists, academics and politicians, there isn’t a debate about the science – or there shouldn’t be. … Continue reading
Filed under environment, fundamentalism, house church, politics
Refugees and the media
I was horrified to see on Media Watch on Monday the way the commercial media is demonizing asylum seekers and using dodgy figures to incite public outrage. The public doesn’t argue with statistics provided to them by those ‘reliable’ newsreaders … Continue reading
Deep green snobbery?
A letter I wrote to The Australian today. Dear editor, Your editorial ‘Deep-Green Snobbery’ (13/12) dismisses any challenge to outer-suburban, McMansion living as ‘class-hatred’. But the green movement is diverse: people from all walks of life are realising that something … Continue reading
Filed under environment, politics
