Ethos - EA Australia

Article: Same Sex Relationships and the Law

This paper was prepared by Dr Brian Edgar, formerly EA’s Director of Public Theology in the light of the Christian responsibility to uphold both a Biblical view of marriage and a Biblical view of justice for all. It theologically evaluates the appropriateness of re-defining marriage or allowing civil unions (both deemed inappropriate) and of relationship registers which do not mimic marriage (reckoned to be one possibility out of several).
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Renovating a Dilapidated Federal Commonwealth

Can we recover a genuine political commitment to what is implied in the Australian Constitution concerning accountable and representative parliamentary democracy?
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Disability and the Levy

As Christian believers, what are we to make of the increase to the Medicare Levy to provide funds for the NDIS - Disability Care Australia?
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Peter Singer and Christian Ethics: Beyond Polarization

Can Christians and Peter Singer get along? Or is the gulf between this controversial ethicist and Christians too wide? Denise Cooper-Clarke reports on a recent surprising dialogue.
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Manna Gum - A Ministry in Good News Economics

Patterns of work, consumption, recreation, housing, use of technology, savings and investment tend to be derived generally from the world around us. In short, most Australian Christians live ‘normal’ Western lives. Manna Gum seeks to help us change this.
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Seneca and the Good Life

What is the 'good life'? A good starting point in the consideration of the good life and whether or not it can be achieved without God would be to consider the life and philosophy of Seneca (the Younger) a person who pursued the idea of virtue or goodness with an unmatched zeal and whose contact with Christianity was minimal.
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The Ambassador for Human Rights of the World Evangelical Alliance Calls for Help for Fleeing Syrian Christians

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WEA Respects Pope Benedict's Decision to Resign, Interprets It as Choice of Courage

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God, Guns and Newtown

In the wake of yet another mass killing in the United States, various religious writers have responded. Here are some articles we have seen.
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'iFamily Values': Social Media, Technology, and Parenting

Social media is not simply an extra means of communication but a technology that shapes our interactions as we adapt our lives to its increasingly pervasive influence. Dad and two daughters (19 and 17)—sat down to discuss how parents and teenagers might work through all this together.
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Religious Leaders Voice Concerns about Rwanda's Intervention in Congo

Religious leaders, including Protestant, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Muslim, Kimbanguist and indigenous, are deeply involved in peacebuilding efforts. (From 'Sightings')
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