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Justifying Advocacy - Speaking Truth to Power
On Wednesday, 19 October 2011, Andrew Sloane of Morling College gave the 2011 John Saunders Annual Lecture, presenting a biblical and theological framework that justifies advocacy as a legitimate component of Christian involvement in the world, calling on ‘power’ to be used justly for the poor and disadvantaged.

Who Wins? Two Books about Heaven and Hell
“Let’s you and him fight!” The old comic-book trope is good advice for bystanders as Mark Galli’s God Wins counters Rob Bell and his book Love Wins. The two are respected evangelical leaders, an editor and a pastor, who attract headlines and readerships as they debate “Heaven, Hell” and the “Good News.”

Revolution before Politics in Egypt
Reflections on the aftermath of the Egyptian revolution.

Book Review: Creation Untamed, by Terence E. Fretheim
Quite simply, this is one of the most profound books I have ever read. In a world where we are seeing a plethora of natural disasters, many of which are the type forecast by climate scientists to be what we can expect more of in the future, Fretheim’s excellent volume is timely indeed.

Will Participating in Democracy Moderate the Muslim Brotherhood?
Mark Durie, a member of the ETHOS Islam Think Tank, reflects on the relationship between popular movements for democracy in the Middle East and the 'Muslim Brotherhood'

Mission 9 to 5: Contrasting & Complimenting Flavours of the Lausanne Congress on Work
Gordon Preece looks at tensions in the Lausanne movement and Covenant and their wrestling with the relationship between evangelism and social concern play out with particular to mission at work in the '9 to 5 window'.

Faith and Community - last 4 issues
Here are the last four issues of Faith and Community, EA public theology's publication sent out 3 times per year. Not all of these were distributed in this last year by email. You can read through them here by clinking on the links below. For more information, contact Ian Packer at ian@ea.org.au

Where are We? What Time is It? #5
In the run up to the election, 'Nurturing Justice' has occasionally tried to identify some key questions to ask. Now the election is over and we still don't know the outcome as far as which parties will form the government. So it is time to "nurture justice" in our own thinking about how we "do politics". How do we understand the nature and limits of party discipline, conscience votes, the representative's loyalty to electors as well as the elector's ongoing trust in our political system. How indeed can Christian people contribute as citizens to this polity to ensure that Government proceeds along the way of Shalom? Below is the latest edition of Nurturing Justice [7 2010]. Past editions of NJ can be found here: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bcwearne/nj.htm

ETHOS interview on ABC Radio Sunday Nights
John Cleary interviews Gordon Preece, Ian Packer and Denise Cooper-Clarke

Welcome to our regular update
ETHOS has relaunched the popular EA election site under our 'Faith and Politics' link. You'll find articles and links to articles on a variety of local and general issues plus commentary as we head towards the next federal election. For comment and links to various resources leading up to the federal election and beyond, check in regularly!