Peter Kurti

Peter Kurti is Director of the Culture, Prosperity & Civil Society program and is also Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Law and Business at the University of Notre Dame Australia. He has written extensively about issues of religion, liberty, culture and civil society in Australia, and appears frequently as a commentator on television and radio. In addition to having written many newspaper articles, he is also the author or editor of a number of books, including The Tyranny of Tolerance: Threats to Religious Liberty in Australia; Euthanasia: Seven Questions about Voluntary Assisted DyingSacred & Profane: Faith and Belief in a Secular Society; and Beyond Belief: Rethinking the Voice to Parliament. Peter is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and an ordained minister in the Anglican Church of Australia.

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No Ordinary Garment: The Burqa and the Pursuit of Tolerance
Peter KurtiJune 11, 2015Research Report 5

Islam is asserting itself in new ways in Australia. Muslim groups are increasingly asking that...

A Quartet of Freedoms: Freedom of Religion, Speech, Association and Conscience
Jeremy Sammut, Peter Kurti, Robert ForsythOctober 16, 2014OP135

Political Rights, to which Australia is a signatory, gives high prominence to freedom of religion....

The Forgotten Freedom: Threats to Religious Liberty in Australia
Peter KurtiJuly 1, 2014PM139

The campaign for what has been dubbed ‘marriage equality’ is gaining ground in many Western...

Catholic Resistance to German State Persecution: Lessons for Modern Australia
Dyson Heydon, Peter Kurti, Robert ForsythMay 30, 2014OP134

Anti-Catholic sectarianism is on the rise in Australian society even though Australian Catholicism has made...

Multiculturalism and the Fetish of Diversity
Peter KurtiDecember 10, 2013PM138

Multiculturalism began as a response to the White Australia policy and continues to enjoy public...

In the Pay of the Piper: Governments, Not-for-Profits, and the Burden of Regulation
Peter KurtiApril 23, 2013IA139

Reforms intended to boost confidence in Australian charities risk turning the charitable sector into just...

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