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Exploring the implications of a liberal understanding of freedom for religion in civil society, and analysing religion as a form of social capital in the public sphere. Recent research focuses on anti-Semitism and religious hatred, along with broader questions as to the meaning and value of religion in Australia.

Honesty the best policy for those in government
Peter KurtiMay 12, 2012The Australian

Abuse the virtue of honesty, and the fabric of civil society starts to tear apart....

Aussies tell Dawkins: Live and let religion live
Peter KurtiApril 13, 2012

When Cardinal George Pell and Professor Richard Dawkins faced off on ABC’s Q&A last Monday,...

Egged on to heed Easter
Peter KurtiApril 8, 2012Herald Sun

Hearts have gone. Straight after Valentine's Day chocolate bunnies invaded the shelves of our supermarkets....

A Short History of Christianity
Peter KurtiMarch 9, 2012Policy

A Short History of Christianity By Geoffrey Blainey Although Christianity is in decline in the...

Lent for climate change?
Peter KurtiFebruary 24, 2012

The season of Lent began this week. Some Christians will mark the six-week period of...

Religious freedom must not be taken for granted
Peter KurtiFebruary 24, 2012ABC Online

Conservatives in the United States are increasingly alarmed at President Barak Obama's indifference to the...

Chaining Australia: Church Bureaucracies and Political Economy
Geoffrey BrennanAugust 1, 1984R6

If we lived in a perfect world, church bodies would not have gotten together to...

The Christian and the State
Geoffrey BrennanApril 1, 1983OP7

What should be the nature of social and political action which flows from Christian commitment?...

Lent for climate change?
Peter KurtiFebruary 24, 2012

The season of Lent began this week. Some Christians will mark the six-week period of...

Thirst for knowledge
Peter KurtiOctober 21, 2011

Rising levels of school retention rates have contributed to record enrolments for this year’s HSC...

Don’t gamble with people’s freedom
Peter KurtiSeptember 29, 2011The Drum

Many Australians enjoy the thrill of wagering a sum of money on an event with...

Does gay marriage prove marriage matters?
Peter KurtiSeptember 29, 2011Online Opinion

Just over a century ago, the Anglo-French writer, Hilaire Belloc, declared himself "opposed to women...

Greens boycott is anti-Semitic
Peter KurtiSeptember 6, 2011The Canberra Times

An essential part of the compact of a free society is that all its citizens...

It’s Anglicanism, Jim, but not as we know it
Peter KurtiSeptember 2, 2011ABC Religion and Ethics

Thomas Jefferson once advised that in matters of religion "the maxim of civil government" should...

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