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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.

The Darkest Path: The Puzzling Resilience of Antisemitism. Acton Lecture 2025
Rabbi Benjamin EltonMarch 19, 2025OP206

Foreword The annual Acton Lecture, presented by the Culture, Prosperity & Civil Society program at...

Fractured Loyalties. Australian citizenship and the crisis of civic virtue
Peter KurtiMarch 6, 2025AP79

Can citizenship survive the end of tolerance? One of the principal tenets of a secular...

Interest, Usury and the Common Good
Ian Harper, Peter KurtiFebruary 20, 2025OP205

Introduction: Is there a problem with interest? Making money out of lending money has generated...

Adam and Eve after the Pill Revisited
Adam and Eve after the Pill Revisited
Mary Eberstadt, Peter KurtiAugust 14, 2024
Join us in Sydney on September 3 as we welcome Mary Eberstadt to discuss her...
Religious schools
Religious freedom is not an absolute right
Simon CowanMarch 23, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

It seems we are to go through yet another debate on the issue of religious...

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Don’t be fooled by Hamas
Peter KurtiNovember 10, 2023SPECTATOR

Many Christians were clearly unsettled by the determination with which the Israel Defence Force (IDF)...

Reframing an Ancient Hatred: the intersection of left-wing antisemitism and anti-Zionism
Julie ClaridgeDecember 11, 2025AP97
Anti-Zionism has evolved to create a further mutation of antisemitism, cloaking bias and discrimination in...
The ties that bind. Reconciling value pluralism and national identity
Peter KurtiJune 12, 2025AP81

Executive summary Australia’s multicultural democracy is under increasing pressure, not only from economic uncertainty but...

The Darkest Path: The Puzzling Resilience of Antisemitism. Acton Lecture 2025
Rabbi Benjamin EltonMarch 19, 2025OP206

Foreword The annual Acton Lecture, presented by the Culture, Prosperity & Civil Society program at...

Fractured Loyalties. Australian citizenship and the crisis of civic virtue
Peter KurtiMarch 6, 2025AP79

Can citizenship survive the end of tolerance? One of the principal tenets of a secular...

Interest, Usury and the Common Good
Ian Harper, Peter KurtiFebruary 20, 2025OP205

Introduction: Is there a problem with interest? Making money out of lending money has generated...

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Free to Speak and Free to Believe? What Australians think about freedom of speech
Peter Kurti, Scott PrasserApril 20, 2023AP47

To what extent do Australians think speech is free in this country? According to polling...

Religious freedom unforgotten
Robert Forsyth, Peter KurtiApril 30, 2020Ideas@TheCentre

One of the many things now in pandemic lockdown is the ongoing discussion about religious...

Coronavirus response: the great self-destruction
Robert CarlingApril 28, 2020Canberra Times

If you want to know how much the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic might cost, the International...

Tracking a pandemic: an unacceptable invasion of privacy
Monica WilkieApril 16, 2020Spectator

The federal government’s plan to use a voluntary tracking app to monitor our movements –...

Amid this pestilence, listen to Easter’s revolutionary message
Robert ForsythApril 8, 2020Australian Financial Review

Easter and the coronavirus have at least one thing in common. Both are in their...

Religious liberty under pressure
Doug BandowFebruary 14, 2020ideas@theCentre

There is no more fundamental liberty than the right to respond to one’s creator. Belief...

Christmas is a moment to tune into the needs of our neighbours
Peter KurtiDecember 20, 2019Financial Review

Many were alarmed this month when it seemed the Christmas-hating Grinch had arrived early –...

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