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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.

Does Western Civilisation Have a Future?
Wolfgang KasperFebruary 22, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Western civilisation, built on a foundation of individual freedom, rational, fact-based thinking and democracy, has...

Take responsibility for your life
Leonard HongFebruary 15, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Prominent intellectual and speaker Jordan Peterson’s current Australian tour could well be the first time...

The problem with ‘hate speech’ laws
Monica WilkieFebruary 8, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

When Facebook posts lead to Federal Court proceedings, a parliamentary inquiry, and a bankruptcy, something...

4 things I learned last week
Robert ForsythFebruary 1, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

I learned four important — but somewhat dispiriting — things while taking part in the...

The new normal
Peter KurtiFebruary 1, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Within the first six months of the year, voters in NSW are likely to go...

Australians shouldn’t be ashamed
Simon CowanJanuary 25, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

In recent weeks we have been treated to yet another #changethedate campaign based on how...

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?...

A confident secularist society would tolerate school religion
Brendan O'NeillJuly 28, 2011The Sydney Morning Herald

Can a half-hour chat about God really warp children's minds? Listening to Australia's increasingly irate...

Beware pink totalitarianism
Jeremy SammutJuly 15, 2011The Spectator

Though a traditionalist at heart, on the question of gay marriage I am appropriately agnostic....

Battery full? Save energy and remove charger from wall socket
Peter KurtiJuly 8, 2011

It used to be enough that the phone’s battery was charged. Not any longer. My...

Must Religion be a Threat to Liberty?
Robert SiricoJuly 21, 2008

The arguments for the unity of freedom and unbelief are common cultural currency. We are...

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