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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.

Preferential condemnation
Peter KurtiAugust 2, 2012

Imagine your local council directing bulldozers to demolish your home. You’d have something to say...

Invoking Jesus
Peter KurtiJuly 13, 2012

English essayist and novelist, George Orwell, famously remarked, ‘We have now sunk to a depth...

What’s Wrong With Benevolence
Barry MaleyJune 9, 2012Policy

What’s Wrong With Benevolence: Happiness, Private Property, and the Limits of Enlightenment By David Stove...

Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010
Peter KurtiJune 9, 2012Policy

Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010 By Charles Murray Reviewed by Peter Kurti...

Gay marriage, polygamy and the social order
Peter SaundersJune 1, 2012

What are we to say about gay marriage? Britain’s Coalition government is committed to introducing...

Progressive hypocrisy on religion and the state
Peter KurtiMay 18, 2012

In Britain, the Church of England has long been teased for being ‘the Conservative Party...

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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