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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.

Left has driven need for religion bill
Peter KurtiNovember 22, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

As Attorney-General Christian Porter aims to bring his Religious Discrimination Bill before Parliament in the...

We cannot let anti-Semitism spread here
Peter KurtiNovember 21, 2019Spectator

We are facing a growing threat of left-wing anti-Semitism that we must not allow to...

Don’t let antisemitism spread here
Peter KurtiNovember 15, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

We are facing a growing threat of left-wing antisemitism that we must not allow to...

Age-old hatred of Jews re-emerges out of left field
Peter KurtiNovember 14, 2019The Australian

Anti-Semitism, the ancient hatred­ of Jews, is on the rise in Australia. Anti-Semitic incidents occur...

Toxic Mutation of an Ancient Hatred: Left-Wing Antisemitism
Peter KurtiNovember 13, 2019PP25

Antisemitism is on the rise in many Western countries. On the postmodern left, this ancient...

Beware the ‘bill of rights’ trap when debating freedom of religion
Lukas OpacicSeptember 12, 2019Spectator

Two recent events have exposed some serious misunderstandings on both the right and left about...

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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