A lack of religious literacy by journalists – and a failure of news programs to feature a wider variety of faith leaders – is having an impact on the quality of coverage of major news stories and ...

In recent weeks, calls to regulate Islamic education in Australia have resurfaced with familiar language around accountability, safeguarding and public trust. While important, these debates often ...

Seven years ago, Simon Longstaff, the executive director of the St James Ethics Centre, was approached by a small group of parents. Longstaff’s not-for-profit organization in north Sydney usually ...

Over the last five years, there has been not only a rapid expansion of hate related legislation, but also a qualitative shift in how the law responds to social conflict. The growing reliance on ...

Co-authored with Dr. Ken Baskin. Few things are more important to human psychology writ large than religion. But what does this concept really mean? The more deeply we investigate it, the odder ...

CHRISTIANITY in freefall, a religion set to overtake Islam in numbers, the rapid rise of atheism ... young Australians and migrant families are driving a religious revolution changing the spiritual ...