We pay tribute to Ron Sider, whose writings revolutionised Christian perspectives on poverty and helped develop the radical discipleship and Evangelical justice movements.

As believers scattered in the public square, we are engaged in mutual encounter, searching together, but across tribal lines, for transcendent truth. The latest issue of Zadok on ‘Public Speaking’ explored what this engagement looks like in 21st Century Australia.

Endnotes for article published in Zadok Perspectives 151: Differing over Difference: Sexuality & Gender Tensions (Winter 2021), 14-16

While deeply lamenting the great costs to LGBTI+ victims of Conversion Therapy, this ill-defined and broad terminology and legislation could unintentionally criminalise many people and standard Christian practices like prayer, preaching and counsel.

This timely booklet raises important issues about freedom of religion in Australia in a succinct way. However, it sometimes succumbs to over-simplification in interpretation of Scripture and the Constitution. And whether persecution is an appropriate word for the situation of the Australian church compared with that of the majority world church is open to debate.

James Hunter challenges our individualistic view of change and the narrow and misguided focus on political power among both Left and Right. He calls for a positive Christian posture of ‘faithful presence’, shaped by covenantal Christian community and salting every social structure.

Like the best futurist literature, The Handmaid’s Tale shouldn’t be dismissed as mere fantasy. But lest we confuse fundamentalism with the freeing fundamentals of Christian faith, a comparison with Marilynne Robinson’s depiction in Gilead of humble-Christ-like love and service is a good antidote. Will they turn Robinson’s Gilead into a TV series?

Here you will find the endnotes for Gordon Preece’s Zadok Paper ‘Re-­Tayloring Time’. You can subscribe to Zadok Perspectives via the Publications section of our website.

Is there a need for a Safe Schools program? Gordon Preece’s short piece leads the discussion, followed by links to related articles.

Whatever the legalities, the indeterminate limbo of life in detention for seeking safety is unjustified, writes Gordon Preece.