Foreign Minister, Bob Carr’s recent evaluation on ABC Radio (Thursday, 1 November 2012 ) of Australia’s interest in West Papua’s problem with Indonesia, or for him and Canberra – Indonesia’s problem with West Papua – shows little understanding of the issue and profoundly wishful geopolitical thinking.

Simon Smart, director of the Centre for Public Christianity, reflects on the changing dynamic of the American religious right and how it is set to influence the presidential election, and beyond.

Kevin Giles responds to Alan Cadwallader’s chapter in the recent book on homosexuality ‘Five Uneasy Pieces’

Kevin Giles responds to Alan Cadwallader’s chapter in the recent book on homosexuality ‘Five Uneasy Pieces’

Check out the peer-reviewed articles, ministry resources and book reviews free to view on-line at www.crucible.org.au.

Peter Corney interviews Gordon Preece at St Hilary’s, Kew, on the relationship between faith and reason, science and religion, and the critiques of the New Atheists

How is the new world of surveillance changing our society and what might it mean for protecting the dignity of people, particularly the more vulnerable, in our midst?

David O’Brien reviews John W. Wilson, Christianity alongside Islam (Brunswick, Victoria: Acorn Press, 2010)

On Wednesday, 19 October 2011, Andrew Sloane of Morling College gave the 2011 John Saunders Annual Lecture, presenting a biblical and theological framework that justifies advocacy as a legitimate component of Christian involvement in the world, calling on ‘power’ to be used justly for the poor and disadvantaged.

Why would restoring a church have caused Muslims to be enraged? Why would church renovations be a topic for a Friday sermon in a mosque? Why would Egyptian military stand by and do nothing? Or run over protestors? Why was the attack denied and covered over by the media? The answers are theological: they involve Islamic political theology.