The Statement from the Heart calls RASP and all Australians to contribute to righting an historic wrong. This begins with our support for a ‘yes’ vote at the coming referendum, and our unequivocal support for the...
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Report reveals push for profits compromises finance sector staff
This article is republished from Mirage news. A Report commissioned by the Finance Sector Union of Australia (FSU) and completed by the Religion and Social Policy Network of the University of Divinity has found the...
Covid-19 – Lessons Not Yet Learnt
For weeks now Covid-19 has dominated the world’s media. We’ve had endless facts, advice and commentary on the virus itself, the number of deaths and infections, the level of testing, the do’s and don’ts of hygiene and...
Learning to Learn from West Papua
Michael Toy | Reposted from Ethos, with permission. We learn to listen better so that we can learn to live better. – Mark Menjivar I spent the bulk of 2019 reading, researching and writing about a subject that I had...
Spiritual Healing for a Peaceable and Reconciled Independent West Papuan Nation
The escalating violence in West Papua has given added urgency to the first research report completed for the Federal Republic of West Papua (FRWP) Foreign Embassy by the Centre for Religion and Social Policy (RASP). The...
China policy drowning in empty rhetoric – time for an informed public debate
China is in the news and rightly so. If it’s not events in Hong Kong, it’s the China-US trade dispute, or tensions in the South China Sea, Beijing’s expanding influence in the South Pacific, the prospect of a Chinese...
Church must address ‘existential threats’
The Catholic Church in Australia is not taking full advantage of the work of Pope Francis in addressing issues of peace, justice and ecology, despite the “state of unprecedented emergency” that the world is in today.
Watch: Earth@Peace Landmark Conference Highlights
A summary of highlights from the conference organisers: Emeritus Professor Joseph A. Camilleri OAM La Trobe University Chair, Earth@Peace Project Reverend Dr Gordon Preece Director, Centre for Religion & Social...
A letter to my fellow evangelicals about the environment
Dr Mick Pope This article is republished from Eternity news. Read the original article here. Dear fellow evangelicals, I write to you at this hour born of a sense of frustration, of fear, and of hope. I felt compelled...
Uniting against terrorism: Pope Francis & Muslim leaders in Abu Dhabi
This article is reposted from Social Policy Connections. Read the original article. Pope Francis has made dialogue with Islam a high priority, as he is acutely aware that the scourge of war and displacement of peoples...