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Interview with John Bottomley about his new publication, “Money Talks”
John Bottomley, Chairperson for the Religion and Social Policy (RASP) Network, speaks to VOX about his new publication "Money Talks".
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...
Religion and Social Policy
Faith can help us lay our ghosts to rest
Rev Dr Andrew Sloane, Morling College and member of RASP This article is reposted from The Canberra Times It’s been a long time since I worked in clinical medicine, but like all doctors, I have memories of hard...
Andrew Sloane
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...
Flourishing and Wellbeing – Call for Papers
Measurement, Meaning and Mindfulness in Health, Education and Work Elizabeth Anscombe’s term ‘human flourishing’ describes the quest and desire for ‘the good life’—wellbeing or life in its fullness and wholeness. It has...
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New direction for RASP – from Centre to Network
At the conclusion of 2019, the University’s Centre for Religion and Social Policy will move in a new direction, becoming an affiliate network of the University, rather than a Centre. This decision was made by the...
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.