Posts Tagged ‘australian’

The Rev Peter Thomson obituary (Guardian Unlimited)

January 30th, 2010

Charismatic Australian Anglican priest who was a huge influence on Tony Blair Peter Thomson, who has died aged 73 of emphysema, was a “doer”, a minister of the Anglican church of Australia with a very grounded view of religion. He had a talent for reading people like a book. For him, solving practical problems and making a difference to people’s daily lives were a part of Christianity that …

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The Rev Peter Thomson obituary (Guardian Unlimited)

Stan’s plan after winning Idol (News.com.au)

November 23rd, 2009

STAN Walker is ready to take the music industry by storm, just a day after winning Australian Idol .

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Stan’s plan after winning Idol (News.com.au)

The voluble and the Word: amen to that (Brisbane Times)

October 9th, 2009

Is politics becoming more entwined with Christianity while Australian society becomes more and more secular? Damien Murphy explores.

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The voluble and the Word: amen to that (Brisbane Times)

Bishop blames ‘weak’ churches for losing their religious (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)

August 20th, 2009

A former Australian Defence Force Anglican bishop says religious belief is waning in Australia because the Christianity most Australians have encountered is weak, insipid, and in some cases unintelligible.

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