Author Archives: Schütz

Recently at a Victoria Police Multi-Faith Council reception, someone made the comment was made that “religion is not a problem to be solved”. This is so true. Unfortunately, there are many in the community, and some political parties (such as … Continue reading →

What strange stuff one finds in an economics journal these days. A friend of mine, who has just enrolled to do an MBA, wrote to say: I read this in The Economist today – this magazine is now required reading … Continue reading →

Fr Z. has a post on the fact that in most Catholic countries, December 8, tomorrow, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, is a holy day of obligation. But not in Australia. To quote from a 2001 decree of the … Continue reading →

Well, that was close. We have a very strange way of chosing our upper house representatives here in Australia. On the surface, it is a very fair way of distributing preferences. In the Federal Election, a certain number of seats … Continue reading →

A bit too quiet for my liking. I need to find a subject to liven things up a bit. However, that’s life in the blogging world – you can’t create news. Or perhaps you can. Anyway, what’s been happening? Cathy … Continue reading →

Sadly, my meeting today with Greens candidate Jo Tenner was cancelled, as Jo is unwell. We will have to make another time. Thanks for all the responses members of the Commentators Table made to my question about what I should … Continue reading →

New 2011 Anima Education courses now open for registration: Christian Traditions (First Term, 2011, Mondays at Mary Glowrey House) Many people around us come from other faith traditions within the Christian context: Orthodox, Baptist, Anglican, Lutheran, Pentecostal, etc. How did … Continue reading →

I occasionally take a look at the ABC Religion and Ethics website. Usually something interesting there. Well, today I found this very well written article on the “Guest Blog” column, “Setting the record straight on the Catholic Church” by Joel … Continue reading →

I have just finished reading an article in the latest edition of the Lutheran Quarterly (thanks, Dr William!) which criticised the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification on several grounds, one of which was that it follows a methodology … Continue reading →

In 2002, a group of scholars under a committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a document together with some Jewish scholars called “Reflections on Covenant and Mission”. Last year, the USCCB issued its own statement “A … Continue reading →