Thoughts on faith, culture, and public life.
Three councils, one Christian vocation: a practical and theological proposal By Rev Dr Rod Benson Introduction There are many distinctive qualities about Sydney, Australia's largest city, and one of those is its peculiar religious culture. A feature of this culture is the nature of ecumenical cooperation among the city's churches (and, inevitably, throughout the State …
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Murray River mouth and Coorong lagoon system near Goolwa, South Australia. By Rod Benson One of the most significant principles in Catholic social teaching is the doctrine of subsidiarity. In broad terms, subsidiarity holds that responsibilities should be exercised by persons and smaller communities when they are capable of doing so, while larger institutions should …
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By Rod Benson The Uniting Church in Australia has undertaken many reviews and reorganisations since its inauguration in 1977, but few have matched the breadth or potential significance of the Act2 Project. Act2 is arguably the most consequential attempt in recent decades to reconsider the structures, governance, theological formation and mission of the national Church. …
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