While the Christians lead the way with the codex, they are catching up, a bit late, with the next piece of revolutionary technology — the digital pad.
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Come in Spinner: From scrolls to codices to iPads — welcome @thePope
Muslims don’t fit into a simple left v right debate
Last week Fairfax columnist Paul Sheehan fed the idea that Islam is a monolithic entity that’s fundamentally incompatible with western values. That’s what’s wrong with the current debate about Islam, says writer and filmmaker Ruby Hamad.
Anne Rice taps out of Christianity
Like her most famous characters, Anne Rice is not particularly fond of the cross. 12 years after she became a born again Christian the Vampire Chronicles author has renounced her faith, protesting against the church’s views on social issues such as homosexuality and birth control.
The balance sheets of bible bashing
Should preachers have KPIs? Should pastors get monthly bonuses for meeting their souls-saved count? Churches aren’t just about converting people to Christianity - they’re also about sustaining themselves financially, says Ray Fisman.
What did Jesus do?
The more you read the Gospels, the less you seem to know about who Jesus really was. Adam Gopnik goes searching through the texts to find some truth.
Undercover at a Christian gay-to-straight conversion camp
Singing, sharing, snuggling, shame and secret erections: straight, atheist journalist Ted Cox goes undercover in the Christian “ex-gay” movement.
Buddhists and Christians battle for North Koreas’ soul
Religion is strictly forbidden in North Korea, but evangelical Protestants like a challenge, and aren’t letting a little dictatorship get in the way of saving the nation’s souls. Buddhists are trying too, but can’t quite match that Protestant work ethic.
Undercover with American Evangelicals
Atheist and author Gina Welch spent two years deep undercover inside the world of America’s evangelical “megachurches”. The biggest revelation she uncovered? She actually enjoyed it.
US military weapons are being inscribed with secret biblical codes
A company producing weapons for the US military has been inscribing every one with coded references to Bible passages about Jesus, ABC News has uncovered. Because Jesus was all about war and killing.
The Week In Faith – with Abigail and Jasper
Including the Xenuphon-Hamilton Scale of Theologiclimatery-Denialistology
How the Nazis stole Christmas
A new exhibition of Nazi paraphernalia in Cologne shows how the Nazi Party tried to take Christ out of Christmas with swastika cookies and hand grenade tree decorations. Many of their “paganised” Christmas carols are still unwittingly sung today.
Why question defence force loyalty because of religion?
Our troops have a job to do. We should allow them to do it and not waste their or our own time with moronic speculations based on isolated incidents.
Hockey: Why I’m a Christian even though I don’t agree with other Christians
MP Joe Hockey gives a damning view of literal interpretations of the Bible in Christianity in last night’s speech to the Sydney Institute. We need to embrace the diversity of religions and not commit acts of war because of it, he says.
Rudd the naughty choirboy
Kevin Rudd’s religious beliefs are well known, from his weekly church door-stops to his writings in The Monthly. So, how well is his Christian faith sitting with his current hard-line asylum seeker stance? asks Chris Uhlmann.
John Calvin: more than just a humourless killjoy
This year marks the 500th anniversary of Protestant reformer John Calvin’s birth — not history’s sexiest figure, but a more important one than you may realise.
Guy Rundle: Did Harper’s Christianity influence his wage decision?
Does Harper’s Christianity shape his idea of how recovery should proceed?
Church of England offers beer and bacon to entice men back
The Church of England are offering beer, bacon rolls and chocolate bars to men who attend church on Fathers’ Day.
Christianity in the era of Rudd and Obama
The religious pendulum has swung away from the religious right in the US and the role of Christianity in the country may soon be no different to in Australia.
The religious teachings of Kevin Rudd
There is much to learn from religious teachings about Rudd’s politics, says Bible scholar Roland Boer.
Jesus gets a modern-day makeover
A British church has created a “21st Century” Jesus statue, getting jiggy with some baggy jeans and sculptured facial hair. In other news: Christianity just got even less cool.
The very right-wing Rev. Rudd
What has Rudd ever done to show that faith without works is dead? Did he ever join a non-violent protest? Has he put himself in the way of getting arrested in support of a just cause? Asks Humphrey McQueen.
Father Bob Maguire: ACL just one brand of morality
Politicians are making their living out of the trust that people have put in them, to act on behalf of the Commonwealth, not God, or the church, or anyone else, writes Father Bob Maguire.
