Do religious perspectives have any place within the activities of the secular university today? Trevor Cairney and Greg Clarke suggest they do, and that a genuine intellectual pluralism would welcome them.

Specific Worldviews in Tertiary Education: a way forward

Pluralism and specific religious belief (Greg Clarke)

In a recent article in The Australian newspaper’s Higher Education supplement, Professor Elspeth Probyn of the Department of Gender

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What place does aesthetics have in drawing people to belief in Christ? This essay explores the place of impression in apologetics (PDF 212k).

There is a contemporary recognition that philosophy takes place within the body. This makes the realm of aesthetics—how we are affected by things—more important than has before been recognised. Contrary to popular belief, aesthetics is the most practical side of apologetics, because it pays attention to the

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Does the Bible get overused in educational theory? And does mainstream research get ignored by Christian practitioners? Trevor Cairney explores a book guilty of both.

Douglas Wilson’s book The Paideia of God derives its title from one word within Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. In Ephesians 6 Paul addresses the relationship and authority patterns between parents and children , particularly writing to fathers:

"Fathers, do not exasperate your

After a cameo appearance in The Passion of the Christ, the Shroud of Turin is back on the agenda in ancient world scholarship. Philosopher Peter Williams explains why it might add evidence for the resurrection of Jesus (420k PDF).

It is true to say that, “Now ... some scientists accept the Shroud’s authenticity more readily than medieval Christians did”. This is because, as Stevenson, who served as official spokesperson fort the Shroud of Turin

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