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Ross Mckenzie & Greg Clarke
Published date: Monday, September 01, 2003
By: Ross Mckenzie & Greg Clarke
How is biblical eschatology to be interpreted in the light of what is known from physics about the history and possible future of the universe?
To the minds of some educated people, the most bizarre and unsubstantiated aspect of Christian faith is the area known as eschatology. Eschatology refers to the study of the "last things"—death, the end of the world, heaven and hell. More generally, it also refers to the study of the future and how we can
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Published date: Monday, May 14, 2007
By: Greg Clarke
On 14 May 2007, Greg Clarke gave an address for ISCAST Sydney called ‘Where Dawkins is not a scientist’. (Download: 4.64 MB; 40:32)
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Published date: Tuesday, May 01, 2007
By: Greg Clarke
In his autobiography, the Australian political intellectual explores his attitude to death, punishment and the hope of resurrection.
Brilliant writers of the last hundred years tended to spend their lives wrestling with Christianity. Samuel Beckett obsessed over the promises of Christ in plays such as Waiting For Godot. D.H. Lawrence was gripped by the Bible and attempted to re-read into it a pagan spirituality. C.S. Lewis was hunted down by the
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Is history fiction?
Published date: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
By: Greg Clarke
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Ann Curthoys and John Docker base their 2006 book Is History Fiction? on two beliefs: their belief in truth and the search for truth and their belief that historians cannot declare that they have objectively established the truth about the past. As they state: ‘Our general argument is that the very doubleness of history - in the space between history as rigorous scrutiny of sources and history as part of the world of literary forms - gives it ample
Published date: Thursday, January 18, 2007
By: Greg Clarke
Greg Clarke comments on Andrew Denton’s feature-length documentary, God on My Side.
Is God on your side, my side, no-one’s side, or everyone’s side?
And how can you tell? Visit America and find out, with the help of your favourite TV host, Andrew Denton!
The host of popular ABC TV talk show, Enough Rope, has produced a remarkable and entertaining documentary in which he explores this question through the eyes and mouths of participants at the
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Published date: Monday, December 18, 2006
By: Greg Clarke
With many societies confused about whether Christmas is, or should be, a Christian celebration, here are some suggested reasons why it really does matter what you think of Jesus at this time of year.
He’s too famous to ignore
As a celebrity, there isn’t anyone who comes close to Jesus. He is the ultimate rags to riches story. He was born in poverty to an unmarried mother, raised in a trade (carpentry, they say), but he struck everyone around him
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Published date: Friday, November 17, 2006
By: Greg Clarke
Topping the nonfiction lists at present is Oxford Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, Richard Dawkins’s The God Delusion. Dawkins is up front about the purpose of his book: "If this book works as I intend, religious readers who open it will be atheists when they put it down". The marketing team should have considered a warning label!
More than anything, The God Delusion is concerned with the psychological damage that religious belief
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Published date: Friday, November 17, 2006
By: Greg Clarke
Dr Greg Clarke gave a seminar on The Da Vinci Code in St Andrew’s Cathedral Sydney. You can purchase the audio CD from CASE for AUD $10. Contact Us
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CASE Weekly lecture series on Christianity and Contemporary Thought 2006
Published date: Tuesday, October 31, 2006
By: Greg Clarke
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In 2006 CASE ran a weekly lecture series on ‘Christianity and Contemporary thought’.
The topics covered were:
- the economics of marriage
Lecturers include Megan Best, Andrew Cameron, Greg Clarke, Larissa Johnson, Lewis Jones, Gordon Menzies, Byron Smith and Justine Toh.
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Being a Christian in Australia today: challenges and opportunities
Published date: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
By: Greg Clarke
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How should a Christian relate to Australian society?
The 2006 Michael Orpwood Lecture, delivered at Katoomba, 30 September 2006.
The irony has not been lost on me that we are holding a lecture about being a Christian in Australian society during a conference that is held on the weekend most sacred to many Australians—footy grand finals weekend.
Whether this was a deliberate move by the organisers to emphasise the distance between Christians and
