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The CIS examines the relationship between religion and a free society.

Publications

  1. The Kingdom of God is Forcefully Advancing and Forceful Men Lay Hold of It

    David Coltart | 14 Sep 2011 | Occasional Papers

    In the CIS’s annual Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom, Senator David Coltart discusses the application of biblical... Read More...

  2. Book Review: The Price of Freedom Denied: Religious Persecution and Conflict in the Twenty-First Century

    John Shellard | 20 Aug 2011 | POLICY Magazine

    The Price of Freedom Denied: Religious Persecution and Conflict in the Twenty-First Century by Brian J. Grim and Roger Finke Reviewed... Read More...

  3. REVIEW ARTICLE: Know Thy Enemies

    Samuel Gregg | 12 Dec 2009 | POLICY Magazine

    The High Price of Heaven: A Book about the Enemies of Pleasure and Freedom by David Marr (Allen & Unwin, 1999.)

  4. BOOK REVIEW: Christian Theology and Market Economics

    Robert Forsyth | 04 Jun 2009 | POLICY Magazine

    Christian Theology and Market Economics by Ian Harper and Saumel Gregg (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008).

  5. FEATURE: Liberalism and Hate Laws: Toleration versus Tolerance

    John Shellard | 03 Mar 2009 | POLICY Magazine

    Attempts to create interpersonal tolerance undermine state toleration, writes John Shellard

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Opinion & Commentary

  1. Does gay marriage prove marriage matters?

    Rev Peter Kurti | 29 Sep 2011 | Online Opinion

    Gay couples dragging marriage back into vogue.... Read More

  2. Don’t gamble with people’s freedom

    Rev Peter Kurti | 29 Sep 2011 | The Drum

    New Poker Machine laws are impeding people’s freedom... Read More

  3. Greens boycott is anti-Semitic

    Rev Peter Kurti | 06 Sep 2011 | The Canberra Times

    Recently the Greens have refused to back a motion in the Senate condemning efforts by protesters from the anti-Israel Boycott, ... Read More

  4. It's Anglicanism, Jim, but not as we know it

    Rev Peter Kurti | 02 Sep 2011 | ABC Religion and Ethics

    If we think of individual churches as religious firms, then collectively they form a religious market... Read More

  5. A confident secularist society would tolerate school religion

    Brendan O'Neill | 28 Jul 2011 | The Sydney Morning Herald

    A confident secular society, one that trusted in its rationalist public institutions, should have no problem with occasional ... Read More

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Ideas@TheCentre

  1. Thirst for knowledge

    Rev Peter Kurti | 21 Oct 2011

    The choice of subjects of the record number of students sitting this year’s HSC reflects increasing interest in ancient ...

  2. Battery full? Save energy and remove charger from wall socket

    Rev Peter Kurti | 08 Jul 2011

    Religion seeks not so much to control as to strengthen communities by binding them to common sets of values, practices and ...

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