Faith and Politics

Will the Arab Spring be the Middle East Christians Winter?

Nov 16th, 2011 | By Peter Corney | Category: Christ and Culture, Faith and Politics

Will the so called Arab spring be the Middle East Christian’s winter?
The future for Christians in the Middle East is not looking good. Consider the following developments:
The ongoing violence towards Christians in Iraq since the ‘liberation’ and the large numbers leaving the country. Thousands have fled into Syria where the Alawite controlled Baathist’s have respected [...]

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Human Rights and Christian influence

Nov 29th, 2009 | By Peter Corney | Category: Christ and Culture, Faith and Politics

By Peter Corney
When English Christians in the late 18th and early 19th C. began the process of sensitizing their nation’s conscience to it’s involvement in the Trans Atlantic slave trade they chose a very significant campaign logo. The logo was a picture of an African slave in chains, his hands raised in pleading, surrounded with [...]

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The politics of God

Sep 1st, 2009 | By Peter Corney | Category: Faith and Politics

Peter Corney, May 2004
(Parts 1&2)
Part 1.
” Glory – and a culture without weight.”
(Summery: The relationship between the Glory of God and culture. Once a culture looses its faith foundation it has a tendancy to hollow out and loose ‘weight’. Is this now the state of  Western culture?)
Psalm 24 describes God as “The King of Glory”
Lift [...]

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Wilberforce – a model for today

Sep 1st, 2009 | By Peter Corney | Category: Faith and Politics

William Wilberforce (1759 -1833)
By Peter Corney
This year is the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in British territories (1807), an achievement due largely to the tireless efforts of William Wilberforce. By any measure Wilberforce is an outstanding example of Christian leadership and a model of the way a Christian should be at [...]

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Religion and politics in Australia

Sep 1st, 2009 | By Peter Corney | Category: Faith and Politics

RELIGION AND POLITICS IN AUSTRALIA – REVIVING THE CONNECTION.
 
By Peter Corney. July 2005
 
Even the casual observer of the last federal election in Australia could not miss the extraordinary amount of public comment and interest in the revival of the connection between religion and politics in Australia.
 
Those with longer memories recalled the dramatic days of Bob [...]

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Equipping christians for social transformation

Sep 1st, 2009 | By Peter Corney | Category: Faith and Politics

EQUIPPING CHRISTIANS FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
 
By The Rev. Peter Corney OAM
 
(Delivered on 25/3/09 at the inauguration of the Center of Education and Youth Studies and the Micha 6:8 Centre for Aid and Development Studies  at Tabor College Victoria Australia. The Centre’s are partnerships between Tabor College, Eastern University and Tear Australia and between Tabor and  the [...]

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