Publications

Copy of Publications and Papers by Members

Cahill, D., Managing and Regulating Religion in a Global Context Paper prepared for the Third Diversity Matters Conference held at Kolkata, India, 1st – 2nd March, 2005
Muslim Australians: THEIR BELIEFS, PRACTICES AND INSTITUTIONS A Partnership under the Australian Government’s Living In Harmony initiative by Professor Abdullah Saeed (DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS and AUSTRALIAN MULTICULTURAL FOUNDATION in association with THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE)
Living in Australia - A guide for Muslims new to Australia by Prof. Abdullah Saeed and Patricia Pence; a downloadable resource released in 2020 to help Muslim migrants new to Australia with the process of settlement and successful integration into Australian society.
Freedom of religion and belief in 21st century Australia A research report prepared for the Australian Human Rights Commission By Professor Gary Bouma, Professor Desmond Cahill, Dr Hass Dellal, and Athalia Zwartz 2011 © 2011 Australian Human Rights Commission
Bouma, G., Preparing Clergy to be Civic Leaders (PowerPoint)
Cahill, D, Chaplaincy and Specialist Spiritual Care in Multi-faith Victoria: A preliminary overview
Cahill, D Integration of Immigrants into Cohesive Civil Societies: The Role of Religious Communities and their Leaders

Cahill, D The CHALLENGE of COMPASSION in the GLOBAL AGE, Address given at the Inaugural Dinner Forum of the Bendigo Interfaith Council on 18th March 2016 held at The Conservatory, All Seasons Motel, Bendigo.
Cahill, D, FROM 9/11 TO BREIVIK: Responding Nationally and Transnationally to the challenge of Diversity and Social Cohesion
Cahill, D, Regional and Rural Migration in and for the 21st Century: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Bendigo, 2007
Cahill, D, Being Religious and Interreligious in Regional and Rural Victoria: The Role of its Interfaith Networks
Cahill, D, The Growing Banyan Tree: Developing Buddhist Presence in Australia
Cahill, D, Creating Religious Harmony and Social Cohesion in the City of Hume
Cahill, D, Australia's Religious Profile, Preliminary Results, 2011 Census
Cahill, D, Multicultural and Multifaith Bendigo: Returning to its past in a different way
Cahill, D. (2018) And What Would God Think, Rebuilding Pastoral Health and Integrity after the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Keynote address presented at the Health and Integrity Conference held in Melbourne at the University of Divinity on 27th – 29th August 2018
Cahill, D. and M. Leahy (2004) Constructing a Local Multi-Faith Network (Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Canberra)
Cahill, D., Bouma, G., Dellal, H. & M. Leahy (2004) Religion, Cultural Diversity and Safeguarding Australia (Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Canberra)
Ennis, Susan P, Dr., RELIGION and SOCIAL COHESION IN AUSTRALIA: AN OVERVIEW of MULTIFAITH ACTIVITY
Fry, Ian Rex, Dr. 12th Annual Conference, Doha International Centre for Interfaith Dialogue, The way forward: A Global Council on Religion, Culture and the Human Future
Fry, Ian Rex, Dr. It's Time to Talk our Way out of a Crisis, Dialogue on the Origins of Conflict
Jan Pakulski, University of Tasmania: Confusions about Multiculturalism (Religions for Peace Australia publishes this paper, courtesy Prof. Jan Pakulski of the University of Tasmania.)
Rowland, Philippa, Dr. Ecosystem Services and Faith Communities in Oceania
Cahill, D, Progressing the Multifaith Agenda in Multicultural Australia, 2019, FECCA Conference Hobart, 9-11 October 2019
Cahill, D, The Role Of Religious Leaders In The Creation Of Peace, Social Cohesion And Religious Dialogue In The Context Of 21st Century Asia, Paper delivered at Religions for Peace Bangladesh Seminar: World Peace Through Interfaith And Intrafaith Dialogue, Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 2018
Cahill, D, China: Overcoming environmental degradation through a green growth economy: The role of religious leadership, presented to the International Seminar on Interfaith Exchanges and Shared Future for Humanity, sponsored by the China Committee for Religions and Peace, Beijing, in December of 2019.
Adams, Brian, Dr. Taking a Proactive Role in Mobilising Faith Communities during COVID-19
Rowland, Philippa, Dr. Asia-Pacific Consultation on Women, Faith and Diplomacy : Keeping Faith and Transforming Tomorrow
Rowland, Philippa, Dr. Faith for Nature Conference 2020 – Asia Australia Hub Discussion C: "The way forward for Faith-Based Organisations to work for the Sustainable Development Goals”, Putting our Values into Action for Nature
Cahill, D, COVID-19: Impact, Responses, Learnings and Ongoing Challenges for the World’s Faith Communities in Australia, Paper given at Interfaith Symposium: Faith, Social Cohesion and Community Resilience, held on 15 June 2022, hosted by Affinity Intercultural Foundation and Macquarie University
Cahill, D, Mega-cities and Climate Change - The Role of Religious Leaders, Address given at the Religious Summit Meeting, Mt Hiei, : Interreligious Gathering of Prayer for World Peace , 35th Anniversary, 4 August 2022
Rowland, Philippa, Asia Pacific Women of Faith Network Paper for China Committee on Religion and Peace 3rd Conference of Ecological Civilisations 29 November 2022