The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change is providing two FREE sessions on Reducing your Carbon Footprint and aligning with your faith. Do you want to know more about aligning your carbon footprint with your faith to protect the planet? The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change is presenting an information session via zoom on on June 5 (daytime) and June 6 (evening).
DIAN/Interfidei Human Trafficking Discussion
DIAN/Interfidei will conduct the third of their discussion series on Anti-Human Trafficking online on 7 May 2024. This discussion is open to the public. Sign language interpreters and translators from Indonesian to English are available.
Plato’s final hours recounted in scroll found in Vesuvius ash
Many who seek religion along with peace and harmony among the religions of Earth have studied philosophy: Aristotle, Plato, Socrates and other philosophers. Here, we bring you news of the results of advanced digital imaging, which gives startling information about the last hours of Plato. Newly deciphered passages from a papyrus scroll that was buried beneath layers of volcanic ash after the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius may have shed light on the final hours of Plato, a key figure in the history of western philosophy.
Nationwide book/project on Anzac Muslims
Muslim fighting and defending Australia started with their loyalty, patriotism and then contribution. Muslim loyalty is a love for the country, Australia. By migrating, living, and working in Australia, Muslims progressively built their attachment to Australia. The Australian military was an opportunity to build positive life experiences and prosperity in Australia, despite encounters with bias, denials, and discrimination in public life due to the impact of the White Australia Policy associated with the Immigration Restriction Act and with their quest for their naturalisation. Thus writes Dr Dzavid Haveric, historian, author and researcher into Muslim presence and participation in Australia.
NSW: Buddhist Studies Seminar
The Australian Association of Buddhist studies will hold its next event on Thursday 2 May, 2024. The topic will address Reimagining Meditation through Indo-Tibetan Tantric Practices. This will be a hybrid session.
Anzac Day Reflection
ANZAC Day is an event shared across many nations: Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, France, Belgium and the United Kingdom. ANZAC Day reminds us of selfless service by those who went to war to defend Australia and Aotearoa – New Zealand and forged an indelible bond of mateship across time and landscape. In this essay, we recall the sacrifice that rendered menaning and purpose in that day, that age. What does this service, this sacrifice render toward social cohesion, harmony and understanding in Australia and New Zealand, today?
Australia’s Muslim Anzacs
Among the many Australians who served during the second world war, there is a small group of people whose stories remain largely untold. These are the Muslim men and women who, while small in number, made significant contributions and sacrifices during the war effort.
Looking for role models among the spiritual leaders of history? Look to the women in their lives
I want a spiritual role model who would have understood how to avert a meltdown at school pickup. So who are the women spiritual leaders? Sometimes I think the entire point of religion is to help men behave more like women.
Why does Australia want to be so suicidal?
Bishop Philip Huggins writes, ‘Australian leadership is no longer an embarrassment at UNFCCC COPs. Nonetheless, Australia’s participation in the fossil fuel industry, including through new projects, is not putting us on the fastest path to net zero. Will we miss our “brief and rapidly closing window” to secure a liveable future?’
Syncretism in Religion and Rituals: Embracing Diversity and Unity
One fascinating aspect of religious development is the phenomenon of syncretism, which refers to the merging or blending of different religious beliefs, practices, and rituals. The concept of syncretism challenges the notion of religion as a rigid and exclusive system, instead emphasizing the fluidity and adaptability of human spirituality, writes Dr Adis Duderija of the Griffith University Multifaith Centre.
Honouring International Mother Earth Day: A Call to Faith-Based Climate Action
Each year, on April 22nd, we mark International Mother Earth Day, a global moment for introspection on our relationship with our home planet. As Australians representing diverse faiths within Religions for Peace Australia, we recognise the urgency of this day in the face of escalating global warming. Our faiths teach us to cherish and steward the earth, making this day especially significant as an interfaith community. This essay delves into the importance and urgency of International Mother Earth Day and its relevance to our diverse faiths and the broader global community.
Immigration: Changes to the Minister of Religion Labour Agreement
Changes to the Minister of Religion Labour Agreement (MORLA) settings now allow religious institutions to sponsor overseas workers under the occupation Religious Assistant (ANZSCO 451816). This new initiative broadens visa sponsorship options that were formerly limited to the occupation of ‘Minister of Religion’.
