An attempt to hold a Christian meeting discussing the Bible and the Koran has been disrupted by leaders of the Islamic community and a Muslim student group.

Although many Arabic Christians today refer to YHWH as Allah, there is no evidence that the Arabic name Allah was used by Arab Christians or Jews in Arabia as the personal name of God before the time of Muhammad.

This is the last winter that more than 900 people who are homeless or sleep on the streets of the inner-city will have food, warm clothes and a friendly face to talk to because of Malcolm Bloomfield.

As a community, Australians care deeply about schooling for their children and are prepared to put a great deal of money towards it -often more than they can afford. Yet, that passions run high does not indicate agreement as to what education is or should be about. Symptomatic of this passionate confusion are the calls that have come periodically from the conservative wing of politics for a return to 'values education "“ a debate that has lately focused in recent weeks around the teaching of history.

On the eve of a dialogue between Christians and Muslims at the University of Wollongong, a peak evangelistic student body says there is no middle ground on the nature of Jesus.

A proposed Aboriginal school in Redfern is showing that Sydney Anglicans could help bridge the gap between the education 'haves and 'have nots. JEREMY HALCROW and MADELEINE COLLINS investigate the implications for how all Anglican schools are run.

It can be very difficult to understand the Middle East situation. However, if one can grasp a few very unhappy facts, the situation can make more sense, although it remains unhappy for all involved.

Whatever" - the catch-cry of Sydneys teens - seems to sum up perfectly the loosely held beliefs of Australias most lost and confused generation "“ those people born from 1976-1990.