There is no illusion of mere objectivity in Garners non-fiction: that of an absent, disinterested observer. Garner is as much a character in the narrative as Anu Singh and Joe Cinques mother. And it is the rawness of Garners hurt spirit that gives her the ability to record so sensitively the pain, bewilderment and grief of others.

Phillip Jensen has published a number of essays of incisive socia commentary in Kategoria over the years. A collection of his Kategoria articles is to be published in his forthcoming book, Prodigal World: How We Abandoned God and Suffered the Consequences. This essay will form the introduction to the book. Click here to read the essay (PDF - 324k).

Recently about 40 students from New College decided to go as a group to see Mel Gibsons The Passion of the Christ at the local cinema. Not surprisingly, discussion of the films artistic merit, violent content and use of biblical and other Catholic texts has been red-hot among Christians and non-Christians alike. Why should this be the case?

In many ways, Australian society still lives on the capital of its Christian past, and we should thank God for that. But there are also clear signs that secularism is advancing and also that explicitly anti-Christian forces are at work in some quarters. This is not paranoia, it is simply observation. But is this cause for depression or despair? Is it cause for the Christian churches to begin a campaign of denouncing the evil in the midst of our land?

This article is a comprehensive study of the subject of submission in the Bible and Quran. This is a subject on which the Bible and Quran have much in common and as such is a place where Christians and Muslims can agree at many points. The article examines submission from the time of Adam until the return of Jesus. It also asks the question as to what it means to submit to God perfectly.

John Dicksons A spectators guide to world religions stands to make a significant contribution in the field of teaching about the five major world religions. The reader of A spectators guide will be challenged to see that these five religions cannot all be true.

The Diocesan Mission - To glorify God by proclaiming our Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ in prayerful dependence on the Holy Spirit, so that everyone will hear his call to repent, trust and serve Christ in love, and be established in the fellowship of his disciples while they await his return.

Just how much influence did the voting choices of committed evangelical Christian and Roman Catholic voters have upon the final results in the recent Australian and US elections?