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Can we save our children from violent texts
A recent Sydney seminar examined how religions could be at the forefront of child protection, but why aren't we...

When religion hurts our children
Why have Christians been the most ardent supporters of the corporal punishment of children?

The killer of the deep?
Rob Stewart's shocking new documentary reveals that our abuse and lack of stewardship for the ecosystem which covers two thirds of the earth has brought sharks to the brink of extinction...

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Violence: Six Sideways Reflections
Žižek freely admits that Violence isn’t intended to be a tight, all-inclusive study of conflict but a “bric-a-brac of reflections” that asks the reader to look past the more dramatic and explosive incidents of conflict to the usually invisible systems of abuse that simmer within everyday life...
This month's BOOK reviews here.

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Flight of the Red Balloon (PG)
If you’re looking for a film with narrative drive and jump-cut pace, Flight of the Red Balloon won’t float your boat. But if you’re prepared to linger, like Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien’s cameras do, and observe whimsical connections in everyday situations, such patience will reap rewards...
This month's MOVIE reviews here.

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Stuff (G)
Stuff asks: Are we hard-wired to accumulate? At what age do we begin to identify stuff as our own? Why do we choose the stuff we do? How do we express our unique personalities through our stuff? And how does our attitude to stuff change on life’s cluttered journey?
This month's DVD reviews here.

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Move – Levi McGrath
McGrath has an “old” baritone voice (aka sultry) for a young singer and, with the “acoustic” soundscape of an electric band and mainly ballad narrative format, Move is an easy background; or, most songs could be covered in worship by church bands.
More MUSIC reviews here.

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