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By Dallas Elvery Responses to the global Covid-19 pandemic were ambiguous at first. It was extremely hard to grasp what magnitude of pandemic...

The ‘Karens’ of the world have been in the spotlight recently. This stereotype of the entitled, strident middle-aged white woman is to some extent a...

SOFiA member Bill Hendry reflects on conscience and morality. I'm always interested in the origins and development of social cohesion, especially...

We should feel able to critique anything in our society. This is presumably what some people mean by ‘free speech’. The manner in which it’s done,...

In a recent email discussion on the issue of justly recognising Aboriginal people in Australia, one SOFiA member had this to say: I see that...

Even atheists rely on faith, says Barney Zwartz. Zwartz makes a compelling argument that faith is “an inescapable part of rational everyday life –...

Recent studies in both rodents and humans suggest there may be significant benefits to be had in using tiny amounts of psychedelic drugs to treat...

My cultural heritage is English. Lots to be unhappy about there as I will freely admit, given the extent to which the English have helped stuff the...

Zen Buddhism, at least as its usually understood in the west, seeks to dislodge us from relying on the second-hand experience we gain through...

State premiers are saying they hope continued collaboration, rather than a return to ‘cheap politics’ will be the order of the day following the...

Steven Ogden (Research Fellow with the Center for Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University and the Anglican Parish Priest)...

Victoria's deputy Chief Health Officer Annaliese van Diemen has caused a culture-wars stir with her recent tweet comparing the arrival of Captain...