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2015 May 09 Archives - News Weekly

Issue 2015 May 09

Articles in this issue:

  • INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Advancing Indonesia should abolish death penalty
  • CULTURE World war to social media: how we were secularised

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    INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Advancing Indonesia should abolish death penalty

    Patrick J. ByrneMay 9, 20155 min read

    This has been an appropriate time for Australia to lobby and pressure the Indonesian Government to abolish the death penalty. Joko Widodo The campaign in Australia to stop the execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran was supported by a parallel campaign by some in Indonesia. They pointed out that while the Australians were facing execution for drug smuggling, their Government was lobbying…

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    CULTURE World war to social media: how we were secularised

    Patrick J. ByrneMay 9, 20155 min read

    Philip Jenkins’ book, The Great and Holy War: How World War I Became a Religious Crusade, des-cribes how most Churches on both sides regarded the conflict as a holy war and called on their young men to join their country’s armed forces (See News Weekly, April 11, 2015). How did this devastating war affect religious faith and practice? The numbers attending church services…

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