This statement is developed from an e-mail sent to the Prime Minister earlier this month.
A STATEMENT ON ASYLUM SEEKERS
TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
Wes Campbell, November 2009
I offer these reflections as a way of gaining some clarity about our response to asylum seekers in the light of the Prime minister’s espoused source of [...]
THE PREAMBLE
November 2009
The Uniting Church in Australia is now addressing the question of a new ‘Preamble’ to its Constitution.
This comes after discussion with the UAICC (Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress), and discussion at the 2009 Assembly in July 2009.
http://assembly.uca.org.au/images/storie…
The Preamble replaces an original paragraph with several paragraphs which give a brief account of [...]
On Saturday 8th October 2009 a rally was held in the City Square (Melbourne) to commemorate the Eighth anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan, with a call to withdraw Australian troops. Several speakers directed us to the anti war movement in the United States, the mismatch between the original reasons given for invading Afghanistan and [...]
THREE COMING EVENTS /OPPORTUNITIES:
‘Where to for Afghanistan? Prospects for a Just Peace’: a public forum on Sunday 18th October, 2.00-5.30pm, at the Centre for Theology and Ministry, Morrison Close (between Ormond and St Hilda’s Colleges. Keynote speakers: Prof. Amin Saikal, ANU; MS Fazia Tasmin Hajeb, radio presenter; Prof. Joseph Camilleri, Latrobe university. Organised by Pax [...]
THE NOTION OF ‘RADICAL CHURCH’ takes the world seriously – that is, we are to take the world seriously as the place where God is active. That includes meeting together as a community where we learn to care for each other, and prompting each other to be aware of what is happening in the wider [...]
THURSDAY FORUMS:
brief but serious Christian thinking!
1– 2.00pm Thursday lunchtimes
Alice Hoy Building (Education) , room 330
Following on the discussion of science and Christian theology in first semester, we are broadening the discussion to take up some current cultural and historical challenges with visiting theologians. The sessions are short but interactive. Hosted by Wes Campbell, chaplain.
Due to [...]
Peace and the New Testament –
Is there any justification for war in the New Testament?
By Wes Campbell
PEACE & SOCIAL JUSTICE:
Christian-Muslim Co-operation in our community
an Ideas Forum hosted by Pax Christi, Sunday 21st June 2009
I am to speak to you as a Christian theologian and interpreter of the New Testament on the question, ‘Is there [...]
Peacemaking is a given role for Christians. Themes of ‘peace’, ‘reconciliation’, ‘love of enemies’, ‘forgiveness’ are scattered throughout the New Testament, along with commands to ‘be kind’, love tenderly, etc.
A radical church response will seek to take these commands seriously, and to regard the vocation of peacemaking as basic to Christian life. [for the complete [...]
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