What is going on in Australia? The government plans to increase university tuition for humanities, social sciences, and law because they apparently do not make students “job-ready.” Here is a taste of Anisa Purbarsari Horton’s piece at the BBC: Australia’s...
Australia
An Australian Christian Reflects on Religion and Politics in the United States
A recent Washington Post op-ed by an Australian observer of the American religious scene should serve as a wake-up call to United States Christians. Michael Bird is a professing Christian and New Testament scholar at Ridley College in Parkville. Here is a...
Trump and Evangelicals at the ABC Radio’s Religion and Ethics Report
I recently spoke with Andrew West of the Australia Broadcasting Corporation’s Religion and Ethics Report. I am grateful that he devoted 30 minutes of his public radio show to a discussion of Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump. ...
Song of the Day
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n1GT-VjjVs&w=560&h=315]...
Ana Stevenson: Dispatches from the Poster Session
We are happy to have Ana Stevenson writing for us this weekend from the floor of the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Atlanta. Stevenson is a visiting scholar in the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program at...
Bruce Covers “Stayin Alive” in Brisbane
Springsteen turned to disco to open his last show on the Australia tour: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs-7N8Y1s68]...
Bruce in Australia
“It’s not a repetition, it’s a renewal.” [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V7PmfvX2pE]