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The case for community of inquiry in the classroom
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (703+ words) Socrates’s gadfly stung me out of my adolescent apathy soon after I read his “Apology” in Plato’s The Last Day of Socrates, when I was about the same age as the students I teach today. This was my first proper…...
Nine months after Bondi, the Jewish new year fills me with sadness and hope
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (476+ words) Around the world, Jews are making preparations for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. According to Jewish tradition, beginning at nightfall on Friday, 11 September, Jews will celebrate 5,787 years since the creation of the world. We will gather around festively set…...
Going on and on: Surely the ageing process wasn???t meant to be this exhausting
1+ week, 3+ day ago (172+ words) But even if I could afford a super-elongated life span, and even if I wasn’t demented, I’m not sure I would want it. I am surely not alone. Many Australians today will have their own reservations about the prospect of…...
‘There are no unsacred places’: I’m glad Wendell Berry’s memory will trouble my thoughts - ABC Religion & Ethics
1+ week, 3+ day ago (579+ words) I think of Wendell Berry every time I use my chainsaw. The American novelist, essayist and unofficial poet laureate of the sustainable agriculture movement died this week at the age of 92. I met him several times through my association with…...
Listening to the abuse women religious have suffered
3+ week, 2+ day ago (506+ words) Tracy McEwan and Kathleen McPhillips Conflict, Trouble, Scandal — these are just a few of the words that can be found in historical accounts to disguise occurrences of abuse experienced by nuns and religious sisters in the Catholic Church. This kind…...
Coming up: Holy Trouble
4+ week, 1+ day ago (51+ words) ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation As the New York Sisters of Charity prepare to close their order, they have one final mission: to campaign against President Trump's immigration policies and ICE. Coming up 6:30pm Sunday 16 August on ABC TV and…...
The golden age of food denial: Moral distance, self-deception and the ethics of looking away - ABC Religion & Ethics
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1493+ words) We’ve never been more sentimental about animals. We buy orthopaedic beds for our cats, supplements to support the joints of senior dogs, and pause in the supermarket aisle to consider whether pasture-raised eggs are more virtuous than free-range. Yet when…...