Article by Marco Ceccarelli, The Record One may wonder what U2’s famous song Where the streets have no name could possibly have in common with the Book of Exodus, or what connection could be made between rock/metal band Evanescence’ s Anywhere and St …
When former Keating government minister Gary Johns proposed that sustenance payments or ‘the dole’ be tied to mandatory contraception many from across the political divide saw little reason to argue against what is in actual fact a barbaric suggestion. Indeed, …
This week is Mental Health Week here in Australia, and we felt it particularly appropriate to share with you a recording of the last lecture hosted by The Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture.Our speaker was Dr Philippa Martyr PhD …
We at the Dawson Society were thrilled by the announcement of Professor Tracey Rowland’s appointment to the International Theological Commission. The Commission, established by Blessed Pope Paul VI in 1969 for the purpose of “assisting the Holy See, and in particular …
What Constitutes Revelation? For the Christian, what constitutes God’s revelation, and how that revelation is mediated and perceived by man, is a long-standing problem that continues to reframe established principles of metaphysics and epistemology. What can be known of the …
In polite conversation there are two topics, they say, that one should never bring up. One is religion, the other is Politics. In public debate, and no more so than in the political arena, it is often argued that somehow …
The Dawson Society was recently honoured to host Professor Tracey Rowland, Dean of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne. Professor Rowland flew across the country to give a public lecture titled “What did Dostoyevsky mean when …
In my previous posts (part one and part two) I looked at the historical development of the contemporary entertainment industry. In this final post I shall trace in more detail some of the consequences of the commercialisation of culture and also …
In my previous post on the commercialisation of culture I looked at the division between the creation and consumption of cultural works that appears to take place, as people grow older. In this post I will trace the development of …
“The very first thing I can ever remember seeing with my own eyes was a young man walking across a bridge. He had a curly moustache and an attitude of confidence verging on swagger. He carried in his hand a …