September 25, 2014

Congratulations Prof. Rowland

by Tom Gourlay

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 …

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October 18, 2013

Beauty will save the world?

by Tom Gourlay

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 …

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September 24, 2013

The Commercialisation of Culture (part three)

by Daniel Matthys

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 …

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