Monday, November 10, 2008

Monks fight in holy church

Dozens of monks punch and kick each other in a massive brawl inside the Holy Sepulcher church in Jerusalem

Links to World Newspapers

I'll categorise these by Religion and Country

Christianity

London Times


Corriere della Sera - English language section of well known national Italian newspaper

Spiegel - German biggest newsweekly offering English translations of its cover stories and the most important feature articles whenever they concern international affairs.

Guadalajara Reporter - Mexican English-language daily newspaper

Islam

Jakarta Post - Leading English language Indonesian newspaper.

Saudi Press Agency (SPA) - State news agency.

Iran News Daily

Syria Times

Judaism


Jerusalem Newswire - Online daily news source for headline stories, analyses and commentary on Israel and the Middle East.

Jewish World Review - Conservative magazine of culture, politics, and religion.





Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Difference between Land Rights and Native Title

Read the information in the Website below:

Land Rights vs Native Title

Post a comment to this information explaining your understanding of the differences between these terms

Aboriginal Dispossession

Here is some good information about Aboriginal Dispossession from the HSC Aboriginal Studies Website

Dispossession

Monday, October 27, 2008

NCLS Website

This is the website for the National Church Life Survey. The results of some of the surveys that this group have implemented have been published in your textbook. Click on the link below.

NCLS Website

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Living Religion Companion Site

Click on the link below to go to the Living Religion Companion site. It has good review questions, quizzes and links

LIVING RELIGION COMPANION SITE

First Australians

Click the title to go to the website for the program

First Australians

This is a good site for Aboriginal beliefs in Australia post 1945

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Links for Religions in Australia 1788-1945

  1. History of Jews in Australia (Wikipedia)
  2. History of Islam in Australia (Islam for Today)
  3. History of Buddhism in Australia (Wikipedia)
  4. History of Hinduism in Australia (Wikipedia)
Just some brief histories - they are brief because if you compare them to the the history of Christianity, the influence (in this era) was quite minimal

Monday, August 11, 2008

The establishment of Non-Christian religion in Australia pre-1945



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