Mark Durie speaks and writes on relations between monotheistic faiths, human rights and religious freedom. He is a Senior Research Fellow of the Arthur Jeffery Centre for the Study of Islam at the Melbourne School of Theology, and a Writing Fellow at the Middle East Forum.
This article appeared in the March 2025 edition of Quadrant. At a recent meeting in Germany, religious freedom experts from around the world warned of a climate of “increasing intolerance” towards people of faith in Western nations. Anja Ho...
Many Christians are wondering what to think about events unfolding in Israel. Here is a link to three lectures I presented for Christian Friends of Israel in the UK, during the 2020 Covid lock downs. They explore how Christians can understa...
The Church of England has been asked to respond to requests from clergy to use gender-neutral pronouns for God. The question has been referred to the Church of England’s Liturgical Commission. This would be a major variation from the Book o...
In the lead-up to the recent Victorian election, Premier Daniel Andrews announced grants of more than $8 million to the Victorian Islamic community. A social media video posted by his office celebrated this news in a way that can only be de...
Last week’s resignation of Andrew Thorburn from his newly acquired role as CEO of Essendon Football Club raises deep concerns about the ability of Christians to serve in high-profile positions in business and government. Thorburn’s resignat...
ABSTRACT How should we as Christians position ourselves in the swirling political currents of the age? Is it Christian to be on the right or on the left? In any case, Christians must engage in the political process, even though it be from a...
This youtube podcast, https://youtu.be/Mkmdd5Sfjio, is an interview of Dr Benjamin Hegeman and Dr Mark Durie by Andy Miller, president of Wesley Biblical Seminary. They are talking about the need for Christian workers to understand Islam be...
Since the October 7 atrocity, there has been a string of anti-Jewish sermons delivered in Sydney mosques by Muslim preachers. These have attracted much critical attention in the Australian media. New South Wales Police, after conducting the...
Oakland: University of California Press. 2022. 353 pp. $34.95, paper. This review appeared in the Middle East Quarterly Volume 30(4). In Creating the Qur’an, Shoemaker, professor of religious studies and Christian studies at the Unive...
This is the eighth in a series of daily posts for one week on the following topics: What is Hamas? Why does Hamas think it will win? Who supports Hamas? Who are the Palestinians? What is the occupation? Is antisemitism part of the problem? ...
This is the seventh in a series of daily posts for one week on the following topics: What is Hamas? Why does Hamas think it will win? Who supports Hamas? Who are the Palestinians? What is the occupation? Is antisemitism part of the problem?...
This is the sixth in a series of daily posts for one week on the following topics: What is Hamas? Why does Hamas think it will win? Who supports Hamas? Who are the Palestinians? What is the occupation? Is antisemitism part of the problem? –...
