Identity

Who are we? Who am I? What does it mean to be human? False identities abound today. True identity cannot be reduced to personal choices, but is found in relationship with God, who made and designed us for a spiritual purpose.

Blog Posts

A Canary in the Anglican Coalmine

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 Hoffmann, Executive Director of the Observatory on

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Divine pronouns? Let God decide

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 of Common Prayer, a foundational text

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The Christchurch Killer’s Anti-Humanist Ideology

In the wake of the horrific Christchurch shootings, we need to engage thoughtfully with the ideology which influenced it. Just before the massacre, the self-confessed killer, Brenton Tarrant, distributed what is being called a manifesto, in which he unashamedly describes what he was about to do as a “terrorist attack”, and gives and account of his ideology. We need to understand this ideology, not to give it a platform, but to learn and to equip ourselves to stand against such hatred.

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Dr Mark Durie is an academic, Anglican pastor, Writing Fellow at the Middle East Forum, and Senior Research Fellow of the Arthur Jeffery Centre for the Study of Islam at Melbourne School of Theology.
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