Tag: religion

The Metaphysics of Planetary Hope: Exploring texts on faith and practice in a technocapitalist world

Arena Quarterly no.13

Ian Barns

Mar 2023

A new consciousness cannot be built solely on a better scientific understanding of the world; it must be rooted in a different ontology, a different conception of reality.
"On both sides of this politics there is an often rabid concern with boundaries and…

Religious Value, by Alison Caddick

Arena Magazine no. 156

Alison Caddick

Oct 2018

On both sides of this politics there is an often rabid concern with boundaries and differences—think Manus Island and Border Force, but also no-platforming and trigger warnings.
"Four Larks, the young theatre collective based in Brunswick, Melbourne, have a well-earned reputation for…

Four Larks’ Temptation of St Antony by Tom Rigby

Arena Magazine 122

Tom Rigby

Feb 2013

Four Larks, the young theatre collective based in Brunswick, Melbourne, have a well-earned reputation for ambitious adaptations. Having tackled Peer Gynt, Alice in Wonderland, The Master and Margarita and the Orpheus myth in the past, the collective has become highly adept at transforming its former auto repair shop into all manner of complex literary spaces. […]
"STEPHEN AMES asks what responses to contemporary cultural contradictions are viable today and seeks answers…

Instruments of Idolatry

Arena Magazine 92

Dec 2007

STEPHEN AMES asks what responses to contemporary cultural contradictions are viable today and seeks answers in the Christian traditions.
"Geoff Sharp: In the wake of the terrorist attacks in the United States, the tension…

What Hope for Years to Come?

Arena Magazine 55

Oct 2001

Geoff Sharp: In the wake of the terrorist attacks in the United States, the tension between religious piety and imperial power reveals the urgent need for re-examination of the new social forms
"Matthew Ryan Linking God, Death and Votes

George W. Bush

Arena Magazine 46

Apr 2000

Matthew Ryan Linking God, Death and Votes