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no wonder many Christian men today are having a masculinity crisis

  • Written by: William Loader, Emeritus Professor of New Testament at Murdoch University, Murdoch University
no wonder many Christian men today are having a masculinity crisisHow men saw God shaped how they saw themselves, and in turn, how they saw women. Wikimedia

This article is part of our Gender and Christianity series.


To understand contemporary Christian ideas about gender, and specifically masculinity, we need to go all the way back to the values that shaped Christian origins in the first century.

The pattern across...

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Australia needs a national crisis plan, and not just for bushfires

  • Written by: Andrew Gissing, General Manager, Risk Frontiers, Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University
Australia needs a national crisis plan, and not just for bushfiresBushfires aren't the only catastrophic emergency Australia is likely to see. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

Calls are growing for a national bushfire plan, including from former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, who says they are an issue of national security and the federal government must provide hands-on leadership.

It’s true that more people are...

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Your Christmas shopping could harm or help the planet. Which will it be?

  • Written by: Louise Grimmer, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania
Your Christmas shopping could harm or help the planet. Which will it be?Many Australian consumers are concerned at the environmental impact of their shopping habits, especially at Christmas.AAP

Australian shoppers are set to spend $52.7 billion this Christmas. In the words of the retail industry, we are “stampeding” to empty our wallets, both online and in stores.

The shopping frenzy is not good for the...

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Right-swipes and red flags – how young people negotiate sex and safety on dating apps

  • Written by: Kath Albury, Professor of Media and Communication, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology
Right-swipes and red flags – how young people negotiate sex and safety on dating appsFor many young people, app dating is just part of regular dating life.freestocks.org/Unsplash

Popular commentary on dating apps often associates their use with “risky” sex, harassment and poor mental health. But anyone who has used a dating app knows there’s much more to it than that.

Our new research shows dating apps can improve...

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  3. Australia's wafer-thin surplus rests on a mine disaster in Brazil
  4. A new study shows an animal's lifespan is written in the DNA. For humans, it's 38 years
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  7. Knowledge is a process of discovery: how constructivism changed education
  8. Climate winds blowing on Morrison from Liberal party's left
  9. The federal government's response to the ACCC's Digital Platforms Inquiry is a let down
  10. what actually works to protect us from bushfire smoke?
  11. how a small island nation found itself in the grips of an outbreak disaster
  12. As weary Britons head to the polls again, parties seem incapable of handling the nation's problems
  13. I had an idea in the 1980s and to my surprise, it changed education around the world
  14. Indonesian cave paintings show the dawn of imaginative art and human spiritual belief
  15. As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that
  16. a new film tells us little about the woman fixed in the role of musician's muse
  17. What limits shareholder activism as a force for good: the free-rider problem
  18. How New Zealanders miss out on hundreds of thousands in retirement savings
  19. 6 things to think about if you want a baby and 1 if you don't
  20. Australian law doesn't go far enough to legislate affirmative consent. NSW now has a chance to get it right
  21. riders daring to fly in a crazy desert race
  22. Now Australian cities are choking on smoke, will we finally talk about climate change?
  23. ancient penguins were as tall as people. We've discovered the species that started the downsizing trend
  24. Private health premium increases might be the lowest in years, but that doesn't mean they're justified
  25. So your kid's finished their first year of school. Here's what they should have learnt
  26. 5 human rights issues that defined 2019
  27. As heat strikes, here's one way to help fight disease-carrying and nuisance mosquitoes
  28. Expect family talks about climate change this Christmas? Take tips from Greta Thunberg
  29. Don't blame the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. It's climate and economic change driving farmers out
  30. seven reasons to be wary of waste-to-energy proposals
  31. In our time of climate crisis, the exhibition Water is a subtly crafted plea
  32. We're still fighting city freeways after half a century
  33. Why were tourists allowed on White Island?
  34. why do we get bruises?
  35. To save koalas from fire, we need to start putting their genetic material on ice
  36. (Almost) everyone's a winner? Art is meant to break rules and prizes must adapt
  37. Unlawful metadata access is easy when we’re flogging a dead law
  38. Why the profit motive fails in education
  39. a particle new to physics might solve the dark matter mystery
  40. The water crisis has plunged the Nats into a world of pain. But they reap what they sow
  41. 2019 was a year of global unrest, spurred by anger at rising inequality – and 2020 is likely to be worse
  42. Key trade rules will become unenforceable from midnight. Australia should be worried
  43. Antibiotic resistance is an even greater challenge in remote Indigenous communities
  44. PISA doesn't define education quality, and knee-jerk policy proposals won't fix whatever is broken
  45. Toxic sport cultures are damaging female athletes' health, but we can do better
  46. How our screen stories of the future went from flying cars to a darker version of now
  47. The problem with transport models is political abuse, not their use in planning
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