Legislating blasphemy
Blasphemy: we know the definition profaning the sacred but there seems to be little consensus about when exactly the sacred […]
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Biography of Hymns Christmas Christmas Facts
More biographies of Christmas carols
GUNTHER SIMMERMACHERÂ explores the history of some more popular Christmas hymns and songs. O Little Town Of Bethlehem In 1865, the
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A pilgrimage to Robben Island
Archbishop Denis Hurley would have approved of a pilgrimage to Robben Island in his honour taking on a profoundly ecumenical
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Archbishop Hurley and The Southern Cross
This is the full text of the address by Southern Cross editor Günther Simmermacher at the launch of Paddy Kearney’s
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Telesales and a point of principles
Saturday morning, and my cellphone rings. On the other side is an amicable fellow, effusively informing me of the privilege
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Books Reviews
Hurley bio: A full life of love
GUARDIAN OF THE LIGHT: Denis Hurley Renewing the Church, Opposing Apartheid, by Paddy Kearney. KwaZulu-Natal University Press, Scottsville. 2009. 382pp.
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Books Reviews
Understanding the media
THE CHURCH AND THE MEDIA, by Chris Chatteris. Cluster Publications, Pietermaritzburg. 2009. 111pp. Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher
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Jesus would have grabbed the headlines
THE MOUNTAIN GRAPEVINE: A Reconstruction of Events Surrounding the Life, Death and Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, by May-Muriel d’Oliveira.
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