Zadok Perspectives Issue 77

Baxter Detention Centre - David Wright reflects on a tour of the facility prior to its opening

Living by the Sword - Is there sufficient information avialable to deem the war in Iraq as justified?

They saw a star - we see Samaritans - waging peace on iislam

The Old Testament of Indigenous Australia - what are the resources for an authentic indigenous theology?

Love, Compassion and a warm heart- the Dalai Lama in Australia.

Gods and their kingdoms- western society's move from a culture of the individual to the individual as culture.

Teaching Christians to fight fair- an interview with Mark Strom

September 11 (Noam Chomsky)
Tthe clash of fundamentalisms
Review by Julian Jenkins

Harry Potter
Review by Mark Greene

Jesus: a colloquium in the Holy Land
Review by Andrew Hamilton

Lessons from reel life
Review by Matt Campbell

Molokai
Review by Peter Breen

Signs
Review by Hugh Kemp

S122A The Margins of Evil: Moral Strategies in Interpreting September 11.
By Binay Kampmark
Summer 2002
September 11 is one of those iconic moments that represent the end of an era. This paper examines the comeback made by the rhetoric or discourse of evil as expressed by a wide range of authors in the wake of September 11: religious and secular languages of evil are examined in their various contexts.

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S122B Irag and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Biological and Chemical
By Philip Mackinnon
Summer 2002
The phrase 'weapons of mass destruction' has become a new cliché. This paper unpacks the cliché so that we can make more informed judgements about the use of the term, particularly in relation to Iraq's alleged possession of such weapons. The paper examines the history of such weapons, chemical and biological arms control and the Geneva Protocol and the biological and chemical weapons conventions. It then examines the example of Iraq before asking 'why ban weapons of mass destruction?' Iraq's possession of such weapons is put in the context of the Middle East and Israel's possession of nuclear weapons. It concludes by stating that arms control, though Important, is not the only aspect to maintaining peace and stability.

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