Zadok Perspectives Issue 85

Chickens and God by Alison Sampson

Performing the truth - with the help of the saints! by Doug Hynd

Compassion by proxy by David Fagg

Useless Beauty by Robert K Johnston

Finding God in the movies by Catherine M Barsotti and Robert K Johnson

Jesus Dude Superstar! by Steve McAlpine

Hey Nostradamus
Review by Murray Thornhill

The Bible and the business of lifeL essays in honour of Robert J Banks' sixty-fifth birthday
Review by Doug Hynd

Waking the dead: the glory of a heart fully alive
Review by Darren Cronshaw

Live to tell: evangelism for a postmodern age
Review by Andrew Sloane

Wellbeing
Review by Sharon Southwell

Death sentence: the decay of public language
Review by Neil Holm

The Politics of the Cross: the theology and social ethics of John Howard Yoder
Review by Doug Hynd

S134 Sex, Sin & Self-Deception
By Andrew Sloane
Summer 2004
What does it mean to deceive ourselves - indeed, how is that possible, given that deception as it is normally practised means knowing but not telling the truth? This paper begins by illustrating the reality and nature of self-deception, focusing on its epistemic character and its relationship to the more general phenomena of the noetic effects of sin. Finally, un-deception is considered with a view to suggesting ways we can ensure that we live the truth.

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S135 The Spirituality of Peter Weir's films.
By Robert K Johnston
Summer 2004
Movies provide a perspective, portray a reality, and thus, they invite a response. The paper illustrated the potential for dialogue between a film's centre of power and meaning and the viewer's understanding of the same, by considering the movies of Peter Weir. This is the text of an address given in July 2004 to the Australian Film, Television and Radio school, Macquarie University, Sydney. It is adapted from Chapter 9 of the book Reel Spirituality, Theology and film in dialogue.