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Religious Freedom: Unity & Diversity

Religious Freedom: Unity & Diversity
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St Mark’s National Theological Centre, together with City Bible Forum and the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, will assemble a group of experts representing various religious convictions and none to discuss issues relating to religious liberty in a multicultural and socially diverse Australia. Such issues include belief; education, teaching and preaching, and medicine and social services.
The symposium will be opened with remarks by Director of St Mark’s, Rev’d Dr Andrew Cameron.
Update 16 Oct: "Unfortunately, due to recent developments, including the selective leaking of the Religious Freedom Review report to sectors of the media, the Hon. Philip Ruddock is not able to open an event on this topic until the review's report is made public. Regardless, we are grateful to Mr Ruddock for his initial support."
— The panel —
Assoc Prof. Keith Thompson (University of Notre Dame Law School, Sydney)
Prof Pauline Ridge (ANU College of Law)
Prof Asmi Wood (National Centre for Indigenous Studies, ANU)
Dr Chris Hartney (Department of Studies in Religion, University of Sydney)
Prof Stephen Pickard (Director, Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture)
Shireen Morris of the Cape York Institute, when writing about Australia Day, argued for the need to “better include all Australians”, to “bring together our Indigenous heritage, our British inheritance and our multicultural character”. But for many Australians, this kind of national unity seems only more elusive given our social diversity.
The recent marriage plebiscite has prompted debate on religious freedom, currently referenced in our Constitution and in various clauses to Acts of Federal Parliament. But has the time come for a Commonwealth ‘Religious Freedom Act’? Is such an Act necessary to guide us on “how competing rights and freedoms are to be balanced when they appear to come into conflict” (Keith Thompson)?
The Religious Freedom Review, chaired by the Hon. Philip Ruddock, delivered its report to the former Prime Minister, the Hon. Malcolm Turnbull MP on May 18, 2018. Anticipating the release of this report, this panel has been assembled to discuss the ability of all Australians to live according to their religious convictions in both their professional lives and the wider public square, and to contribute to the common good.

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