Juliet Chevalier-Watts is challenging the view that New Zealand is becoming more secular. She says religious belief appears to be just as important to society as it’s always been. Chevalier-Watts is a University of Waikato senior law lecturer who is a charity law specialist and is in completing a PhD in which she reviews religion Read more
A prominent atheist facing allegations, posted on BuzzFeed, of inappropriate behaviour towards women has backed out of a New Zealand tour. Physicist Lawrence Krauss was due to speak on a double-bill with Richard Dawkins at the Science in the Soul tour in May in Auckland and Christchurch, but the promoter has announced he would no Read more
Radical Islam and radical atheist secularism is creating a “dangerous situation” says Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI. His words were read to a conference sponsored by Poland’s president last week. Those attending the conference included representatives of Poland’s government and Church. They were discussing Benedict’s paper “The Concept of the State From the Perspective of the Read more