Roundup: Pussy Riot, women and peace, hip hop, Social Justice Sunday

‘We Are All Pussy Riot’ But Who Are ‘We’?

What kinds of radical changes would need to happen in our own religious and political cultures for our own “punk prayers” to be answered?

Women’s participation in peace – how does it compare?

Over the past 25 years only one in 40 peace treaty signatories have been women. A new report shows women are significantly missing from peace negotiations. How do countries compare for female participation?

A hip hop gospel?

We need to scale it back. Let’s conceive of religion as a way of talking about the world. We need not be so focused on searching for belief or a god “out there”.

Social Justice Sunday, September 30

“Are we prospering, are we doomed, is the demand for our mineral resources going to last, how much of Australia’s natural landscape and ecology can be sacrificed to support our economic growth?”