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BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES

Building Stronger Communities has been written by Philip Hughes, Alan Black, Peter Kaldor, John Bellamy and Keith Castle and published by University of NSW Press. The book is an accessible handbook for all people involved in building communities. MORE...

CD OF POINTERS 1990-2006

More than 400 articles have appeared in Pointers in its sixteen years of production since 1990. These have been re-formatted and placed on one CD-Rom. The CD-Rom allows users to search for material under title, author, issue, or any word or phrase. Full .pdf versions of all past editions of Pointers are also contained on the CD-Rom.

Title Pointers Archive 1990-2006
Editor Phillip Hughes
Author Tim Hughes
RRP 55.00
Posting in Australia 4.00
Posting Overseas 10.00
Publisher Christian Research Association
Format CD-ROM


PUTTING LIFE TOGETHER

How do young people between the ages of 13 and 24 years put life together? What do they value in life? What part does religion and spirituality play in their lives? Based on extensive interviews and surveys over 4 years, undertaken by the Christian Research Association in conjunction with researchers from the Australian Catholic University and Monash University, this book provides a detailed and well-founded picture of Australian young people. MORE...

Title Putting Life Together
Author Phillip Hughes
ISBN 978-1-875138-07-4
RRP $35.00
Posting in Australia $4.00
Posting Overseas $10
Publisher CRA /Fairfield Press


EXPLORING WHAT AUSTRALIANS VALUE

Exploring What Australians Value is a research paper drawing on data from the Australian Community Survey. The paper was written by Philip Hughes and Sharon Bond (CRA) in conjunction with John Bellamy (NCLS Research) and Alan Black (Edith Cowan University). The research used a value instrument based on the work of Salom Schwartz' revision of Milton Rokeach pioneering work in the sociology of values. MORE...

Title Exploring What Australian Value
Author Philip Hughes, Sharon Bond, John Bellamy and Alan Black
ISBN 0 85910 975 5
RRP $10.00
Posting in Australia $13.00
Publisher CRA / Openbook


THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY IN AUSTRALIA

The Catholic Community in Australia has just been released and is now available from the CRA. Written by Bob Dixon, director of the Pastoral Projects Office of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, the provides an excellent overview of the Catholic community in Australia. MORE...

Title The Catholic Community in Australia
Editor Phillip Hughes
Author Bob Dixon
ISBN 0 85910 984 4
RRP $24.95
Posting in Australia $28.00
Publisher CRA / Openbook


RELEASE OF AUSTRALIA'S RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES CD 2ND EDITION

Australia's Religious Communities CD-Rom is unique is its comprehesiveness and its usability. It gives an account of more than 170 religious groups in Australia. MORE...

RESEARCH METHODS CD-ROM

Research Methods for Ministry and Mission has been produced by the Christian Research Association for people studying for ministry degrees at master or doctoral level and for those who wish to do some research of their own. MORE...

CHANGING SOCIETY, CHANGING RELIGION

Changing Society, Changing Religion is a CD containing 8 presentations with visual components and sound. MORE...

RELIGION IN AN AGE OF CHANGE

Religion in an Age of Change is edited by Peter H. Ballis and Gary D. Bouma, both lecturers in sociology of religion at Monash University. It contains a variety of papers exploring contemporary expressions of religion and spirituality in a rapidly changing world. MORE...

AUSTRALIA'S RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES: A MULTIMEDIA EXPLORATION

Australia's Religious Communities: A Multimedia Exploration contains detailed materials on all the major relgious groups, and many of the smaller relgious communities in Australia. MORE...

Title Australia's Religious Communies: A Multimedia Exploration
Editor Phillip Hughes
Format CD-ROM


AUSTRALIAN LIFE AND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH: FACTS AND FIGURES

A basic reference book from the Christian Research Association. This book brings together a vast amount of information about Australian people, their characteristics, their attitudes and values, and how religious faith fits into their lives. MORE...

Title Australian Life and the Christian Faith: Facts and Figures


RELIGION IN AUSTRALIA FACTS AND FIGURES

A basic reference book from the Christian Research Association. MORE...

Title Religion In Australia Facts and Figures
Author Phillip Hughes
ISBN 1-875223-15-0
RRP $14.95


MANY RELIGIONS, ALL AUSTRALIAN: RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT, IDENTITY AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Quietly, with comparatively little drama, a large number of very different religious groups came and settled in Australia, becoming part of the landscape, part of Australian life and society. As these groups have settled in they have come to be accepted such that now Australian society can be described as having many religions, all Australian. Hence the title, Many Religions, All Australian. MORE...

BELIEVE IT OR NOT: AUSTRALIAN SPIRITUALITY AND THE CHURCHES IN THE 90S

The picture of religious life in Australia has changed. It is considerably different in the 1990s from what it was in the 1950s, or even in the 70s and 80s. Many people have predicted that interest in religion would decline, but instead there are strong signs of growth. MORE...

CENSUS REPORTS

The Christian Research provides Census reports for congregations. These reports are specifically designed to help congregations look at the changes occurring in the area which may affect the congregation and to the needs which congregations may address. MORE...

 

RECENT ITEMS
Fri 29th Jan
Pointers Celebrates 20 Years
Tue 22nd Dec
Education for a Purposeful Life Conference
Mon 22nd Jun
Spiritual Capital: An Important Asset of Workplace and Community?
Responding to Need: A Study of Selected Church-based Counselling Services in Melbourne
Models of Leadership and Organisation in Anglican Churches in Rural Australia
Rural Churches in the Uniting Church in South Australia: Models for Ministry
Sowing and Nurturing: Challenges and Possibilities for Rural Churches
Fri 1st May
Roundtable on Rural Church Life - Part A
Tue 13th May
Lausanne Conference A Success
Mon 18th Jun
Building Stronger Communities
Thu 26th Apr
Launch of 'Putting Life Together'
Wed 25th Apr
The Future of the Church: Engaging Young People Today - Press Release
Mon 9th Apr
CD of Pointers 1990-2006
Thu 5th Apr
The Church's Future: Engaging Youth Today - Hughes
Sun 25th Mar
Putting Life Together
Wed 7th Feb
Youth Spirituality: How Young People Change
The Church in Rural Communities
Motivations For Giving in the Uniting Church in the 21st Century
Implications of the Study of Youth Spirituality
Consuming Religion