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Keeping the faith

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Music is the universal language, prompting faith in others.

Faith in the universal language of music

George Michael said you gotta have faith, and he was right.

  • Warwick McFadyen

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Each year when school starts a new journey begins.

Identity emerges from the melting pot of experience

We all start school with a tabula rasa, a blank slate. Our lives are still to be scripted, still to be played out.

  • Ann Rennie
Time for contemplation.

Let us be gardeners of our souls

Festivities done, a time for contemplation arises.

  • Warwick McFadyen
Peace and faith.

Why peace is a central promise of Christmas

On the cusp of Christmas, faith and hope entwine as thoughts turn to peace.

  • Barney Zwartz
Trick or treat?

Halloween’s occult origins give way to fun and community-building

Many religious believers dislike Halloween because of its connections with the occult. But scarcely anyone today accords the occasion any spiritual significance – it’s all about the lollies.

  • Barney Zwartz
A group of teens eating pizza and talking about religion wasn’t going to solve the world’s problems – but it helped us understand each other better, which we need now more than ever.

World peace through pizza? No, but it’s a start

In high school, I participated in a program designed to facilitate connections between Jewish, Christian and Muslim teens. It just ended, but we need it now more than ever.

  • Melodie Goldsmith
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Keeping the faith: These religious groups are flourishing as atheism takes hold

In a series, The Age explores why Christianity is declining and atheism is growing, while the faithful flock to Pentecostal megachurches, temples and mosques.

  • Melissa Cunningham and Craig Butt
Rabbi Ellyse Borghi.

‘Search for light in darkest times’: A Melbourne rabbi’s Passover wish in the shadow of war

In a series, The Age explores how Victoria’s religious communities are keeping the faith in an increasingly secular Australia.

  • Melissa Cunningham
Zeinab Mourad.

‘I have this purpose’: Why Islam is one of Victoria’s fastest-growing religions

In a series, The Age is exploring how Victoria’s religious communities are keeping the faith in an increasingly secular Australia.

  • Melissa Cunningham
The Oznatyam Dance Group from Wyndham Vale dancing at a Diwali festival in 2023.

The flocks of these faiths are expanding as Australians turn their back on the church

In the suburbs, Sikhism, Hinduism and Buddhism are flourishing as Christianity plummets in a society with more atheists than ever.

  • Melissa Cunningham

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