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DESCRIPTION:Affinity Intercultural Foundation invites you to:\nFreedom of R
 eligion - Liberty in a Secular Society\nDate: Wednesday 2 December 2020&nb
 sp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Time: 7pm to 8pmLocation: Online event\nReligious Free
 dom in Australia has long been taken for granted. Recent debates over soci
 al issues from Gay Marriage to Education have led to proposals for new leg
 islation. As religious adherence in Australia diversifies and declines\, i
 s there need for a deeper conversation? What issues are at stake?\nDiscuss
 ing their recently published books\, retired bishop Robert Forsyth and Dr 
 Joel Harrison will be in conversation with John Cleary.\nKey Speakers:\nPa
 nel Speaker: Robert Forsyth\nRobert Forsyth was the Anglican Bishop of Sou
 th Sydney\, a region of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney\, from 2000 to 2015
 . Before this he was the rector of St. Barnabas\, Broadway and chaplain to
  the University of Sydney. As well as continuing part time work as an assi
 stant minister he is Senior Fellow with the Centre for Independent Studies
 . He is the co-editor of Forgotten Freedom No More: Protecting Religious L
 iberty in Australia (Conner Court 2020)\nPanel Speaker: Dr Joel Harrison\n
 Dr Joel Harrison is a Senior Lecturer at Sydney Law School\, University of
  Sydney. He teaches in areas of public and constitutional law and writes o
 n religious liberty\, constitutionalism\, and law and theology. He is the 
 author of Post-Liberal Religious Liberty: Forming Communities of Charity (
 Cambridge University Press\, 2020). Dr Harrison has taught at the Universi
 ty of Oxford\, Columbia University\, and Macquarie University. He is a gra
 duate of the University of Auckland and the University of Oxford.\nFacilit
 ator: John Cleary\nJohn Cleary is a veteran ABC broadcaster and one of Aus
 tralia's best-known commentators on religion.\nIn his 30-year career with 
 the ABC he has worked extensively in both radio and television\, but is kn
 own principally for his association with Sunday Nights on ABC Local Radio 
 and The Religion Report on ABC Radio National.\nHis 1992 book on the Salva
 tion Army in Australia was awarded the Christian Book of the Year. In 2008
 \, John was host of the interfaith event held by the Catholic Church in co
 njunction with World Youth Day and the visit of Pope Benedict XVI.\nTo reg
 ister\, click here. https://faithvictoria.org.au/upcoming-events/event/174
 3-freedom-of-religion-liberty-in-a-secular-society-affinity-intercultural-
 foundation
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LOCATION:Melbourne VIC 3000 (Melbourne VIC\, Australia)
SUMMARY:Freedom of Religion - Liberty in a Secular Society: Affinity Interc
 ultural Foundation
URL:https://faithvictoria.org.au/upcoming-events/event/1743-freedom-of-reli
 gion-liberty-in-a-secular-society-affinity-intercultural-foundation
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