Resource Papers on Christian Values

From Hindu gods to Jesus Christ: a personal journey by Dr Christine Mangala Frost

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Christine Mangala Frost was born in South India, into a Brahmin family distinguished for five centuries as devotees of Shiva, as Sanscrit scholars, writers and composers. Educated at the Universities of Delhi and of Osmania at Hyderabad, she became the first woman to win the Nehru Memorial Trust Scholarship, which took her to Cambridge and where she became a Christian. Her personal journey to faith in Christ offers many deep insights for today.

Christianity: new challenges by Paul Johnson

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This paper is adapted from an article by noted historian-journalist, Paul Johnson, whose life experience has taken him from being a Marxist sympathiser to a defender of Christian values. For decades the chief political threat to Christian life came from Marxist-Leninist societies, implanted by force, which persecuted Christians relentlessly. The fall of Soviet Communism, however, has not removed the threat to Christian values. Today it goes under other names.

A sinister freedom: the insight of Orwell's 1984 by Professor J D Frodsham, MA, PhD

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To reflect on Orwell's 1984 is to do more than pay homage to a literary masterpiece. It is to question ourselves, our society, our world, our past, our present and - above all - our future. Whatever the date, 1984 will always remain as a menacing possibility, being not so much a year as a state of mind, a nightmare. This paper is a revised version of the opening address at the 56th Summer School of the University of Western Australia by Professor J. D. Frodsham.

The Ten Commandments by Archbishop Stuart Blanch

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What value do the Ten Commandments have for ordinary people today? This question is answered with great insight by Stuart Blanch - then Anglican Archbishop of York and a highly respected Old Testament scholar - in his book The Ten Commandments, from which this paper is condensed. The book is based on a series of radio broadcasts. By exploring the underlying principles, Stuart Blanch makes the Ten Commandments intensely relevant to our time.

Australian Festival of Light Proclamation endorsed by 12,000 people

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The Proclamation of the Australian Festival of Light was endorsed by 12,000 people on Sunday 14 October 1973 at Light's Vision, Adelaide, South Australia, and says in part: We believe survival of the family is essential both for the welfare of the young and for the cohesion of society. It is imperative that we prevent the family either disintegrating inadvertently, or from being deliberately overthrown.