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How will our bodies be put back together? What about those eaten by cannibals? A brief history of Christian resurrection beliefs

        Picture: Stefan Lochner, Last Judgement, circa 1435. Wikimedia Commons Easter celebrates the Christian belief that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. In so doing, he overcame...

The Altar Boys: new questions about suicides of clergy abuse survivors should spark another inquiry

Picture: DANIEL POCKETT/AAP Investigative journalist Suzie Smith’s new book The Altar Boys is a searing read that raises new questions about the suicides of three former...

Is God good? In the shadow of mass disaster, great minds have argued the toss

Ruins of the Tower of St Roch, or Tower of the Patriarch, following the 1755 Lisbon earthquake by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas. Wikimedia Commons In classical Western...

Denied full participation, Catholic women mobilise for change

Image: Shuttlecock Women still make up the majority of the Catholic workforce and Catholic congregations, but their participation in church life is in decline. Indeed, each generation of Catholic...

Government’s religious discrimination bill enshrines the right to harm others in the name of faith

A bill that allows harm. Bianca de Marchi/AAP Submissions on the second version Christian Porter’s religious discrimination bill are closed, and we await the verdict. The first...

From virgin births to purity movements: Christians and their problem with sex

Image:Wes Mountain It took 400 years, but sometime in the early fifth century Christians transformed a tradition about Jesus’s miraculous virgin birth into a...

Evangelical churches believe men should control women. That’s why they breed domestic violence

Evangelical church teachings create fertile ground for domestic violence, its justification and its concealment. Image: Shutterstock Jane* was a member of Australia’s evangelical Christian...

Islamophobic attacks mostly happen in public. Here’s what you can do if you see it or experience it

Picture by Muhammad Ruqiyaddin/Unsplash The second Islamophobia in Australia Report launched last month, in the same week a graphic video showing a pregnant Muslim woman being...

Thoughts and prayers: miracles, Christianity and praying for rain

Can prayers bring rain to drought-stricken parts of the country? Our prime mInister hopes so. Sam Mooy/AAP In a speech in Albury last month, Prime...

The biggest hurdle for the Coalition’s religious discrimination bill: how to define ‘religion’

The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils says the bill doesn’t go far enough to protect religious minorities in an increasingly intolerant society. Dan Himbrechts/AAP The...
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Mick Pacholli

Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972.  Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry. Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.