{"id":1646,"date":"2017-10-09T16:59:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T02:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/halsteadpress.com.au\/site\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2022-05-19T16:50:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T02:50:01","slug":"eminent-christians-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halsteadpress.com.au\/site\/eminent-christians-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Eminent Christians in their Own Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A second glance at Graham Downie&#8217;s <em>Servants and Leaders<\/em>, with George Pell back in the country to face the music<\/h2>\n<p><em>In my first interview with him, on 10 May 2001, George Pell seemed to make every effort to sound gentle and caring, but the constraints of his understanding of his Church\u2019s teaching made that task almost impossible<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014Graham Downie<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1363 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/halsteadpress.com.au\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/servants-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halsteadpress.com.au\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/servants-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/halsteadpress.com.au\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/servants-350x522.jpg 350w, https:\/\/halsteadpress.com.au\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/servants.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Servants and Leaders<\/em> provides a fascinating and candid look at the people behind the public image, who reveal their thoughts on the historic triumphs and scandals that they have been involved with and which have played a key role in Australia\u2019s changing religious landscape. Downie\u2019s reflections and observations provide thought provoking profiles of prominent spiritual leaders against the backdrop of local and global religious concerns\u2014the unfolding intersection of Australia and the intensified global media scrutiny of Churches.<\/p>\n<h4>Press<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/entertainment\/books\/strong-men-and-women-of-the-church-feature-in-servants-and-leaders-joy-and-hope-20160125-gmdb3g.html\">Sydney Morning Herald\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canberratimes.com.au\/act-news\/former-religious-writer-graham-downie-writes-on-fallible-religious-leaders-20151109-gkubrz.html\">Canberra Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/religionandethicsreport\/stubborn-women-and-flawed-men:--a-conversation-with-graham-downi\/7624278\">Radio National, Religion and Ethics Report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A second glance at Graham Downie&#8217;s Servants and Leaders, with George Pell back in the country to face the music In my first interview with him, on 10 May 2001, George Pell seemed to make every effort to sound gentle and caring, but the constraints of his understanding of his Church\u2019s teaching made that task almost impossible \u2014Graham Downie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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