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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="33db85a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>philiphunt.com</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="philiphunt.com"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="philiphunt.com">philiphunt.com</A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Trellis">Trellis</A>   |   <B>Writings</B>   |   <A HREF="talks.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Talks">Talks</A>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Journeys to Justice">Journeys to Justice</A>   |   <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos">Photos</A></div> <div> <B> </B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="33ed2b83.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="079c0800.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="128" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Writings</I></div> <div> Click on a link below to read an article. Or click <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Trellis">here</A> to go to the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>"</B><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Trellis"><B>Trellis</B></A><B>"</B></FONT> collection (<I>Trellis</I> was the staff newsletter I wrote when I was CEO of World Vision Australia 1989-1996).</div> <bR> <div> Recent Writing</div> <div> <A HREF="id294.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eternal Truths About Fundraising"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Eternal Truths About Fundraising</B></A></div> <div> Commentary on 2nd Corinthians 8&9. Paul's Reminder Letter to the Christians in Corinth. Paper originally written in 1984. Revised for INCE 2005.</div> <div> <A HREF="id277.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="That Violence Solves Conflict Is A Deep "><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">That Violence Solves Conflict Is A Deep Belief. It's Wrong.</B></A></div> <div> By pure coincidence, published on what would have been the eleventy-first (111th) birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien had he lived as long as Bilbo Baggins. Written for "The Age" Opinion Page, 3rd January 2003.</div> <div> <A HREF="id278.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More Chance of Being Kicked To Death By "><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">More Chance of Being Kicked To Death By A Duck</B></A></div> <div> Why do we worry about unlikely events, but overlook more risky possibilities? Written in December 2002. Not published.</div> <div> <A HREF="id279.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Surgery Happens When You Planned Somethi"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Surgery Happens When You Planned Something Else</B></A></div> <div> Lots of people get appendicitis, but when I got it, it seemed like a special experience!</div> <div> <A HREF="id267.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Devils in Disguise: The Child Hunters"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Devils in Disguise: The Child Hunters</B></A></div> <div> They acted like caring men who just wanted to sponsor Third World children. But, as World Vision found to its horror, their real agenda was utterly different. Written for "Good Weekend" magazine, 14th September 2002.</div> <div> <A HREF="id268.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Why Crickets Stumped"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Why Cricket's Stumped</B></A></div> <div> Applying the Girardian Hypothesis to crowd misbehaviour at One Day Cricket Matches. Written for 'The Age' in January 2002</div> <div> <A HREF="id269.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Zadok: Violence The Scapegoat"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Zadok: Violence & The Scapegoat</B></A></div> <div> A summary of the Girardian hypothesis, commissioned by Zadok magazine after I spoke along these lines at the Prophet's Pulpit in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Written in October 2001. This is the longer, unedited version which I think is a bit easier to follow.</div> <div> <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Borrowed Desire and Blame In The Office"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Borrowed Desire and Blame In The Office</B></A></div> <div> Applying the Girardian hypothesis to blame in the office. Written in October 2001 for the Spirituality, Leadership and Management Conference.</div> <div> <A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cultural Blindness"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Cultural Blindness</B></A></div> <div> Applying the Girardian hypothesis to our responses to the September 11 events. Written in September 2001</div> <div> <A HREF="id130.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="We Cant We Leave Our Racism At The Door?"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">We Can't We Leave Our Racism At The Door?</B></A></div> <div> Applying the Girardian hypothesis to Australia's treatment of asylum seekers and the issue of racism. Written in August 2001</div> <div> <A HREF="id129.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Israel Palestine"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Israel & Palestine</B></A></div> <div> Applying trhe Girardian hypothesis to the Middle East tensions, and proposing the way of revolutionary forgiveness and peace making as a way forward. Written in August 2001</div> <div> <A HREF="id128.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Something Strange About Refugees"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Something Strange About Refugees</B></A></div> <div> Applying the Girardian hypothesis to the scapegoating of refugees in Australia. Written in July 2001</div> <div> <A HREF="id126.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Scapegoaters Fate"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Scapegoater's Fate</B></A></div> <div> Applying the Girardian Hypothesis to Milosevic and the Balkans conflict. Written for 'The Age' in July 2001</div> <div> <A HREF="id127.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Myth and the Media"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Myth and the Media</B></A></div> <div> Applying the Girardian hypothesis to media reporting of international events, spin doctors and myth. Written in June 2001 for the MEDIAting Globalisation conference</div> <div> <A HREF="id125.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Meaning of Football"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Meaning of Football</B></A></div> <div> Applying the Girardian hypothesis to Australian Rules Football and its machinations. Written for 'The Age' in May 2001</div> <div> <A HREF="id124.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Which Day Makes Australia Truly Great?"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Which Day Makes Australia Truly Great?</B></A></div> <div> Applying the Girardian hypothesis to the founding of Australia. Published in 'The Age' in May 2001</div> <div> <A HREF="3_may_2001.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The CEO as Facilitator"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The CEO as Facilitator</B></A></div> <div> How to be an effective leader without being a bastard. Written in  April 2001</div> <div> <A HREF="id123.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Howard Doesnt Get It"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">John Howard Doesn't Get It</B></A></div> <div> How Invisible Oppression Shapes Modern Cultures, especially Indigenous Culture. Written in Feb 2001</div> <div> <A HREF="id122.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Myth of Violence"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Myth of Violence</B></A></div> <div> Applying the Girardian hypothesis to "religious" murders in Indonesia. Published in 'The Age' in Jan 2001</div> <div> Earlier Writing</div> <div> <A HREF="transfer_or_transform_organisation.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Transfer or Transform Organisation"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Transfer or Transform Organisation</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Paper presented at a World Vision International Board/Staff workshop to demonstrate how organisational structure follows strategy. Written in March 1991.</div> <div> <A HREF="thinking_about_mission.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thinking About Mission"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Thinking About Mission</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Explores the theology of Christian mission and its implications for World Vision and other Christian enterprises. Written in August 1993 at Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham, UK</div> <div> <A HREF="the_death_of_nationalism.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Death of Nationalism"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Death of Nationalism</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The idea of national borders is fast disappearing. What are the implications? Written in June 1997</div> <div> <A HREF="validating_balkan_tribalism.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Validating Balkan Tribalism"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Validating Balkan Tribalism</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Analysis and list of reasons why the "peace" talks over Kosovo were not producing peace. Written in February 1999 (before the NATO bombing)</div> <div> <A HREF="the_truth_about_kosovo.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Truth About Kosovo"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Truth About Kosovo</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Analysis of what went so wrong that NATO felt it had to resort to bombing Serbia. Written in March 1999 (as bombs fell)</div> <div> <A HREF="incoherent_reflections___mostly_about_kosovo.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Incoherent Reflections Mostly About Kos"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Incoherent Reflections - Mostly About Kosovo</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A variety of loosely connected observations about the Kosovo events. Written in September 1999</div> <div> <A HREF="mental_models__meetings___males.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mental Models, Meetings Males"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mental Models, Meetings & Males</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A challenge to colleagues for a radical rethink about the purpose of international meetings (because of their increasing ineffectiveness). Written in September 1999</div> <div> <A HREF="things_to_worry_about_kosovo.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Things to Worry About Kosovo"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Things to Worry About Kosovo</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The ethical implications of World Vision's, and the world's, actions in Kosovo. Written in September 1999</div> <div> <A HREF="christmas_message_1999.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Christmas Message 1999"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Christmas Message 1999</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Urges us to learn from European history that peace is fragile. Commissioned by "Australian Christian" the magazine of the Churches of Christ in Australia. Written in November 1999</div> <div> <A HREF="a_new_kind_of_poverty.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A New Kind Of Poverty"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A New Kind Of Poverty</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Poverty in Eastern Europe and the Middle East is quite different from poverty in Africa and Asia. Written in January 2000 and based on an earlier analysis by colleague, Roger Shrage</div> <div> <A HREF="the_gospel___russia_in_chechnya.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Gospel Russia in Chechnya"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Gospel & Russia in Chechnya</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Applying the Girardian hypothesis to Putin's pusch against the Chechens. Written in January 2000</div> <div> <A HREF="the_reality_of_aid.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Reality of Aid"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Reality of Aid</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">An unfinished whinge about the state of global politics. Written in January 2000.</div> <div> <A HREF="an_artery_of_common_blood.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="An Artery of Common Blood"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">An Artery of Common Blood</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Scapegoating in Chechnya, Iraq and Austria. Written in March 2000.</div> <div> <A HREF="girard_for_dummies.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Girard for Dummies"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Girard for Dummies</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">An attempt to summarise the hypothesis of Rene Girard, with some organisational implications. Written in May 2000.</div> <div> <A HREF="the_stories_we_tell.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Stories We Tell"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Stories We Tell</B></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Commentary on the Michael Ignatieff paper, "The Stories We Tell." Written in June 2000</div> </td> </tr></table></body>