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Cultural Christianity versus Theological Christianity or One and the Same
Dr Neville Buch The Tripartite Spectrum of Cultural, Religious, and Theological Identity Abstract In conversations with Dr. Buch, there is confusion in the false binary of “Cultural Christianity versus Theological Christianity” or it ends in a simplistic “One and the Same” conclusion. The issue here is a misunderstanding across a belief system spectrum. There are…
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MICE and the Global Architecture of Holistic Scholarship
Dr Neville Buch Abstract The Management Institute for Contributory Economy (MICE), under the leadership of Dr. Neville Buch, represents a frontier in global holistic scholarship, bridging the gap between local historiography and universal philosophical inquiry. An analysis of the “MICE Academia.Edu Reports 5-02 to 31-05 2026” demonstrates an extraordinary level of intellectual resonance, with individual…
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Review of Peter Serdyukov’s A Growing Formalization of Contemporary Online Education
Dr Neville Buch Abstract Peter Serdyukov’s (2021) A Growing Formalization of Contemporary Online Education identifies a critical hazard in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: an “algorithmic character” in education that risks modifying human consciousness into “passive, dependent, filled” patterns. This review evaluates Serdyukov’s thesis alongside the work of Dr. Neville Buch, specifically his concepts of “Denoetization”…
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Not Knowing and Knowing: Beyond the Orthodoxy of Coercion – The Ecology of Knowledge
Dr Neville Buch Not Knowing and Knowing Abstract. Perennially in the global intellectual history is the Orthodoxy of Coercion, where both the individual and the collective have had to deal with the “power-over”: command, coercion, and domination. In the last few centuries, it has been existentialism, and in detail: existential thought, which has been the…
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Big Belief and Big Doubt. Navigating the Altar of Autocomplete
Abstract In the complex landscape of 2026, the concepts of “Big Belief” and “Big Doubt” emerge as the critical navigational anchors for the human mind. “Big Belief” refers to an “interpretive priority” where a comprehensive worldview—be it religious or naturalistic—orients a person’s engagement with every object and event in reality. Conversely, “Big Doubt” represents the…
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An Australian Political Analysis. Queensland and Michael Macklin
Management Institute for Contributory Economy This essay examines the trajectory of Australian politics with a specific focus on the unique socio-intellectual landscape of Queensland and the pivotal role played by Dr. Michael Macklin. Utilizing his dual career as a philosopher of education and a Senator for the Australian Democrats (1981–1990), the analysis explores how Macklin’s…
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Local Example of Progressive Theology in the late 1960s: The Logic of Analogy and the Leap of Faith
Dr Neville Buch Abstract Produced in 1967 by Michael Macklin (writing as Br. Ronald OFM), Analogy, Analysis and God represent a significant local example of progressive theological inquiry in Queensland during the late 1960s. This philosophical thesis navigates the “crisis of theological language” prompted by the rise of logical positivism and linguistic analysis. By evaluating…
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The Cognitive Pedagogy of Choice and Living Freedom
Dr Neville Buch Abstract In the contemporary landscape of 2026, the dynamic of cognition for living freedom of belief is increasingly caught between the growing formalization of algorithmic education and the radical necessity for a pedagogy of choice. This essay explores how standardized machine-based routines risk modifying consciousness into “passive, dependent, filled” patterns, contrasting…
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1986 Pentecostal Gathering. Faith and Power in the Queensland Deep North
Dr Neville Buch Abstract The 1986 Pentecostal Gathering at the Christian Outreach Centre in Mansfield represents a definitive moment in the intersection of Queensland’s political and religious sub-cultures, marking the peak of an alliance between the Bjelke-Petersen administration and neo-Pentecostalism. This essay explores how the state’s political culture—defined by a “Deep North” ethos of…
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed and The Pedagogy of Choice: Freire & Illich and Convivial Learning
Dr Neville Buch Abstract As we navigate the educational landscape of 2026, the increasing formalization of online learning and the algorithmic character of machine-based education have resurrected the radical critiques of Paulo Freire and Ivan Illich. This paper provides the theoretical background for a Dimensions of Choice (DoC) analysis, contrasting the “banking system” of…