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Reason, Religion and the Australian Polity

John Gascoigne, Ian Tregenza, Stephen Chavura
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      How did the concept of the secular state emerge and evolve in Australia and how has it impacted on its institutions? This is the most comprehensive study to date on the relationship between religion and the state in Australian history, focusing on the meaning of political secularity in a society that was from the beginning marked by a high degree of religious plurality. This book tracks the rise and fall of the established Church of England, the transition to plural establishments, the struggle for a public Christian-secular education system, and the eventual separation of church and state throughout the colonies. The study is unique in that it does not restrict its concern with religion to the churches but also examines how religious concepts and ideals infused apparently secular political and social thought and movements making the case that much Australian thought and institution building has had a sacral-secular quality. Social welfare reform, nationalism, and emerging conceptions of citizenship and civilization were heavily influenced by religious ideals, rendering problematic traditional linear narratives of secularisation as the decline of religion. Finally the book considers present day pluralist Australia and new understandings of state secularity in light of massive social changes over recent generations.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: John Gascoigne, Ian Tregenza, Stephen Chavura EAN: 9780367661885 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 453 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-09-30 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Australia, Australasian and Pacific history, Social and cultural history, Religion and politics, Christianity

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      Stephen A. Chavura is an independent scholar who lectures in history at Campion College, SydneyIan Tregenza is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University, AustraliaJohn Gascoigne is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Humanities, University of New South Wales
      How did the concept of the secular state emerge and evolve in Australia and how has it impacted on its institutions? This is the most comprehensive study to date on the relationship between religion and the state in Australian history, focusing on the meaning of political secularity in a society that was from the beginning marked by a high degree of religious plurality. This book tracks the rise and fall of the established Church of England, the transition to plural establishments, the struggle for a public Christian-secular education system, and the eventual separation of church and state throughout the colonies. The study is unique in that it does not restrict its concern with religion to the churches but also examines how religious concepts and ideals infused apparently secular political and social thought and movements making the case that much Australian thought and institution building has had a sacral-secular quality. Social welfare reform, nationalism, and emerging conceptions of citizenship and civilization were heavily influenced by religious ideals, rendering problematic traditional linear narratives of secularisation as the decline of religion. Finally the book considers present day pluralist Australia and new understandings of state secularity in light of massive social changes over recent generations.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: John Gascoigne, Ian Tregenza, Stephen Chavura EAN: 9780367661885 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 453 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-09-30 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Australia, Australasian and Pacific history, Social and cultural history, Religion and politics, Christianity

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      Stephen A. Chavura is an independent scholar who lectures in history at Campion College, SydneyIan Tregenza is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University, AustraliaJohn Gascoigne is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Humanities, University of New South Wales

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