Reason, Religion, and the Australian Polity: A Secular State?
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The secular over time -- A Christian secular state? -- The structure of the argument -- PART I: From Anglican establishment to liberal separationism --...
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Chavura, Stephen A., Reason, religion, and the Australian polity] (2021) (Deagon, Alex)
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| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The secular over time -- A Christian secular state? -- The structure of the argument -- PART I: From Anglican establishment to liberal separationism -- 1. Foundations: Church and state in Ancien Régime Britain -- From toleration to pluralism -- Religion, enlightenment, and utility -- 2. The brief rise and fall of the Australian colonial established church -- Governor Macquarie and religion -- Bishop Broughton in defence of the Ancien Régime -- The seeds of pluralism -- 3. The coming of plural establishment -- Richard Bourke and the Church Acts -- The schools question-education and the state -- Resistance to plural establishment-the old order fights back -- The pluralist settlement -- Pluralism beyond Christianity -- Conclusion -- PART II: Forging the secular -- 4. The separation of church and state -- The victory for voluntaryism in South Australia -- Hyper-Protestant and Broad Church approaches to the church-state question in NSW-Lang and Woolley -- Abolition of state aid in NSW and Tasmania -- A secular state in Victoria? -- Conclusion -- 5. Education, religion and citizenship -- Secular architects-Rusden, Wilkins, and Higinbotham -- Disbelief in the colonies -- Religion and the secular Education Acts -- Conclusion -- 6. A secular constitution? The federation debates -- The recognition clause -- The religious freedom clause -- Conclusion -- PART III: Migrations of the holy: On the sacred elements of national life -- 7. The moral economy of the early Australian Commonwealth -- Religion, socialism, and factory legislation -- The critique of contract and the living wage-neo-medievalism or advanced liberalism? -- The moral commonwealth-secular or sacred? -- Conclusion 8. Civil religion: From civic Protestantism to the Anzac tradition -- Civic Protestantism and the theology of empire -- Nation, empire, and the sacred-from Empire Day to Anzac Day -- Conclusion -- 9. Citizenship, the nation and religion -- Idealism, the Broad Church, and the moral foundations of citizenship -- Citizenship, gender and the public sphere-the role of Protestant women -- Sacral-secular citizenship and the social order between the wars -- Conclusion -- PART IV: The shifting terrain of religion and the secular: From the mid-twentieth century to the present -- 10. Christian Australia: Resurgence and retreat -- Defending 'Christian civilisation'-the Second World War and the 1950s religious renewal -- Secularism, conflict and the 'servile state'-John Anderson and his influence -- Catholics, secularism and the 'free society' -- The return of state aid -- Conclusion -- 11. Culture, gender, sexuality: Dechristianising the secular? -- The coming of the cultural revolution-feminism and gay liberation -- Royal Commission on Human Relationships 1974-77 -- Culture and identity -- The Howard years -- Sectarianism in a secular age-the culture wars -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Beyond the secular-religion divide -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (309 pages) |
| ISBN: | 042988348X |