A History of the Australian Churches - Softcover

Breward, Ian

9781863734462: A History of the Australian Churches

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1863734465 ISBN 13: 9781863734462

Verlag: Allen & Unwin, 1993

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Rese�a del editor:

Although there is a popular understanding that Australia is a secular society, religion and the churches have played a critical historical role in the shaping of the nation.A History of the Australian Churches is the first general history about the role of churches in Australian society. This is a broad canvas covering all of the Australian states and territories. It offers a balanced and thoughtful historical analysis of how the Christian churches have shaped and been shaped by a number of key issues including church-state relations; the churches and education; responses to the stubborn secularity of Australia; and the search for a distinctive Australian Christianity.This book deals with theological, liturgical and constitutional changes in the major churches and relates them to changes in Australian history. It breaks new ground in comparing denominations - Protestant, Roman Catholic and the Orthodox - as well as setting the development of Aboriginal and Islander Christianity in context.

Biograf�a del autor:

Professor Ian Breward teaches history at the United Faculty of Theology in Melbourne and is a senior associate of the History Department at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of The Most Godless Place Under Heaven.

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