Charles Strong's Australian Church

Name: Charles Strong's Australian Church
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Christian Social Activism, 1885-1917

By Marion Maddox

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Charles Strong's Australian Church reveals the history of Reverend Dr Charles Strong and his Melbourne-based Australian Church, a progressive Christian movement around the time of Australia’s 1901 Federation. The book explores how Strong and his church advanced wide-ranging social reforms inspired by liberal theology, aiming to serve a new nation with causes from peace and penal reform to women's suffrage and improving urban slums. It highlights their lasting influence on Australian social policy and activism.
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Format: Hardback

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This book is ideal for readers interested in Australian history, religious movements, social activism, and the intersection of faith and politics in the early 20th century.

In the optimistic years preceding Federation in 1901, the Melbourne-based Australian Church emerged as a progressive Christian movement to serve a brand-new nation. Bringing together leading scholars, this volume celebrates the church's radicalism, while taking account of debates and obstacles on the path to social reform.

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The untold story of Reverend Dr Charles Strong and progressive Christian activism.

In the optimistic years preceding Federation in 1901, the Melbourne-based Australian Church emerged as a progressive Christian movement to serve a brand-new nation. Galvanising many members of Melbourne's social and political elite, activist Reverend Dr Charles Strong imagined the Australian Church becoming the national church, while addressing a broad social and political reform agenda, inspired by both theological and social liberalism. Their approach was described as 'progressive', 'liberal', 'radical' and 'socialist'.

Strong and his wife, Janet, founded or led organisations for causes ranging from peace to penal reform. They fought for urban slum improvements, rural village settlements, childcare and adult education, the minimum wage, and women's suffrage. Some organisations endure today; others left lasting legacies in Australian methods of addressing social inequality.

Bringing together leading scholars of history, politics, and religion, Charles Strong's Australian Church celebrates the church's radicalism, while taking account of debates and obstacles on the path to social reform.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780522877892

Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 November 2021

Country: Australia

Imprint: Melbourne University Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 160.0mm

Height: 241.0mm

Weight: 478g

Pages: 216

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Australian & Pacific History History & Archaeology History & Military Marion Maddox Non-Fiction Penguin Books Religion & Spirituality

About the Author

Marion Maddox is Honorary Professor of Politics at Macquarie University, Sydney and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. She writes about religion and politics, including her landmark God Under Howard- The Rise of the Religious Right in Australian Politics.