Charles Strong's Australian Church
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Charles Strong's Australian Church

Christian Social Activism, 1885-1917

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Charles Strong's Australian Church

Christian Social Activism, 1885-1917

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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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Publisher
Melbourne University Press Digital
Year
2021
ISBN
9780522877908
Topic
History
Subtopic
Australian & Oceanian History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Foreword
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction: Anthem for a New Nation
  7. Part I: Social, Political and Intellectual Currents
  8. 1. Middle-Class Radicalism in ‘this fine new country’: The Australian Church Network’s Social Activism
  9. 2. Charles Strong in Australian Intellectual History
  10. 3. ‘Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones’: Charles Strong before the Royal Commission on Charitable Institutions, 1891
  11. Part II: Activists and Actions
  12. 4. Alfred Deakin and Charles Strong
  13. 5. ‘Render to no man evil for evil’: A Study of the Criminology Society
  14. 6. Maternalist Influences on the Australian Church: The Women of the Sisterhood of International Peace
  15. Part III: Limits and Challenges
  16. 7. Herbert Brookes and the Crisis of Cultural Protestantism
  17. 8. ‘You will have a stirring man, an independent man, and a man of many ideas’: The Intellectual Ethos of Charles Strong in Queensland
  18. Postlude: The Australian Church, Religion–State Relations and Christian Activism
  19. Acknowledgements
  20. Endnotes
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index