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The Fountain of Public Prosperity : Evangelical Christians in Australian History 1740¿1914.
The official religion brought to Australia with the First Fleet was Evangelical Christianity, the 'vital religion' then shaping public policy through William Wilberforce and his fellow evangelicals. That it has shaped Australian history ever since, making a substantial contribution to the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Melbourne :
Monash University Publishing,
2018.
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- Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; About the Authors; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Prologue: The Parallel Universes of Lieutenant Dawes; Introduction: Australian Evangelical Christianity: Problems, Definitions and Themes; Part A: Experiment in Social Renovation, 1740-1835; Chapter 1. From Private to Public Christianity, c. 1740-1788; Chapter 2. The Anglican Chaplaincy, the New Jerusalem and the Continent of Sin, 1788-1822; Chapter 3. Missions to the Pacific, Free Settlers, the Indigenous and the Poor, 1792-1822
- Chapter 4. Getting out of both Gaol and the Establishment, 1823-1835Chapter 5. Denominational Initiatives and Cross-cultural Missions, 1823-1835; Part B: Christianity, Civilisation and Commerce, 1836-1870; Chapter 6. Laying Firmer Foundations: Nation-builders, 1836-1850; Chapter 7. Laying Broader Foundations: New Colonies, 1836-1850; Chapter 8. Consolidating the Denominations: The Plural Establishment, 1836-1850; Chapter 9. 'Busy for both worlds': The Commerce of Godliness, 1851-1870; Chapter 10. 'Alarming growth': Denominational Developments, 1851-1870
- Chapter 11. Spiritual Giganticism: Revival and Cross-cultural Missions, 1851-1870Part C: Parallel Empires at High Noon, 1870-1914; Chapter 12. Christian Feminism and Social Righteousness, 1871-1889; Chapter 13. The Anatomy of Defence: Facing Challenges to Faith, 1871-1889; Chapter 14. Church Growth and Cross-cultural Missions at Home and Abroad, 1871-1889; Chapter 15. 'The golden days of church history': Evangelistic Missions, Revivals and Holiness, 1871-1889; Chapter 16. The Workingman's Paradise in a Christian Commonwealth, 1890-1914
- Chapter 17. Defending the Truth: Resisting Modernism and Anglo-Catholicism, 1890-1914Chapter 18. 'Days of God's Right Hand': Missions and Revivals, 1890-1914; Chapter 19. Cross-cultural Missions at Home and Abroad, 1890-1914; Conclusion: Birthing a Christian Country in a Christian Empire; Bibliography; Index