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The Bible in Australia : a cultural history / Meredith Lake.

The Bible in Australia : a cultural history / Meredith Lake.
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ISBN 9781742237213
Author Lake, Meredith (author)
Title The Bible in Australia : a cultural history / Meredith Lake.
Edition New edition.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2020.
©2020.
Description 518 pages ; 21 cm.
Note First published 2018.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-497) and index.
Contents Introduction : under the skin -- Part 1. Colonial foundations. In the beginning? -- Indigenous encounters -- God's immigrants? -- Part 2. The great age of the Bible. Spreading the word -- Seeking the good society -- Re-evaluating the text -- Part 3. Bible and nation. Advancing Australia fair -- Politics and the Bible -- War and its aftermath -- Part 4. A secular Australia? The turning point -- Re-imagining Australia -- The Bible in the new millennium.
Summary In this surprising and revelatory history of the Bible in Australia, Meredith Lake gets under the skin of a text that's been read, wrestled with, preached and tattoed, and believed to be everything from a resented imposition to the very Word of God. The Bible in Australia explores how in the hands of Bible-bashers, immigrants, suffragists, evangelists, unionists, writers, artists and Indigenous Australians, the Bible has played a contested but defining role in this country. -- Publisher.
Subjects Bible -- Influence
Christianity -- Social aspects
Social history -- Australia
Church and state - Australia
Social history
Philosophy and religion
Australia -- Religion
Australia -- Church history
Call number 2020.367
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