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In common with other Australian churches, the Anglican Church of Australia has been rightly shamed for its negligent response to sexual abuse perpetrated within its ranks. It has apologised profusely, and committed itself to preventing future abuse. In the process, however, it has adopted draconian new measures to regulate its clergy, in part to rebuild its shattered reputation by appearing tough on every aspect of their lives. Many Anglican c...

Sydney Anglicans, always ultra-conservative in terms of liturgy, theology and personal morality, have increasingly modelled themselves on sixteenth century English Puritanism. Over the past few decades, they have added radical congregationalism to the mix. Porter unpacks how Australia's largest diocese developed its ideological fervour and explores the impact it is having both in Australia and the Anglican Communion.

The untimely death in June 2014 of Bishop John McIntyre of Gippsland deprived the Anglican Church of Australia of a rare prophetic voice. He spoke out powerfully on behalf of Indigenous people, asylum seekers, gay people, the victims of war and conflict, the disadvantaged, and the environment. A man whose heart lay with the alien and the outsider, he challenged the church to become a more inclusive, open-hearted and prayerful community fully e...

Over the past few decades, seismic shifts have changed the contours of the Anglican Church in Australia. Numbers of rural dioceses are scarcely viable, major city centres are struggling under the pressures of urban growth and multiculturalism. Harsh conservative forces are threatening the historic inclusive comprehensiveness of Anglicanism, partly in reaction to the ordination of women. Fear and anxiety about the churchs future is crippling th...

Over the past few decades, seismic shifts have changed the contours of the Anglican Church in Australia. Numbers of rural dioceses are scarcely viable, major city centres are struggling under the pressures of urban growth and multiculturalism. Harsh conservative forces are threatening the historic inclusive comprehensiveness of Anglicanism, partly in reaction to the ordination of women. Fear and anxiety about the churches future is crippling t...

The untimely death in June 2014 of Bishop John McIntyre of Gippsland deprived the Anglican Church of Australia of a rare prophetic voice. He spoke out powerfully on behalf of Indigenous people, asylum seekers, gay people, the victims of war and conflict, the disadvantaged, and the environment. A man whose heart lay with the alien and the outsider, he challenged the church to become a more inclusive, openhearted and prayerful community fully en...

Sydney Anglicans, always ultra-conservative in terms of liturgy, theology and personal morality, have increasingly modelled themselves on sixteenth century English Puritanism. This title unpacks how Australia's largest diocese developed its ideological fervour, and explores the impact it is having both in Australia and the Anglican Communion.

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