A Hard Culture? Religion and Politics in Turn-of-the-Century Australian History.
In: Australian Journal of Politics & History, Jg. 56 (2010-03-01), Heft 1, S. 55-65
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The idea that Australia developed a uniquely “hard” political culture after 1788 — a culture that prized the rational and made short shift of religion — has had plenty of currency over the years. This idea has been challenged in recent scholarship, along with the broader notion that Western society became secularised during the twentieth century. Set against the backdrop of a wider challenge to the “secularisation narrative”, this article explores the work of several historians dealing with the relationship between religion and Australian politics at the turn of the twentieth century. These historians, who include Al Gabay, Frank Bongiorno, Bruce Scates, and Judith Brett, are creating “softer” understandings of Australian political history. As a consequence, I suggest, their work has implications for the way we think about the relationship between the religious and secular Left, as well as for the way we think about Australian masculinities and culture more generally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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A Hard Culture? Religion and Politics in Turn-of-the-Century Australian History.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Bellanta, Melissa |
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Zeitschrift: | Australian Journal of Politics & History, Jg. 56 (2010-03-01), Heft 1, S. 55-65 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2010 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0004-9522 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2010.01541.x |
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