Attending to the National Soul: Evangelical Christians in Australian History, 1914-2014 (2) - Hardcover

Linder, Robert D; Piggin, Stuart

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1925835367 ISBN 13: 9781925835366

Publisher: Monash University Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

In this major new contribution Stuart Piggin and Robert Linder tell the story of how Australian evangelical Christians responded to the decline of the British empire and to the expanding international reach of their religious mission and beliefs, of how these Christians reacted to the challenges of secularism, and of how they have sought to ‘attend to the national soul’: sensitising the national conscience and helping to shape the national consciousness. The authors offer an extensive treatment of evangelical involvement in World Wars I and II and in the wars in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan. They consider Alan Walker and Billy Graham and the development of an energetic evangelism more calculated to address global fears and personal anxieties. And they show that by the beginning of the 21st century conservative, progressive and Pentecostal branches had each learned the necessity of bringing a prophetic ministry to bear on social issues. This ambitious study seeks to recognise the influence of ‘the public opening up of the word of Christ to the world’, ‘to tell the truth about his influence’ on Australia’s social and cultural history, and to show that evangelical Christianity continues to be as much a public ethic as a personal credo.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert D. Linder is the Distinguished Professor of History at Kansas State University. He was founder of the Evangelical History Association of Australia. Conjoint Associate Professor Stuart Piggin was Director of the Centre for the History of Christian Thought and Experience at Macquarie University (2005–16) and Head of the Department of Christian Thought of the Australian College of Theology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Monash University Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1925835367
• ISBN 13: 9781925835366
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 680