God Under Howard: The Rise of the Religious Right in Australian Politics - Softcover

Maddox, Marion

 
9781741145687: God Under Howard: The Rise of the Religious Right in Australian Politics

Inhaltsangabe

In the 2004 federal election campaign religion seemed to spring out of nowhere to take centre stage. In fact it was just the latest act in a drama that has been quietly developing for over a decade in Australian politics. Assiduously cultivated by John Howard, an extreme form of conservative Christianity now has real influence on our politicians and their policies.

How has American-style evangelicalism become so prominent in secular Australia? Why are abortion, creationism and family values now on the political agenda? Why is religion no longer a private matter for public figures?

In God Under Howard Marion Maddox explains how John Howard has harnessed the conservative social agenda and market-based ideology of American fundamentalists in order to stay in power. As a result, she argues that Australia's democratic, egalitarian culture is now under serious assault.

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Marion Maddox is the leading authority on the intersection of religion and politics in Australia. She teaches at Victoria University–Wellington.

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