Timothy Stanley

Religion after Secularization in Australia Timothy Stanley 1st ed. 2015 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: Timothy Stanley is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Newcastle, Australia, where he teaches and researches topics in philosophy and religion. He has written on religion in the public sphere, the religious nature of technology, and the question of metaphysics and theology. He led the two year funded research project on religion in political life based at the University of Newcastle, which was the impetus for the collection of essays in this book. Table of Contents: Preface; Timothy StanleyThe Australian Case1. A Political History of the Secular in Australia 1788-1945; Stephen A. Chavura and Ian Tregenza 2. Legacies of Sectarianism and the Convict Past in Australia; Hilary M. Carey3. Framing the Kingdom: Growth and Change in a Conservative Social Movement Network; Marion Maddox4. Australian Secularism, Whiteness and the British Monarchy; Holly Randell-Moon 5. The Place of Religion in Australian Socio-Legal Interaction; Paul Babie6. Whose Rights Matter?: Women's Rights, Antidiscrimination Legislation, and the Case of Religious Exceptions; Kathleen McPhillips After Secularization7. Genealogies of the Secular; Matthew Chrulew8. Freedom, Democracy and the Socialist Transformation; Roland Boer 9. Decisionism under Post-Democratic Conditions; Michael Hoelzl 10. Utopia and the Public Sphere; Timothy StanleyEpilogue: Religion and Other Ideologies in Political Life; Gary Bouma

Contributor Bio:  Stanley, Timothy Timothy Stanley is a historian of the United States at Oxford University. He blogs on American politics for the "London Daily Telegraph" and has written for "The Atlantic", "Dissent", and "National Review". He is co-author of "The End of Politics: Triangulation, Realignment, and the Battle for the Center Ground "and co-editor of "Making Change Happen: Twentieth Century Liberal Reformism in America".