Religion and society in Western Australia / edited by John Tonkin
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DescriptionThis 1987 collection of essays address the theme of religion and society - a theme that had been largely ommitted in the historical writings for the 1979 sesquicentennial celebrations in Western Australia. (p. 1). Religious education under attacke: the challenge to general religious instruction in the Western Australian Parliament -- Peter Wellock / The founding fathers of St Ildephonsus' College, New Norcia -- Br Valerian Braniff / Protestants and the dispossessed in Western Australia, 1890–1910 -- Elizabeth Willis / The founding and early years of the Convent of the Good Shepherd, Leederville -- John O'Brien / Archbishop Geoffrey Sambell: the making of a social conscience -- Anne Porter / Canon Robert Henry Moore: The Church of England in Western Australia and the First World War -- John Smith / The Anglican Church in Western Australia during the Great Depression -- John Cowdell / The Catholic Church in Western Australia during the Great Depression -- Katharine Massam / Christianity on the coalfields: a case-study of Collie during the Great Depression -- Raelene Frances / Perth's Greek Orthodox community builds its own cathedral, 1910–1936 -- John Yiannakis / Spreading the word -- John Tonkin / Ordained women in the Uniting Church: comments on three case studies -- Marilyn Watson / The churches, Aborigines and the land: two accounts of a contemporary religious dilemma 'Anglicans concerned for Aborigines' and the Swan-Valley fringe-dwellers -- Fay Clampett / The Western Australian churches' response to Aboriginal land rights, 1970–1985 -- Robert Stringer / Records relating to religion in the State Archives of Western Australia -- Tom Reynolds / Records relating to religion held by religious bodies -- Heather Vose / Photographic sources on religious history in the J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History -- Robin South.ImprintNedlands, W.A. : University of Western Australia, Dept. of History, 1987Collationiv , 192 p. : ill ; 24 cm.Series TitleStudies in Western Australian History ; 9LanguageEnglishDate Published1987Dewey Class994.1 WESPublication FormatBook
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