Charles Strong’s Australian Church (1885-1917) and Australian Secularism

查尔斯·斯特朗的澳大利亚教会（1885-1917）和澳大利亚世俗主义

• 批准号: DP160100939
• 负责人: Prof Marion Maddox
• 金额: $ 5.14万
• 依托单位: Macquarie University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-07-01 至 2020-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP160100939
• 关键词: Charles; Strong; Australian; Church; 1885

This project plans to study a politically active network associated with Rev. Charles Strong and his independent congregation, the Australian Church, in Melbourne, before and after Federation. Congregation members included Members of Parliament, a chief justice, union leaders and feminist activists. This church network was central in the shaping and institutionalisation of Australia’s secular political settlement. The project aims to conduct a systematic analysis of the theological ideas about religion-state relations that contributed to Australian secularism. It should result in a fresh interpretation of early Australian progressive thought, and contribute philosophical resources for addressing religion-state dilemmas in modern Australia.

本项目计划研究联邦成立前后在墨尔本与查尔斯·斯特朗牧师及其独立教会-澳大利亚教会-有关的一个政治活跃网络。教会成员包括议员、一名首席大法官、工会领袖和女权活动家。这个教会网络是澳大利亚世俗政治解决方案的形成和制度化的核心。该项目旨在对促成澳大利亚世俗主义的宗教-国家关系的神学思想进行系统分析。它应该导致一个新的解释早期澳大利亚的进步思想，并为解决现代澳大利亚的宗教-国家困境贡献哲学资源。