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`This is an innovative vision of the period that made all our lives: the axial generation of the 1960s and 1970s. Combining outstanding scholarship with fluid, approachable narrative, it provides the reader with a bracing introduction not only to key events in Australian political, cultural and intellectual history, but connects these to major trends elsewhere. Unlike many studies of Australian subjects, it does not explore just how what happened elsewhere affected the nation, but how the Australian experience contributed to and participated in the construction of a modern, globalized West.' - Mark Hutchinson, Professor of History, Alphacrucis College, Australia `Although cliches abound on subjects like secularization or the sixties, the penetrating insights of this book offer anything but worn out academic jargon. Its great merit is to show how and why Christian Australia (or alternatively Greater Christian Britain ) more or less died in the cultural, religious, and social upheavals of the long 1960s. Readers will find the book's sophisticated account of especially Australia's evangelicals communicated with wit, pellucid prose, and unusually persuasive interpretations. It is, in sum, a treasure.' - Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History Emeritus, University of Notre Dame, USA

"‘This is an innovative vision of the period that made all our lives: the ""axial generation"" of the 1960s and 1970s. Combining outstanding scholarship with fluid, approachable narrative, it provides the reader with a bracing introduction not only to key events in Australian political, cultural and intellectual history, but connects these to major trends elsewhere. Unlike many studies of Australian subjects, it does not explore just how what happened elsewhere affected the nation, but how the Australian experience contributed to and participated in the construction of a modern, globalized West.’ — Mark Hutchinson, Professor of History, Alphacrucis College, Australia ‘Although cliches abound on subjects like ""secularization"" or ""the sixties,"" the penetrating insights of this book offer anything but worn out academic jargon. Its great merit is to show how and why ""Christian Australia"" (or alternatively ""Greater Christian Britain"") more or less died in the cultural, religious, and social upheavals of ""the long 1960s."" Readers will find the book's sophisticated account of especially Australia's evangelicals communicated with wit, pellucid prose, and unusually persuasive interpretations. It is, in sum, a treasure.’ — Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History Emeritus, University of Notre Dame, USA ""Chilton's analysis of the relationship between national identity and religion through a series of biographical studies of evangelical Christian leaders works splendidly"" — Stuart Piggin, Religious Studies Review"

`This is an innovative vision of the period that made all our lives: the `axial generation' of the 1960s and 1970s. Combining outstanding scholarship with fluid, approachable narrative, it provides the reader with a bracing introduction not only to key events in Australian political, cultural and intellectual history, but connects these to major trends elsewhere. Unlike many studies of Australian subjects, it does not explore just how what happened elsewhere affected the nation, but how the Australian experience contributed to and participated in the construction of a modern, globalized West.' - Mark Hutchinson, Professor of History, Alphacrucis College, Australia `Although cliches abound on subjects like secularization or the sixties, the penetrating insights of this book offer anything but worn out academic jargon. Its great merit is to show how and why Christian Australia (or alternatively Greater Christian Britain ) more or less died in the cultural, religious, and social upheavals of the long 1960s. Readers will find the book's sophisticated account of especially Australia's evangelicals communicated with wit, pellucid prose, and unusually persuasive interpretations. It is, in sum, a treasure.' - Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History Emeritus, University of Notre Dame, USA

'This is an innovative vision of the period that made all our lives: the axial generation of the 1960s and 1970s. Combining outstanding scholarship with fluid, approachable narrative, it provides the reader with a bracing introduction not only to key events in Australian political, cultural and intellectual history, but connects these to major trends elsewhere. Unlike many studies of Australian subjects, it does not explore just how what happened elsewhere affected the nation, but how the Australian experience contributed to and participated in the construction of a modern, globalized West.' - Mark Hutchinson, Professor of History, Alphacrucis College, Australia 'Although cliches abound on subjects like secularization or the sixties, the penetrating insights of this book offer anything but worn out academic jargon. Its great merit is to show how and why Christian Australia (or alternatively Greater Christian Britain ) more or less died in the cultural, religious, and social upheavals of the long 1960s. Readers will find the book's sophisticated account of especially Australia's evangelicals communicated with wit, pellucid prose, and unusually persuasive interpretations. It is, in sum, a treasure.' - Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History Emeritus, University of Notre Dame, USA Chilton's analysis of the relationship between national identity and religion through a series of biographical studies of evangelical Christian leaders works splendidly - Stuart Piggin, Religious Studies Review

'This is an innovative vision of the period that made all our lives: the axial generation of the 1960s and 1970s. Combining outstanding scholarship with fluid, approachable narrative, it provides the reader with a bracing introduction not only to key events in Australian political, cultural and intellectual history, but connects these to major trends elsewhere. Unlike many studies of Australian subjects, it does not explore just how what happened elsewhere affected the nation, but how the Australian experience contributed to and participated in the construction of a modern, globalized West.' - Mark Hutchinson, Professor of History, Alphacrucis College, Australia 'Although cliches abound on subjects like secularization or the sixties, the penetrating insights of this book offer anything but worn out academic jargon. Its great merit is to show how and why Christian Australia (or alternatively Greater Christian Britain ) more or less died in the cultural, religious, and social upheavals of the long 1960s. Readers will find the book's sophisticated account of especially Australia's evangelicals communicated with wit, pellucid prose, and unusually persuasive interpretations. It is, in sum, a treasure.' - Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History Emeritus, University of Notre Dame, USA

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Hugh Chilton is a Conjoint Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Arts at the University of Newcastle, Australia, Director of Research and Professional Learning at The Scots College, Sydney, and Vice-President of the Evangelical History Association.

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