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This book continues a process of showing that the dynamic relationship between religion and society is far more significant—philosophically, historically, theologically and even sociologically—than is often credited. This book is about that interplay between the Christian faith and civil society in Australia in the time prior to and during the process of constructing a federated nation, and in the period since Federation. In so doing, this book continues the discussion of themes developed in ‘Spirit of Australia I’.

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The Hon Brian Howe is a Professorial Associate in the Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (1991-95), a member of the Federal Cabinet (1984-96) and held a range of Ministerial portfolios in the fields of Defence, Social Security, Health, Housing and Community Services. He is an ordained minister in the Uniting Church in Australia. Rev Dr Philip Hughes is senior research officer in the Christian Research Association, a research fellow at Edith Cowan University, and an honorary research fellow at Monash University. He has conducted research in many areas of religion, spirituality and church-life in Australia, mostly from a sociological perspective. He has written more than twenty-five books and was the major author and editor of Australia's Religious Communities: A Multimedia Exploration (CD-Rom, Melbourne: Christian Research Association, 2001).

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