LEADER 05288nam 2200601 450 001 9910793354203321 005 20230814230215.0 010 $a9781925523478$b(electronic book : PDF) 010 $a1925523470$b(electronic book : PDF)0 010 $a9781925523485$b(electronic book : ePub) 010 $a9781925523461$b(hardback) 035 $a(CKB)4100000007187524 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5606582 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5627956 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007187524 100 $a20181221d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe fountain of public prosperity$b[electronic resource] $eevangelical Christians in Australian history, 1740-1914 /$fStuart Piggin and Robert D. Linder 210 1$aClayton, Victoria :$cMonash University Publishing,$d[2018]. 210 4$dİ2018. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 674 pages) 225 1 $aFountain of public prosperity ;$v1 311 $a1-925523-46-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [584]-625) and index. 327 $aPART A: Experiment in Social Renovation, 1740--1835 -- 1. From Private to Public Christianity, c. 1740--1788 -- 2. The Anglican Chaplaincy, the New Jerusalem and the Continent of Sin, 1788--1822 -- 3. Missions to the Pacific, Free Settlers, the Indigenous and the Poor, 1792--1822 -- 4. Getting out of both Gaol and the Establishment, 1823--1835 -- 5. Denominational Initiatives and Cross-cultural Missions, 1823--1835 -- PART B: Christianity, Civilisation and Commerce, 1836--1870 -- 6. Laying Firmer Foundations: Nation-builders, 1836--1850 -- 7. Laying Broader Foundations: New Colonies, 1836--1850 -- 8. Consolidating the Denominations: The Plural Establishment, 1836--1850 -- 9. `Busy for both worlds': The Commerce of Godliness, 1851--1870 -- 10. `Alarming growth': Denominational Developments, 1851--1870 -- 11. Spiritual Giganticism: Revival and Cross-cultural Missions, 1851--1870 -- 327 $aPART C: Parallel Empires at High Noon, 1870--1914 -- 12. Christian Feminism and Social Righteousness, 1871--1889 -- 13. The Anatomy of Defence: Facing Challenges to Faith, 1871--1889 -- 14. Church Growth and Cross-cultural Missions at Home and Abroad, 1871--1889 -- 15. The golden days of church history': Evangelistic Missions, Revivals and Holiness, 1871--1889 -- 16. The Workingman's Paradise in a Christian Commonwealth, 1890--1914 -- 17. Defending the Truth: Resisting Modernism and Anglo-Catholicism, 1890--1914 -- 18. `Days of God's Right Hand': Missions and Revivals, 1890--1914 -- 19. Cross-cultural Missions at Home and Abroad, 1890--1914. 330 $aThe official religion brought to Australia with the First Fleet was Evangelical Christianity, the 'vital religion' then shaping public policy through William Wilberforce and his fellow evangelicals. That it has shaped Australian history ever since, making a substantial contribution to the public prosperity of the nation, is an untold story. Christian values and identity were the main components of Australian values and identity. Evangelical 'moralising' may be understood as a concern to address the 'hard' cultures associated with convicts, the liquor industry, and male misogyny. The movement provided opportunities for women to work in reform, charitable, evangelistic, and missionary organisations, thus laying strong foundations for feminism. In their concern for 'Christlike citizenship', evangelicals cared for the nation's children in Sunday schools and its youth in societies for young people such as the YMCA, YWCA, and Christian Endeavour. The major component of the humanitarian movement, evangelicals ensured that the convict settlement of Australia was more humane than is generally recognised. They did most of the all-too-little that was done to protect the Indigenous population and to educate settlers, keeping alive in the latter a conscience over maltreatment of the former. In a profusion of charities, evangelicals in the nineteenth century, as today, provided most of the welfare for the population's disadvantaged. The Fountain of Public Prosperity presents propositions which require a radical revision of received understandings, an appreciation of unmined riches in the Australian experience, and reconnection with an often buried past. Drawing on these untapped resources is the safest route to reimagining a future for Australia --Cover. 410 0$aFountain of public prosperity ;$v1 606 $aChristianity$zAustralia$xHistory 606 $aEvangelicalism$zAustralia 606 $aHistory$xAustralian studies 606 $aChristianity$zAustralia 606 $aEvangelicalism$zAustralia$xHistory 607 $aAustralia$xChurch history 615 0$aChristianity$xHistory. 615 0$aEvangelicalism 615 0$aHistory$xAustralian studies. 615 0$aChristianity 615 0$aEvangelicalism$xHistory. 676 $a279.407 700 $aPiggin$b Stuart$01483958 702 $aLinder$b Robert Dean 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793354203321 996 $aThe fountain of public prosperity$93702376 997 $aUNINA