Davis McCaughey [[electronic resource] ] : a life / / Sarah Martin
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| Autore: |
Martin Sarah
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| Titolo: |
Davis McCaughey [[electronic resource] ] : a life / / Sarah Martin
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| Pubblicazione: | Sydney, : UNSW Press, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 211/.01/9 |
| 994.00 | |
| Soggetto topico: | College administrators - Australia - Melbourne (Vic.) |
| Governors - Australia - Victoria | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""1. A golden boy""; ""2. Breaking away""; ""3. Cambridge and an inclusive Christianity""; ""4. The exhilaration of ecumenism""; ""5. The Irish dilemma""; ""6. Falling in love""; ""7. Marriage and theology""; ""8. The war years""; ""9. The job of a lifetime""; ""10. Into the unknown""; ""11. Life in College and university""; ""12. Taking control of the union debate""; ""13. A surprising appointment""; ""14. Master versus Church and Council""; ""15. Ecumenism underpins everything"" |
| ""16. Widening horizons""""17. Student revolution and conflict resolutions""; ""18. Changed politics,and a changing Ormond""; ""19. Union at last""; ""20. A moral compass""; ""21. A churchman for Governor""; ""22. A modern man""; ""EPILOGUE""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A fascinating and enigmatic man, Davis McCaughey was a theologian equally at home in the secular world. As Governor of Victoria (1986-1992), deputy chancellor of Melbourne University and master of the prestigious Ormond College for twenty years. McCaughey played a ground-breaking role in Australian public life. Sarah Martin's compelling biography explores the character and achievements of a man who transcended his deeply conservative roots in Belfast to champion radical student politics. A pivotal figure in the creation of the Uniting Church in Australia, McCaughey was also regarded by many, i |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Davis McCaughey |
| ISBN: | 1-74224-113-1 |
| 1-74224-600-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910652060103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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