Marion Maddox
Biographic Data
| ID | 3687746 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marion Maddox |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marion |
| FAMILY NAME | Maddox |
| SIGNATURE | MADDOX M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macquarie University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Tribute to Professor Gary Bouma, MDiv, MA, PhD, AM (1942–2021)
.
A Tribute to Gary Bouma
Emeritus Professor Gary Bouma was many things to many people. He was Australia’s pre-eminent scholar of the sociology of religion. As an ordained Anglican priest, Gary was noted for his pastoral care of his parishioners and others who sought his counsel and spiritual support. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Moreover, his deep commitment to social justice and harmony greatly influenced Gary’s participation in interfaith dialogue. …
Religion and Politics over a Career
A career-long focus on the intersections between religion and politicsgrew out of family, personal and academic interests. These influencesand academic explorations led to questioning the common assumptionthat religion and politics should-or even can-be 'kept separate'. On theother hand, the ways in which religion and politics intersect and interact,and their various configurations, provide fertile ground for analysis,and have important consequen…
Australian Religious Thought
Finding God in Global Politics
The literature on religion and international politics has expanded in reaction to the events iconically known as ‘9/11’, said to cast doubt on the ‘secularisation thesis’, which dominated the social sciences’ approach to religion until the 1980s. The four books under review begin by assessing the secularisation premise, before amassing data to demonstrate the ways in which ‘religion’ (however conceived) influences or is suppressed by governments,…
Right-wing Christian Intervention in a Naïve Polity
The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), which established itself in the national capital in 1995 as a registered company limited by guarantee, declares itself “rigorously non-partisan,” enjoying “credibility with church leaders, political parties and the media,” and making “a real difference on issues of concern to Christians.” From its base in Eternity House, Canberra, the ACL has been credited with some remarkable achievements, including persuadi…
Prosper, consume and be saved
A Sydney-based megachurch with global reach, well-known for its "prosperity gospel" of financial acquisition, has developed an additional strand: a detailed theology of consumption. The affinity between a theology of guilt-free-indeed, obligatory-consumption and late capitalism goes some way towards explaining the attraction this minority strand of Christianity holds for politicians, including those without personal religious commitments, in a se…
‘In the Goofy parking lot’
Literature on megachurches (Protestant churches with attendance over 2000) concentrates on numbers at the expense of an associated, but more instructive, characteristic: an overriding commitment to growth. Churches of any size can adopt a growth-oriented theology, style and organisational structure. In such churches, the growth imperative is likely to apply not only to congregational membership but also to church buildings and collection receipts…
Are religious schools socially inclusive or exclusive? An Australian conundrum
Beginning with the progressive government of Gough Whitlam in the early 1970s, Australia has embraced policies of multiculturalism and, more recently, social inclusion. With the conservative government of John Howard in the late 1990s, federal governments have fostered a rapid expansion of religious schools, heavily subsidised by taxpayers. Justifications have included the need to promote ‘values’ in the school system and the need to increase ‘ch…
Exploring Religion and Politics
During the decade of conservative government under Prime Minister John Howard, religion acquired a political importance long absent from Australian public life. Those who looked to the election of a Labor government to change the situation might have been disappointed: incoming Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who had launched his bid for the Labor leadership by writing a widely discussed pair of articles about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, spoke regularly abou…
An Argument for More, Not Less, Religion in Australian Politics
Liberals, and others, have conventionally maintained that religion-state separation is the best guarantee of religious freedom. Many have also argued that religion-state separation entails keeping religion out of politics. But trying to quarantine religion and politics from one another is often counter-productive, keeping important questions off-limits. A more inclusive approach would be to treat religion as a normal part of political debate, ope…
Michael Carden, Sodomy
Michael Carden, Sodomy: A History of a Christian Biblical Myth. Equinox, London, 2004, pp. 226, ISBN 1-9047-6829-6 (hbk), 1-9047-6830-X (pbk).
Religion, Secularism and the Promise of Public Theology
The phrase 'religion and politics' conjures unsettling images of fiery-eyed zealots, in Protestant America or the Muslim Middle-East. Such religiously-inspired political activity is usually assumed to be a feature of societies where religion is prominent in national and cultural life. The presumed antidote, particularly from a European point of view, has been secularization: surely, if people in general cared less about religion, religious politi…
God under Howard
Marion Maddox explains how John Howard has harnessed the conservative social agenda and market-based ideology of American fundamentalists in order to stay in power. As a result, she argues that Australia's democratic, egalitarian culure is now under serious assault. Marion Maddox is the leading authority on the intersection of religion and politics in Australia
Howard's Methodism
Analyses of John Howard's social policy often attribute his social conservatism to personal nostalgia, seeking sources in his schooling, family background and church attendance. For example, recent publications have allributed Howard's positions on unemployment, industrial relations, multiculturalism, reconciliation and refugees to his childhood Methodism. There are good reasons for skepticism about such accounts, however. This article draws on a…
Ethics and rhetoric of the starving child
(1993). Ethics and rhetoric of the starving child. Social Semiotics: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 71-94
Bringing Indigenous Religion into Focus
A review of Max Charlesworth, Francoise Dussart and Howard Morphy (eds), Aboriginal Religions in Australia: An Anthology of Recent Writings (Ashgate, London, 2005
Prosper, consume and be saved
A Sydney-based megachurch with global reach, well-known for its "prosperity gospel" of financial acquisition, has developed an additional strand: a detailed theology of consumption. The affinity between a theology of guilt-free-indeed, obligatory-consumption and late capitalism goes some way towards explaining the attraction this minority strand of Christianity holds for politicians, including those without personal religious commitments, in a se…
Right-wing Christian Intervention in a Naïve Polity
The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), which established itself in the national capital in 1995 as a registered company limited by guarantee, declares itself “rigorously non-partisan,” enjoying “credibility with church leaders, political parties and the media,” and making “a real difference on issues of concern to Christians.” From its base in Eternity House, Canberra, the ACL has been credited with some remarkable achievements, including persuadi…
Are religious schools socially inclusive or exclusive? An Australian conundrum
Beginning with the progressive government of Gough Whitlam in the early 1970s, Australia has embraced policies of multiculturalism and, more recently, social inclusion. With the conservative government of John Howard in the late 1990s, federal governments have fostered a rapid expansion of religious schools, heavily subsidised by taxpayers. Justifications have included the need to promote ‘values’ in the school system and the need to increase ‘ch…
Ethics and rhetoric of the starving child
(1993). Ethics and rhetoric of the starving child. Social Semiotics: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 71-94
Finding God in Global Politics
The literature on religion and international politics has expanded in reaction to the events iconically known as ‘9/11’, said to cast doubt on the ‘secularisation thesis’, which dominated the social sciences’ approach to religion until the 1980s. The four books under review begin by assessing the secularisation premise, before amassing data to demonstrate the ways in which ‘religion’ (however conceived) influences or is suppressed by governments,…
Religion, Secularism and the Promise of Public Theology
The phrase 'religion and politics' conjures unsettling images of fiery-eyed zealots, in Protestant America or the Muslim Middle-East. Such religiously-inspired political activity is usually assumed to be a feature of societies where religion is prominent in national and cultural life. The presumed antidote, particularly from a European point of view, has been secularization: surely, if people in general cared less about religion, religious politi…
Howard's Methodism
Analyses of John Howard's social policy often attribute his social conservatism to personal nostalgia, seeking sources in his schooling, family background and church attendance. For example, recent publications have allributed Howard's positions on unemployment, industrial relations, multiculturalism, reconciliation and refugees to his childhood Methodism. There are good reasons for skepticism about such accounts, however. This article draws on a…
Bringing Indigenous Religion into Focus
A review of Max Charlesworth, Francoise Dussart and Howard Morphy (eds), Aboriginal Religions in Australia: An Anthology of Recent Writings (Ashgate, London, 2005
Ethics and rhetoric of the starving child
(1993). Ethics and rhetoric of the starving child. Social Semiotics: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 71-94
Howard's Methodism
Analyses of John Howard's social policy often attribute his social conservatism to personal nostalgia, seeking sources in his schooling, family background and church attendance. For example, recent publications have allributed Howard's positions on unemployment, industrial relations, multiculturalism, reconciliation and refugees to his childhood Methodism. There are good reasons for skepticism about such accounts, however. This article draws on a…
God under Howard
Marion Maddox explains how John Howard has harnessed the conservative social agenda and market-based ideology of American fundamentalists in order to stay in power. As a result, she argues that Australia's democratic, egalitarian culure is now under serious assault. Marion Maddox is the leading authority on the intersection of religion and politics in Australia
Religion, Secularism and the Promise of Public Theology
The phrase 'religion and politics' conjures unsettling images of fiery-eyed zealots, in Protestant America or the Muslim Middle-East. Such religiously-inspired political activity is usually assumed to be a feature of societies where religion is prominent in national and cultural life. The presumed antidote, particularly from a European point of view, has been secularization: surely, if people in general cared less about religion, religious politi…
Michael Carden, Sodomy
Michael Carden, Sodomy: A History of a Christian Biblical Myth. Equinox, London, 2004, pp. 226, ISBN 1-9047-6829-6 (hbk), 1-9047-6830-X (pbk).
Exploring Religion and Politics
During the decade of conservative government under Prime Minister John Howard, religion acquired a political importance long absent from Australian public life. Those who looked to the election of a Labor government to change the situation might have been disappointed: incoming Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who had launched his bid for the Labor leadership by writing a widely discussed pair of articles about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, spoke regularly abou…
An Argument for More, Not Less, Religion in Australian Politics
Liberals, and others, have conventionally maintained that religion-state separation is the best guarantee of religious freedom. Many have also argued that religion-state separation entails keeping religion out of politics. But trying to quarantine religion and politics from one another is often counter-productive, keeping important questions off-limits. A more inclusive approach would be to treat religion as a normal part of political debate, ope…
Are religious schools socially inclusive or exclusive? An Australian conundrum
Beginning with the progressive government of Gough Whitlam in the early 1970s, Australia has embraced policies of multiculturalism and, more recently, social inclusion. With the conservative government of John Howard in the late 1990s, federal governments have fostered a rapid expansion of religious schools, heavily subsidised by taxpayers. Justifications have included the need to promote ‘values’ in the school system and the need to increase ‘ch…
‘In the Goofy parking lot’
Literature on megachurches (Protestant churches with attendance over 2000) concentrates on numbers at the expense of an associated, but more instructive, characteristic: an overriding commitment to growth. Churches of any size can adopt a growth-oriented theology, style and organisational structure. In such churches, the growth imperative is likely to apply not only to congregational membership but also to church buildings and collection receipts…
Prosper, consume and be saved
A Sydney-based megachurch with global reach, well-known for its "prosperity gospel" of financial acquisition, has developed an additional strand: a detailed theology of consumption. The affinity between a theology of guilt-free-indeed, obligatory-consumption and late capitalism goes some way towards explaining the attraction this minority strand of Christianity holds for politicians, including those without personal religious commitments, in a se…
Right-wing Christian Intervention in a Naïve Polity
The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), which established itself in the national capital in 1995 as a registered company limited by guarantee, declares itself “rigorously non-partisan,” enjoying “credibility with church leaders, political parties and the media,” and making “a real difference on issues of concern to Christians.” From its base in Eternity House, Canberra, the ACL has been credited with some remarkable achievements, including persuadi…
Finding God in Global Politics
The literature on religion and international politics has expanded in reaction to the events iconically known as ‘9/11’, said to cast doubt on the ‘secularisation thesis’, which dominated the social sciences’ approach to religion until the 1980s. The four books under review begin by assessing the secularisation premise, before amassing data to demonstrate the ways in which ‘religion’ (however conceived) influences or is suppressed by governments,…
Australian Religious Thought
Religion and Politics over a Career
A career-long focus on the intersections between religion and politicsgrew out of family, personal and academic interests. These influencesand academic explorations led to questioning the common assumptionthat religion and politics should-or even can-be 'kept separate'. On theother hand, the ways in which religion and politics intersect and interact,and their various configurations, provide fertile ground for analysis,and have important consequen…
Tribute to Professor Gary Bouma, MDiv, MA, PhD, AM (1942–2021)
.
A Tribute to Gary Bouma
Emeritus Professor Gary Bouma was many things to many people. He was Australia’s pre-eminent scholar of the sociology of religion. As an ordained Anglican priest, Gary was noted for his pastoral care of his parishioners and others who sought his counsel and spiritual support. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Moreover, his deep commitment to social justice and harmony greatly influenced Gary’s participation in interfaith dialogue. …
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