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John McIntosh attempts to describe more accurately and completely the spectrum of Evangelicalism (Anglican) that three successive principals of Moore Theological College appropriated and taught in the period. Each was an outstanding graduate of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, respectively. The study traces the circumstances of their appointment and seeks to define the convictions they held--against the background of challenges and changes to their Christian faith they faced in their day. A close examination of their published and unpublished literary oeuvre clears away misunderstandings and even misrepresentations of their thought and influence. In so doing it explains how it was that those Evangelicals in the diocese who adhered more closely to their Reformation tradition finally prevailed decisively over those who were Protestant but liberal.
John McIntosh attempts to describe more accurately and completely the spectrum of Evangelicalism (Anglican) that three successive principals of Moore Theological College appropriated and taught in the period. Each was an outstanding graduate of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, respectively. The study traces the circumstances of their appointment and seeks to define the convictions they held—against the background of challenges and changes to their Christian faith they faced in their day. A close examination of their published and unpublished literary oeuvre clears away misunderstandings and even misrepresentations of their thought and influence. In so doing it explains how it was that those Evangelicals in the diocese who adhered more closely to their Reformation tradition finally prevailed decisively over those who were Protestant but liberal.
This landmark work is the first academic study of a figure who played a defining role in the Australian evangelical movement of the late twentieth century—the inimitable preacher, evangelist, and churchman John C. Chapman. The study situates Chapman’s career within the secularizing Western cultures of the post-1960s—a period bringing momentous changes to the social and religious fabric of Western society. At the same time, global Evangelicalism was reviving, bringing vitality to large swathes in the Global South and a re-balancing in Western societies as conservative religious movements experienced growth and even renewal amidst wider secularizing trends. Against this backdrop the study explores the way in which, across a wide array of domestic and international fora, Chapman contended for the soteriological priority of the gospel in Christian life, mission, and thought. Accomplished via an absorbing blend of personal wit, impassioned oratory, innovative missiological strategy, and striking theological perception, the result was a stimulating history of public advocacy that sought a revival of confidence in Evangelicalism’s message, and a constantly reforming vision of Evangelicalism’s method. Such a legacy marks Chapman as a central figure within the generation of postwar leaders whose work has given Australian Evangelicalism its contemporary shape and dynamism.
The Diocese of Sydney is admired, hated, loved, and feared. While often criticized as no longer Anglican, it has at its heart an adherence to classic Anglicanism. While to some it is a beacon in the darkness, to others it is like a threatening bushfire. It is very large, very wealthy, and very influential in other places. Its opposition to ordaining women priests, and, in many parishes, to women preaching, mystifies and angers many Anglicans within and outside its boundaries. What makes this diocese such a phenomenon? The answer lies in its history: in the men and women who shaped it, in a particular view of the authority of the Bible, and in the influence wielded by some powerful institutions that have prospered. Its energy comes from the Scriptural mandate for mission: to bring the outsider into the community of Christian people, but not to leave it there. To educate them in the knowledge of Christ in a variety of creative and imaginative ways. This book also looks at what Sydney has done badly. It may help readers to learn from its past achievements and its mistakes. ""Dr. Cameron provides a fascinating and detailed account of what she calls the 'phenomenon' of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Her judgments are both critical and sympathetic: the Sydney Diocese has, as readers will see, had a remarkable impact on Australian life over two centuries."" --Michael P. Jensen, author, Sydney Anglicanism: An Apology ""Sydney Anglicans are a family who love the Bible and who love to argue. Here are the arguments, from all sides; they are robust, surprising, refreshing. They make this account at once absorbingly entertaining, unrelentingly serious, and critically important to any concerned about the future of the church. . . . I disagreed time and again, and for that reason, I suspect it must be right."" --Stuart Piggin, Associate Professor, Director, Centre for the History of Christian Thought and Experience, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia ""In this astonishingly wide-ranging book, Dr. Cameron reviews the Diocese of Sydney's history with skill, an eye for detail, clarity, and integrity. She points to its strengths, but does not shirk from disclosing its flaws. This is a must-read for those interested in the impact of Anglican Christianity in Sydney on the modern world."" --Paul Barnett, formerly Bishop of North Sydney ""Dr. Cameron's history poses the question: Why is the Sydney Diocese growing when the rest of the Anglican Church in Australia is in decline? She explores the criticisms leveled at Sydney, including its relationship to the wider Anglican communion, attitude to homosexuality, women's ordination, ecclesiology, Gafcon, wealth, and loss of funds. This is not only a page-turner but an accomplished, insightful work of the highest order."" --Evonne Paddison, Former New Testament Lecturer, Ridley Theological College Marcia Cameron lives in Sydney. She has published a number of books including SCEGGS: A Centenary History (1995), Living Stones: St Swithun's Pymble 1901-2001, and An Enigmatic Life: David Broughton Knox, Father of Contemporary Sydney Anglicanism (2006).
At a time of unprecedented secularization and declining church attendance, youth ministry in the twenty-first century should be doomed. So why is Protestant youth ministry in Sydney vibrant, and in many places growing? This book sets out to answer this question, which is of such importance for the future of the Australian church. A pioneering model of youth ministry evolved in the 1930s and was already flourishing in churches, schools, and university by the 1950s. Its early high point was the Billy Graham Crusade of 1959, which may legitimately be seen as an Australian youth revival. The new model broke with past practice by cultivating ministry leadership by young people, by promoting peer groups to nurture and share faith, and by fostering ministry collaboration between young men and women. The model, used by theological conservatives and liberals alike, and has proved both enduring and fruitful. This book will engage with the model of youth ministry and the religious experiences of young people in Sydney. By reading it you will not only learn from the significant achievements of young people in the past but be better equipped to creatively consider new methods of ministry for the twenty-first century.