Land Of The Spirit?: The Australian Religious Experience
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What does it mean to be spiritual in a land as ancient, vast, and contradictory as Australia? Land of the Spirit? The Australian Religious Experience by Muriel Porter presents a sweeping and incisive survey of faith, belief, and religious identity across one of the world's most geographically and culturally complex nations. From the deep spiritual traditions of Aboriginal Australians — whose connection to the land stretches back tens of thousands of years — to the waves of Christianity brought by European settlers, and the rich tapestry of faiths introduced by successive immigration, Porter chronicles how religion has shaped, and been shaped by, the Australian experience. The book confronts a central tension: is Australia, despite its secular reputation, a nation with a profound spiritual undercurrent? Porter writes with both scholarly rigour and accessible clarity, drawing on history, sociology, and theology to argue that Australian religiosity is neither absent nor straightforward, but uniquely and stubbornly its own. She illuminates the fault lines between institutional religion and personal spirituality, between Indigenous sacred traditions and imported Western doctrine, and between public indifference and private devotion. A work of quiet authority and genuine curiosity, Land of the Spirit? leaves the reader questioning whether the sunburned country harbours a soul it has never quite found the words to name.
Author: Muriel Porter
Format: Paperback
Genre: Religion
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it mean to be spiritual in a land as ancient, vast, and contradictory as Australia? Land of the Spirit? The Australian Religious Experience by Muriel Porter presents a sweeping and incisive survey of faith, belief, and religious identity across one of the world's most geographically and culturally complex nations. From the deep spiritual traditions of Aboriginal Australians — whose connection to the land stretches back tens of thousands of years — to the waves of Christianity brought by European settlers, and the rich tapestry of faiths introduced by successive immigration, Porter chronicles how religion has shaped, and been shaped by, the Australian experience. The book confronts a central tension: is Australia, despite its secular reputation, a nation with a profound spiritual undercurrent? Porter writes with both scholarly rigour and accessible clarity, drawing on history, sociology, and theology to argue that Australian religiosity is neither absent nor straightforward, but uniquely and stubbornly its own. She illuminates the fault lines between institutional religion and personal spirituality, between Indigenous sacred traditions and imported Western doctrine, and between public indifference and private devotion. A work of quiet authority and genuine curiosity, Land of the Spirit? leaves the reader questioning whether the sunburned country harbours a soul it has never quite found the words to name.