Protestantism and Social Reform in New South Wales 1890-1910 by J D Bollen

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. The dust jacket has some scratches, but is now enclosed in a glossy protective dust jacket cover. Body text and binding are still very good.

Australian Protestantism has been accused of sectarianism and wowserism, and its contribution to the shaping of Australian life has been largely overshadowed by the more dramatic Catholic role. This study shows that the Protestant Churches actually played an important creative part in the difficult years after 1890.

In his description of the Protestant campaigns and the response of the Churches to industrial conflict and social unrest in New South Wales, Dr Bollen breaks new ground, He demonstrates another dimension of the conflict: the adjustment of the Churches to a new state of things, their grappling with little-understood problems, and their pioneering efforts which helped a society find ways of reforming itself.