Evangelical Belief and Enlightenment Morality in the Australian Temperance Movement: 1832-1930

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Nicole Starling

Evangelical Belief and Enlightenment Morality in the Australian Temperance Movement

1832-1930

Nicole Starling

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English

Routledge
27 May 2025

Social & cultural history; History of religion; Church history; Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches

Series: Routledge Studies in Evangelicalism

This book explores the history of the Australian temperance movement and the ideas that informed it, offering a detailed examination of the beliefs of evangelicals involved. The temperance movement in Australia was large and influential, and played a vital role in shaping the cultural and political life of the emerging nation across the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The study focuses on the relationship between evangelicalism and 'Moral Enlightenment' ideas within the temperance movement between 1832 and 1930. It considers the complex and varied ways in which they interacted within the thinking of the movement’s leaders, enriches discussions regarding religion and secularisation, and offers new insight into the involvement of women. Against the larger horizon of global evangelicalism, the international temperance movement, and the evolution of Australian political culture, the chapters look at the reported words and actions of six key temperance leaders: John Saunders, George Washington Walker, John McEncroe, Alfred Stackhouse, Mary Ann Thomas and Elizabeth Webb Nicholls. The book will be relevant to scholars of religious history and those with an interest in the evangelical Protestant tradition.

By: Nicole Starling
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032403854
ISBN 10: 1032403853
Series: Routledge Studies in Evangelicalism
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 27 May 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Nicole Starling is Academic Dean and Lecturer in Church History at Morling College, College, Sydney (a member college of the Australian College of Theology) and an honorary research fellow at Macquarie University.