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Sydney Anglicans, always ultra-conservative in terms of liturgy,
theology and personal morality, have increasingly modelled
themselves on sixteenth century English Puritanism. Over the past
few decades, they have added radical congregationalism to the mix.
They have altered church services, challenged church order, and
relentlessly opposed all attempts to ordain women as priests, let
alone bishops. Muriel Porter unpacks how Australia's largest and,
until recently, richest diocese developed its ideological fervour,
and explores the impact it is having both in Australia and the
Anglican Communion.
Sydney Anglicans, always ultra-conservative in terms of liturgy,
theology and personal morality, have increasingly modelled
themselves on sixteenth century English Puritanism. Over the past
few decades, they have added radical congregationalism to the mix.
They have altered church services, challenged church order, and
relentlessly opposed all attempts to ordain women as priests, let
alone bishops. Muriel Porter unpacks how Australia's largest and,
until recently, richest diocese developed its ideological fervour,
and explores the impact it is having both in Australia and the
Anglican Communion.
The Third Edition of this highly successful introduction to the
archaeology of Mesoamerica includes full coverage of the Aztec and
Maya areas in one volume. Beginning with the settling of the New
World and continuing through the Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica in
1521, this completely updated textbook includes the deciphering of
Maya hieroglyphs, the dynamic history of the Maya, the new royal
tomb excavated at Copan, Honduras, important new discoveries at Rio
Azul and Naj Tunich in Guatemala, and Caracol in Belize, ritual
sacrifices on a massive scale revealed at Teotihuacan in central
Mexico, and new material from Tula (Toltec capitol) and from the
heart of Mexico City.
This book explores the increasing domination of the Anglican
Diocese of Sydney, which is the largest, richest, most powerful,
and most conservative, diocese in Australia - and arguably the most
conservative in worldwide Anglicanism. It is led by a hardline,
uncompromising and well-organised male clerical elite who are
determined to impose their version of Christianity on the Anglican
Church both in Australia and internationally. Most explicitly, the
Sydney Diocense is increasingly threatening a schism or split with
the Church Of England over the ordination of gay clergy and
aligning itself with conservative African dioceses in moral
debates. This has serious ramifications for all Anglicans and for
wider Australian society.
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