Catholic Thought and Catholic Action: Scenes From Australian Catholic Life (in English)
Synopsis "Catholic Thought and Catholic Action: Scenes From Australian Catholic Life (in English)"
This is a book to enliven any discussion about the Catholic Church and Australian society. Readers will profit from James Franklin's rich research in out-of-the-way corners of our history.Edmund Campion, Emeritus Professor of HistoryCatholic Institute of SydneyThe Catholic quarter of the Australian population have been driven by a unique vision of how humans fit in God's universe and of how objective ethics should inform individual and collective action. Following Jesus' command to be witnesses "to the ends of the earth", Australian Catholics have worked hard to reform their own souls and Australian society. In this wide-ranging volume, James Franklin shows how core Catholic ideas have played out and motivated action across many fields of endeavour - remote area missions, virtuous rural communities, religious life, multicultural refugee programs, Labor politics, Magdalen laundries, Catholic philosophy. He brings to life the colourful characters behind the action, like F.X. Gsell, the "Bishop with 150 wives", pugnacious immigration minister Arthur Calwell, fiery anti-Communist speaker Dr P.J. Ryan and ex-nun memoirist Cecilia Inglis. Saints and sinners, they transformed Australian society in directions it would not otherwise have moved.James Franklin is the editor of the Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society and an honorary professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. His books include Corrupting the Youth: A History of Philosophy in Australia, Catholic Values and Australian Realities, The Real Archbishop Mannix and The Worth of Persons: The Foundation of Ethics.ContentsIntroduction1 Sydney, 1803: The experiment in toleration of Catholics2 1821: A new beginning for the Church in Europe and Australia3 Catholic missions to Aboriginal Australia: an evaluation4 F. X. Gsell: The missionary with 150 Wives5 Catholic rural virtue in Australia: ideal and reality6 Catholic Scholastic philosophy in Australia7 Catholic thought and Catholic Action: Dr Paddy Ryan MSC and the Red Peril8 Convent slave laundries? Magdalen asylums in Australia9 Catholics versus Masons10 Archbishop Mannix and the politics of social justice11 Memoirs by Australian priests, religious and ex-religious12 Calwell, Catholicism and the origins of multicultural Australia13 Catholic Action, Sydney style: Lay organisations from friendly societies to the Vice Squad14 Gerald Ridsdale, pedophile priest, in his own words15 Natural law ethics and the Mabo decision16 Random thoughtsIndex
