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The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History (Second Edition)

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01 November 2020

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WINNER of the Nonfiction Award 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature    WINNER of the 2019 NSW Premier's History Award: Australian History Prize    WINNER of the 2019 Prime Minister's Australian History Prize    WINNER of the 2019 CHASS Australia Book Prize    Australian Christian Book of the Year in 2018    In this multi-award-winning history of the Bible in...

WINNER of the Nonfiction Award 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature  
  
WINNER of the 2019 NSW Premier's History Award: Australian History Prize  
  
WINNER of the 2019 Prime Minister's Australian History Prize  
  
WINNER of the 2019 CHASS Australia Book Prize  
  
Australian Christian Book of the Year in 2018  
  
In this multi-award-winning history of the Bible in Australia, Meredith Lake gets under the skin of a text that's been wrestled with, preached and tattooed, and believed to be everything from a resented imposition to the very Word of God.  
  
A must-read for non-believers and believers alike, The Bible in Australia explores how in the hands of Bible-bashers, immigrants, suffragists, evangelists, unionists, writers, artists and Indigenous Australians, the Bible has played a defining and contested role in this country.  
  
At a time when public discussion of religion is deeply polarised, this multi-award-winning book offers an innovative and surprising new perspective on religion and society.  
  
This new edition, including a preface that discusses the life of the book since its 2018 publication, shows that in the hands of writers, artists, settlers, immigrants, Bible-bashers, wowsers, evangelists, suffragettes, unionists, Indigenous activists and many others - the Bible has played a defining role in Australia.  
  
'Stunning, refreshing and original.' - Julia Baird  
  
'Vivid story-telling and impossible to put down.' - Mark McKenna  
  
'A book of remarkable originality... a ground-breaking cultural and social history.' Judges' comments, 2019 NSW Premier's History Award: Australian History Prize  
  
'An endlessly fascinating book... Lake brings a generosity of both mind and spirit to this vast story.' - Michael McGirr, Sydney Morning Herald  
  
- Publisher.

'STUNNING, REFRESHING AND ORIGINAL.' -- JULIA BAIRDKoby Abberton emerges like a shark on to the sand at Maroubra Beach. Tattooed from shoulder to shoulder, his body bares letters like teeth: 'My brothers keeper'.In this surprising and revelatory history of the Bible in Australia, Meredith Lake gets under the skin of a text that's been read, wrestled with, preached and tattooed, and believed to be everything from a resented imposition to the very Word of God. The Bible in Australia explores how in the hands of Bible-bashers, immigrants, suffragists, evangelists, unionists, writers, artists and Indigenous Australians, the Bible has played a contested but defining role in this country.

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WINNER of the Nonfiction Award 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature    WINNER of the 2019 NSW Premier's History Award: Australian History Prize    WINNER of the 2019 Prime Minister's Australian History Prize    WINNER of the 2019 CHASS Australia Book Prize    Australian Christian Book of the Year in 2018    In this multi-award-winning history of the Bible in...

WINNER of the Nonfiction Award 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature  
  
WINNER of the 2019 NSW Premier's History Award: Australian History Prize  
  
WINNER of the 2019 Prime Minister's Australian History Prize  
  
WINNER of the 2019 CHASS Australia Book Prize  
  
Australian Christian Book of the Year in 2018  
  
In this multi-award-winning history of the Bible in Australia, Meredith Lake gets under the skin of a text that's been wrestled with, preached and tattooed, and believed to be everything from a resented imposition to the very Word of God.  
  
A must-read for non-believers and believers alike, The Bible in Australia explores how in the hands of Bible-bashers, immigrants, suffragists, evangelists, unionists, writers, artists and Indigenous Australians, the Bible has played a defining and contested role in this country.  
  
At a time when public discussion of religion is deeply polarised, this multi-award-winning book offers an innovative and surprising new perspective on religion and society.  
  
This new edition, including a preface that discusses the life of the book since its 2018 publication, shows that in the hands of writers, artists, settlers, immigrants, Bible-bashers, wowsers, evangelists, suffragettes, unionists, Indigenous activists and many others - the Bible has played a defining role in Australia.  
  
'Stunning, refreshing and original.' - Julia Baird  
  
'Vivid story-telling and impossible to put down.' - Mark McKenna  
  
'A book of remarkable originality... a ground-breaking cultural and social history.' Judges' comments, 2019 NSW Premier's History Award: Australian History Prize  
  
'An endlessly fascinating book... Lake brings a generosity of both mind and spirit to this vast story.' - Michael McGirr, Sydney Morning Herald  
  
- Publisher.

'STUNNING, REFRESHING AND ORIGINAL.' -- JULIA BAIRDKoby Abberton emerges like a shark on to the sand at Maroubra Beach. Tattooed from shoulder to shoulder, his body bares letters like teeth: 'My brothers keeper'.In this surprising and revelatory history of the Bible in Australia, Meredith Lake gets under the skin of a text that's been read, wrestled with, preached and tattooed, and believed to be everything from a resented imposition to the very Word of God. The Bible in Australia explores how in the hands of Bible-bashers, immigrants, suffragists, evangelists, unionists, writers, artists and Indigenous Australians, the Bible has played a contested but defining role in this country.
The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History (Second Edition) $32.99
Koorong code 574629
ISBN 9781742237213
Pages 592
Publisher Newsouth Books
Publication date 01 November 2020
Dimensions 40 x 135 x 210mm
Weight 0.541kg
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    An excellent overview

    This book is an excellent overview of the interaction of Australians with the Bible, from the time of the First Fleet until the present day. The author covers what she calls the ""Theological Bible"" as well as the ""Cultural Bible"" and discusses how each understanding of the Bible has influenced Australian life right up to the present day.

    She discusses a wide range of interactions, from the biblical impact upon the first convicts (including their ""biblical tattoos""), to the Bible's impact on and with Indigenous Australians, and a great deal in between including politics, education, and general speech.

    This is an excellent read, and I highly recommend it.

    If I have but one quibble, which most certainly does not take away from the overall importance of this book, is that even though this is supposed to be about the ""Bible and Australia"", and she does give a good overview, the specific incidents she discusses refer mainly to New South Wales and Victoria, with Queensland, and South Australia receiving only a small amount of attention, while Western Australia and Tasmania are barely mentioned at all. This might have to do with the author's own geographic location (Sydney), and where she has done most of her work and research, but (as a West Australian) I think that it is a sad omission.