Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150100444

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150100444

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A Secular State? Reason, Religion, and the Australian Polity 1788-1945. What does it mean to say that Australia is a secular state? How did that self-conception develop and how has the meaning of 'secular' changed over the course of the nation's history? These are the fundamental questions that shape this study of the inter-relationship of the secular and religion within the Australian polity from 1788 to the end of World War II. The project will be illuminated by the increasingly sophisticated literature on secularisation and the international comparisons it aims to facilitate. The outcome is expected to be a historically informed explanation of distinctively Australian attitudes to secularity, which may provide the basis for a more informed national debate over issues of religion and citizenship.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-01-2015

End Date: 31-07-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $217,757.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Religion and Society | Understanding Australia's Past |

Other Keywords

Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) | Historical Studies | Religion and Society | Understanding Australia's Past

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