Proceedings UCNHS June 2017 Complete
A PILGRIM PEOPLE: FORTY YEARS ON The Proceedings of the inaugural Uniting Church National History Society Conference June 9–12 2017 Pilgrim Uniting Church Adelaide South Australia Uniting Church National History Society - ii - Published by: Uniting Church National History Society PO Box 5064, Hoppers Crossing, Victoria 3029 Edited by: Robert W. Renton Printed and bound by: Corporate Printers 141–143 Moray Street, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205 First edition July 2018 National Library of Australia Catalogue in Publication Editor: Renton, Robert, 1946— Uniting Church National History Society A Pilgrim People: Forty Years On ISBN 978-0-9807168-5-6 Ó2018 Uniting Church National History Society. This publication is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process or placed in computer memory without written permission. Enquiries should be made to the publisher. - iii - Contents Introduction: First Pressing of the Grapes 1 William W. Emilsen A National History Society: Why do we need one and 17 what has brought us to this point? William W. Emilsen A Pilgrim People 40 Years On: The Uniting Church as an 20 experiment in ecumenism Renate Howe Australian Urban Mission 1960–2000 29 Dean Eland Methodists and Revivalism in South Australia 1838– 44 1939: The quest for ‘vital religion’ Brian Chalmers Ethel Mitchell: A pioneer of the Uniting Church 80 Alison Head Extinct Volcanoes: The role of missionaries in shaping 91 the Uniting Church in Australia Margaret Reeson Grappling with Church Union: Reflections on discovering the implications of church union in two congregations 105 of the Uniting Church in Australia, North Essendon, 1977–1979 Robert Renton LGBTIQ Pilgrims and the Uniting Church in Australia 122 Warren Talbot On Writing Fighting Spirit: A History of Christianity at 141 Warruwi, Goulburn Island.
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