The Politics of the Pew: Faith, Liberty, and Authority in a Sydney Church in 1828
This article examines the political implications of the dispute between E. S. Hall and Archdeacon Scott over a pew in St James' Church in the late 1820s. Beyond the legal questions it raised about the established status of the Church of England in New South Wales, Hall's public protest, co...
| Published in: | Journal of religious history |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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Journal of religious history
Year: 2018, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 84-98 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hall, Edward Smith 1786-1860
/ Scott, Thomas Hobbes 1783-1860
/ New South Wales
/ Church of England
/ Sydney
/ Church congregation
/ Quarreling
/ Colonialism
/ Politics
/ Geschichte 1828
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| RelBib Classification: | KBF British Isles KBS Australia; Oceania KDE Anglican Church |
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| Summary: | This article examines the political implications of the dispute between E. S. Hall and Archdeacon Scott over a pew in St James' Church in the late 1820s. Beyond the legal questions it raised about the established status of the Church of England in New South Wales, Hall's public protest, conducted every Sunday during the largest regular social gathering in Sydney, was a self-conscious performance of his wider critique of colonial authority. This episode reveals the symbolic importance of church spaces and the role of religious ideas about authority and freedom in colonial political debate. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9809 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/1467-9809.12407 |