Christian origins too often neglected in Australia, Archbishop says

From Australia-

Archbishop Philip Freier says there is a disconnection in Australia between many features of society, such as the welfare system, and their Christian origins.

Dr Freier said the welfare state in England had come out of a strong Christian context but while Australia had adopted some of the policies, it had done so without the context.

He also said primacy of conscience was part of the DNA of the United States but that a similar strong unifying narrative in Australia “might be harder to get in an increasingly secular society which, from my perspective, is trying to privatise faith here”.

Archbishop Freier was hosting a round-table event for The Global Foundation at the Anglican Centre in Flinders Lane recently at which the publication of a series of speeches by senior Victorian Federal MP, Mr Greg Hunt, was launched. The ‘Australia 2030’ Speeches, all of which were delivered in the past 12 months, cover long-term planning of Australian cities, Liberalism’s “Third Wave”, preparing Australia for Asia in 2030, rethinking global approaches to climate change and “Fostering a Great Society from the Bottom Up”.

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