Marcia Cameron lives in Sydney. She has published a number of books
including SCEGGS: A Centenary History (1995), Living Stones: St
Swithun's Pymble 1901-2001, and An Enigmatic Life: David Broughton
Knox, Father of Contemporary Sydney Anglicanism (2006).
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Dr. Cameron provides a fascinating and detailed account of what she
calls the 'phenomenon' of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Her
judgments are both critical and sympathetic: the Sydney Diocese
has, as readers will see, had a remarkable impact on Australian
life over two centuries.
--Michael P. Jensen, author, Sydney Anglicanism: An Apology Sydney
Anglicans are a family who love the Bible and who love to argue.
Here are the arguments, from all sides; they are robust,
surprising, refreshing. They make this account at once absorbingly
entertaining, unrelentingly serious, and critically important to
any concerned about the future of the church. . . . I disagreed
time and again, and for that reason, I suspect it must be
right.
--Stuart Piggin, Associate Professor, Director, Centre for the
History of Christian Thought and Experience, Macquarie University,
Sydney, Australia In this astonishingly wide-ranging book, Dr.
Cameron reviews the Diocese of Sydney's history with skill, an eye
for detail, clarity, and integrity. She points to its strengths,
but does not shirk from disclosing its flaws. This is a must-read
for those interested in the impact of Anglican Christianity in
Sydney on the modern world.
--Paul Barnett, formerly Bishop of North Sydney Dr. Cameron's
history poses the question: Why is the Sydney Diocese growing when
the rest of the Anglican Church in Australia is in decline? She
explores the criticisms leveled at Sydney, including its
relationship to the wider Anglican communion, attitude to
homosexuality, women's ordination, ecclesiology, Gafcon, wealth,
and loss of funds. This is not only a page-turner but an
accomplished, insightful work of the highest order.
--Evonne Paddison, Former New Testament Lecturer, Ridley
Theological College
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