God under Howard
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God under Howard: The rise of the religious right in Australia is a 2005 book by Marion Maddox
. Maddox argues that, from 1996, John Howard
's Liberal Party
slowly imported US Christian Right
values and that the Australian media reported little about this shift in social and public policy
. Maddox suggests that the line between church and state became blurred, as happened in America.
Marion Maddox
Marion Maddox is an Australian author, academic and political commentator. She is currently Associate Professor at the Centre for Research on Social Inclusion at Macquarie University. Maddox is a regular commentator on issues of religion and politics in the Australian media...
. Maddox argues that, from 1996, John Howard
John Howard
John Winston Howard AC, SSI, was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies....
's Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
slowly imported US Christian Right
Christian right
Christian right is a term used predominantly in the United States to describe "right-wing" Christian political groups that are characterized by their strong support of socially conservative policies...
values and that the Australian media reported little about this shift in social and public policy
Public policy
Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
. Maddox suggests that the line between church and state became blurred, as happened in America.