AU$15.00

ISBN: 0-858-92183-9

Publisher: Anzea Publishers - 1981

Synopsis: In his 1981 book, The Sunburnt Soul: Christianity in Search of an Australian Identity, based on the ABC TV series, David Millikan said there were many people who shared his experience of being committed to but frustrated by the religious life the churches offered. Toward the end of the book he referred to the frustration of rock musician Ross Nobel, operating outside the perimeters of the churches. Nobel believed there was a feeling for "serious" or "religious" things in Australians. "We keep going because quite often we come across people who do sense something beyond the daily grind ... Australians are full of depth. I'm just sorry the churches are not open to getting into the sorts of places where they can talk about it." Millikan's general point was that the Australian experience had produced a unique form of expressing matters of ultimate concern and that worship and ministry needed to be expressed with a distinctively Australian voice.

Condition: Light shelf wear on the exterior of the hardcover and paperback; Pages are clean, unmarked and in very good condition;