Marion Maddox

Marion Maddox FAHA is an Australian author, academic and political commentator. She is a Professor in the department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University. Maddox is a regular commentator on issues of religion and politics in the Australian media and is a member of the Uniting Church. She authored the book God Under Howard: The rise of the religious right in Australian politics which compared the Howard Government with the religious right in the United States and criticised the decline of mainstream Christianity in Australia.

Marion Maddox
Marion Maddox at the 2012 Global Atheist Convention
OccupationProfessor, Author

Maddox achieved doctorates in theology and political philosophy from Flinders University and the University of New South Wales respectively. She is also the recipient of an Australian Parliamentary Fellowship.[1]

Maddox has worked at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, the Universities of Adelaide and South Australia. In November 2017 she was elected fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.[2]

Selected bibliography

  • God Under Howard: The rise of the religious right in Australian politics, ISBN 1-74114-568-6
  • Taking God to School: The end of Australia's egalitarian education?, ISBN 978-1-74331-571-2
Australian Parliamentary Library

References

  1. Australian Parliamentary Fellowship Archived 9 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Marion Maddox". Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 28 May 2018.


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