Marion Maddox
Address / Affiliation
Centre for Research on Social Inclusion
Macquarie University
Sydney NSW 2109
Australia
Email
Areas of Specialization
  • religion and politics
  • Religion in Australia
  • Religious right
  • Secularism
  • Durkheim
Areas of Interest
Religion and gender.
Major Relevant Publications
Marion Maddox, God Under Howard: The rise of the religious right in Australian politics, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2005
Marion Maddox, For God and Country: Religious dynamics in Australian federal politics, Canberra: Department of the Parliamentary Library, 2001
Other Information of Interest
Reviews of God Under Howard include:
'... an impressive study of how the political Right in Australia has colonized religious territories ... Densely researched, Marion Maddox's book is an exemplary case study of the interaction between religion and politics in Australia today.'
Times Literary Supplement 4 November 2005, p 29
'Marion Maddox has written a significant book that fills a major gap in the literature dealing with Australian politics'
Australian J. of Politics and History 52 (1) 2006, pp 151-152
'Maddox's book is temperate, thorough, well-documented ... Maddox's five-star book will be useful to both Yanks and Aussies'.
Voice of Reason: The Newsletter of Americans for Religious Liberty 91 (no. 2 2005), pp 19-20
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