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Launch: Anzac Spirituality

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

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Explore the spiritual beliefs and experiences of the Anzacs largely through their own words at the launch of Avondale academic Associate Professor Daniel Reynaud’s new book.

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Launch: Anzac Spirituality

Thursday, April 5, 2018

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Explore the spiritual beliefs and experiences of the Anzacs largely through their own words at the launch of Avondale academic Associate Professor Daniel Reynaud’s new book.

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Anzac spirituality: the evidence

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

The Anzacs by reputation were not a religious bunch, yet five of their most prominent and distinguished members engaged voluntarily with matters of belief. What may surprise you is they were not rare.

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Avondale academic on Anzac spirituality

Friday, March 23, 2018

A new book by an Avondale academic challenges the myth Australians and their Anzac soldiers are not interested in matters of the spirit. Associate Professor Daniel Reynaud speaks about Anzac Spirituality and its historical context in this question and answer.

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Fighters had faith

Friday, March 23, 2018

We continue perpetuating the Anzacs-were-not-religious myth despite revelations of a deep but concealed interest in spirituality, research by an Avondale academic shows.

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Fighting Mac at Gallipoli

Thursday, April 21, 2016

William McKenzie joined the World War I effort as a Salvation Army chaplain, but by the end of the war he had become one of the most famous Anzac heroes, affectionately nicknamed “Fighting Mac”. This is an excerpt of his story—from The Man the Anzacs Revered by Daniel Reynaud.