Australian Anglicans and their Constitution studies the pressures and tensions surroundng the making of a national constitution for the Australian dioceses in Australia.  It covers the period 1910-1962.
The expressed goal in the constitutionl debates was the achievement of change without sacrifice of organizational continuity. Current Australian Anglican problems suggest that ... there is less consideration of continuity and change than of continuity versus change. This may result in a break with the 1962 constitutional arrangements.
Division is not new to the Anglican Church in Australia as this book demonstrates. The question of how to manage issues that divide has been with the church from the beginning.
This book contributes considerably to our understanding of the history and development of the Church government in Australia during the twentieth century.

 

Title: Australian Anglicans and their Constitution
Author: John Davis
ISBN: 9780908284146
Publisher: Acorn Press
Date: 1993