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Here For Good: Anzac Spirituality, Daniel Reynaud
Here For Good: Anzac Spirituality, Daniel Reynaud
Daniel Reynaud
Here For Good is a podcast series from leading researchers at Avondale College of Higher Education. This episode features Anzac historian Associate Professor Daniel Reynaud in conversation with Associate Dean (Research) Dr Carolyn Rickett.
Revisiting The Secular Anzac: The Anzacs And Religion, Daniel Reynaud
Revisiting The Secular Anzac: The Anzacs And Religion, Daniel Reynaud
Daniel Reynaud
One of the 'givens' of the Anzac myth is that by and large the Australian soldier is not interested in religion.
Religion And The Anzac Legend On Screen, Daniel Reynaud
Religion And The Anzac Legend On Screen, Daniel Reynaud
Daniel Reynaud
This article explores the (non)relationship between religion and the Anzac story in Australian cinema and television dramas. It draws parallels between the absence of religious discussion in written literature and popular memory and the same absences in Anzac cinema. Anzac cinema has idealised and glorified the Anzac soldier, relocating spirituality from a religious force to a secular nationalism. The rare productions that show an engagement between religion and Anzac portray religion as a spent force in comparison to the new spirit of secular Anzac.