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A carregar... Faith & Duty: The John Anderson Story: The Authorised Biography of an Australian Deputy Prime Ministerpor Paul Gallagher
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. The book is well named – faith and duty are indeed the recurring themes in this biography of the former federal National Party leader. Indeed, its greatest virtue as a political biography is its willingness to look at the spiritual dimensions of Anderson’s character – an aspect that is obviously a key part of his personality, but one almost ignored in our secular polity. It comes to the fore particularly in the book’s most dramatic and moving passages dealing with the tragic deaths of Anderson’s sister and son. The reader also gets some glimpses of how faith sustains a man operating at the highest levels of government. However, as an insight into federal politics generally, this work is not especially penetrating. We get little sense of how Anderson developed his political philosophy beyond the fact of his birth in the National Party heartland of country New South Wales. It also pushes the idea of Anderson’s sense of duty being his main motivator somewhat excessively: To my possibly overly cynical eye, it strains credibility that someone could rise to be Deputy Prime Minister purely from a sense of duty. But maybe that says more about me than it does about this biography. Faith and Duty is nevertheless a worthy examination of a committed Christian operating in Australian public life. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
'…there is no finer human being in public life than John Anderson' Prime Minister John Howard, October 10, 2004 Australia's former Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson is the subject of a revealing and intimate portrait from Melbourne writer, Paul Gallagher. Faith and Duty charts the National Party leader's long-time political partnership with John Howard while revealing the pain and tragedies of a remarkable life. From the nightmare of his sister's accidental death to the loss of his infant son in the midst of political storms, Anderson's story is a uniquely candid account of personal triumph, family strength, unwavering integrity and faith and determination in the face of great loss. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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