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Special Guest: Esther*
Special Guest: Esther*
Esther (*not her real name) spent about a decade in the Logos Foundation as a child, with her family moving from Perth to the Blue Mountains to be involved. They later moved up to Toowoomba, Queensland, with the rest of the congregation, for what would end up being the final years of Logos – before it collapsed in a scandal from the very top.
EPISODE DETAILS
EPISODE DETAILS
Written and Hosted by Sarah Steel
Music by Joe Gould
Edited by Matt Brazel
November 16th, 2022
58 mins 10 secs
Season 5
Season 5 presenting partner:
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
The Logos Foundation was often described as ‘mysterious’ in media coverage, but became a part of the religious right that published full page newspaper advertisements encouraging the electorate to vote on ‘moral’ issues at Queensland state elections in the late 1980s. Its embrace of the Shepherding Movement led many to consider it incredibly cult-like, and certain facets of the religious right today can trace a direct lineage to its teachings. Founder Howard Carter’s hard-line approach to sinful behaviour would prove to be hypocrisy-ridden for almost the entire time his organisation existed.
EPISODE LINKS
EPISODE LINKS
The Logos Foundation: The Rise and Fall of Christian Reconstructionism in Australia — by John Harrison, University of Queensland, 2006
Sex Scandal Divides The Bible Belt — by Greg Roberts, Sydney Morning Herald, 13 October 1990
The Promised Land — by Melanie Myers, Kill Your Darlings, 12 November 2018
The Story — by David P. B. Orton, Lifemessenger, date unknown
Christianity in Crisis: A Personal Journey — by David P. B. Orton, Lifemessenger, 17 October 2016
God in the Suburbs and Beyond: The Emergence of an Australian Megachurch and Denomination — by PhD thesis by Sam Hey, Griffith University, 2011
The Swastika-Shaped Mote in the ACL’s Eye – Melbourne’s Homophobic Poster — by Chrys Stevenson on her blog, 22 August 2017
18 Anti-Gay Groups and their Propaganda — by Evelyn Schlatter, Intelligence Report, 2010 Winter Issue, 4 November 2010
Culture Wars: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices — by Roger Chapman, M.E. Sharpe, 2010
What Does 'Baptism of the Holy Spirit' Really Mean? — by Alyssa Roat, Crosswalk.com, 31 December 2019
Notice of Logos Foundation company registration — Sydney Morning Herald, 5 June 1971
R. J. Rushdoony: A Patriarch for Modern Theonomy — by Wyatt Graham, The Gospel Coalition, 17 February 2022
Howard Julian Carter — Prabook biography, accessed October 2022
The End of Certainty: Power, Politics and Business in Australia — by Paul Kelly, Allen & Unwin, 2008
The Shepherding Movement: Controversy and Charismatic Ecclesiology — by S. David Moore, Bloomsbury Academic, 2003
Derek Prince: A Biography — by Stephen Mansfield, DPM-UK, 2016
Shepherding/Discipleship Movement Survivor's Blog — by a former member of Morning Star International (now Every Nation Churches and Ministries), 17 December 2005
Osborne Ladies College, Blackheath, and the Life and Times of its Principal and Owner Miss Violet Gibbins — by Ron Brasier, Blue Mountains History Journal, Issue 4, October 2013
A.C.E Ministries — website, accessed October 2022
Mount Victoria Manor: History — website, accessed October 2022
The Shepherding Movement: A Summary — by Jacob Young, Medium, 1 December 2019
Biography of Paul Herbert Collins — by Mark Hutchinson
Charter or Bill of Rights: Questions & Answers — Law Council of Australia
Say a Prayer for Queensland — The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 November 1989
The corruption election — The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 November 1989
Ignorance a Christian virtue in Q’land — by Evan Whitton, The Sydney Morning Herald, 31 October 1989
Christian crusaders march to the right — by Greg Roberts, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 November 1987
The Dangerous Myth of Racial Equality — booklet published by the Australian League of Rights, Museums Victoria Collections, circa 1963
The League of Rights Goes Bush — by Murray Hogarth, The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 October 1988
Logos selling its Toowoomba HQ — by Greg Roberts, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 January 1991
Safe Schools: The Christian Right's roots in rural Queensland — by John Harrison, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 April 2016
Australian League of Rights blog — accessed October 2022
Faces of Hate: Hate Crime in Australia — by Chris Cunneen, David Fraser & Stephen Tomsen, Hawkins Press, 1997
Christian Leader in Sex Scandal — by Murray Massey and AAP, Financial Review, 9 August 1990
Australia’s God, Inc. — by Debra Jopson, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 December 1994
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