Muriel Porter | |
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| Born | Muriel Lylie Carter 5 May 1948 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
| Known for | Critique of the Anglican Church of Australia |
Muriel Lylie Porter OAM (née Carter, born 15 May 1948) is an Australian journalist based in Melbourne, Victoria. She is a frequent contributor to The Age newspaper and The Melbourne Anglican diocesan newspaper, for which she mostly writes about issues concerning the Anglican Church of Australia in which she is a prominent layperson.[1] Porter is a representative of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne on the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia.
She is critical of megachurches and is an advocate of the ordination of women,[2][3] homosexual unions and allowing non-celibate homosexual people to become clergy.[citation needed] She was involved in the formation of an Anglican submission recommending abortion be legalised in Victoria. She is also the author of several books, including The New Puritans: the rise of fundamentalism in the Anglican Church,[4] a book which is a critique of evangelicals in the Anglican Church.
- ^ "Muriel Porter". Griffith Review. Griffith University. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ Thompson, Mark (31 August 2011). "Opinion: Serious flaws in Muriel Porter's misguided polemic". Religion and Ethics. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ Porter, Muriel (15 July 2014). "Opinion: Conservative Anglicans have women priests in their sights". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ Zwartz, Barney. "The New Puritans: The Rise of Fundamentalism in the Anglican Church". Book Reviews. The Age. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
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