Nationality Australian Occupation Journalist, author | Name Muriel Porter Role Journalist | |
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Full Name Muriel Lylie Carter Born 5 May 1948 (age 75) ( 1948-05-05 ) Sydney, New South Wales Known for Critique of the Anglican Church of Australia Alma mater University of New England, Australian National University, Australian Catholic University, University of Melbourne Books Sydney Anglicans and the T, The New Puritans, Women in Purple: Women B, Sex - Power and the Clergy, Land of the Spirit?: The Australia | ||
Mureil Porter Talks About Persecution of Marriage Equality Proponents in Sydney Diocese
Muriel Lylie Porter OAM (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. Porter is a representative of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne on the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia.
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- Mureil Porter Talks About Persecution of Marriage Equality Proponents in Sydney Diocese
- Background and career
- Theological views
- Published works
- References
She is critical of megachurches and is an advocate of the ordination of women, homosexual unions and allowing non-celibate homosexual people to become clergy. 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, a book which is a critique of evangelicals in the Anglican Church.
Background and career
Muriel Porter was born in Sydney, New South Wales, to Richard John Carter and Thelma Edith Richards. She was educated at Riverside Girls High School in Gladesville, the University of New England, the Australian National University, the Australian Catholic University and the University of Melbourne.
Porter began a career in journalism as a cadet at the Sydney Morning Herald and then worked for a number of different newspapers including the Cambridge Evening News.
Porter was a member of staff at RMIT University in the journalism program and holds an honorary position at the University of Melbourne, lecturing on Historical and Philosophical Studies.
In 2002 Porter was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the community as an advocate for women's and social justice issues, and to the Anglican Church of Australia.
Theological views
Porter's theological view points are liberal. Liturgically she is in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. She has been very active in campaigning for women's ordination in the Diocese of Melbourne and in the Anglican Church in Australia where she serves on the church's general synod.