The New Puritans: The Rise of Fundamentalism in the Anglican Church

The local and international effects of the ideological agenda of the diocese of Sydney—the largest, richest, and most influential diocese in the Anglican Church of Australia—are explored in this commentary. Over the past few decades, Anglicans in Sydney have increasingly modeled themselves on the sixteenth-century English Puritans, altering church services to strictly oppose the equality of women in the Church and preventing the Church's blessing of same-sex partnerships and the ordination of gay people.With this increasing religious fundamentalism, it is theorized that a schism within the Church of England may occur.