Stephen Chavura

Stephen Chavura is a political theorist and intellectual historian. His research interests include the history of political thought, Australian intellectual history, philosophical issues relating to freedom of speech, and church and state. His book Tudor Protestant Political Thought (Leiden: Brill) was published in 2011, and his work has appeared in journals such as History of European Ideas, Journal of Religious History, and Australian Journal of Political Science. He is currently lecturing in history at Campion College, Sydney.

Opinion Politics

The Only Way to Separate Religion and Politics Is to Kill Civil Rights

“The only way to separate religion and politics in a country with millions of religionists, and many who wish to go into politics or political lobbying, is basically by removing the civil rights of religious people, and removing any possibility that they can have any influence in politics at all.”