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ARCHBISHOP OF SYDNEY.<\/strong><\/p>\n Are we living in a Christian country? Certainly, Christianity is the largest religious group in Australia: Christianity influences our language, our culture, even our law… It underpins our social ideologies, and is the backbone of the largest school system after the state system. But I wonder…\u00a0 In this talk I will ask where the Church is situated in the mind of modern Australia, and whether ‘Christian’ is really an apt description for our\u00a0 culture.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”95″ img_size=”full”][vc_btn title=”MOST REVEREND ANTHONY FISHER OP : Response to THE GODLESS COUNTRY? Part II: Christian Australia” style=”outline” shape=”square” size=”lg” i_icon_fontawesome=”” add_icon=”true” link=”url:%23||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Archbishop Anthony Fisher completed his studies in Arts and Law at the University of Sydney and soon set off into the world of Corporate Law.<\/p>\n After practicing in a city firm\u00a0in Sydney, the future Archbishop Fisher joined the Dominicans. He studied for the priesthood in Melbourne before further studies took him to Oxford where he received his Doctorate in Bioethics.<\/p>\n In his almost 15 years as a Bishop, his episcopal ministry has seen him serve first as Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, including as the coordinator of World Youth Day 2008; Bishop of Parramatta and now as the ninth Archbishop of Sydney.<\/p>\n \u200bArchbishop Fisher is a prolific writer and through his\u00a0letters, lectures, preaching and diocesan projects has addressed a range of questions and matters from the existence of God through to the contemporary challenges for life, marriage and family.<\/p>\n