Abstract
In 1985 Methodist minister and historian Arnold D. Hunt looked back at South Australian Methodism in the 1960s and rightly identified a church situated at a theological crossroads. The Methodist Church in 1960, like other denominations in Australia and overseas, in particular the Roman Catholic Church as a result of the Second Vatican Council, was about to hit turbulent waters. Challenges to the locus of authority, questions over theological and social relevance, and new demands on the collective conscience buffeted all churches. Although the Methodist Church had a strongly conservative core, a long history of social engagement meant that it was perhaps better placed than most churches to manage change and ride out the social, political and theological storms. Battered by the 'intellectualism, humanism and individualism' of the 1960s that ultimately challenged the authority of Christianity itself, Methodism chose a way forward in the idealism of ecumenism.
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