Religion and Belief Systems in Australia post 1945 (1 Viewer)

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Religion and Belief Systems in Australia post-1945

16 indicative hours

The focus of this study is religious expression in Australia’s multicultural and multifaith society since 1945. The study includes an appreciation of Aboriginal spiritualities and their contribution to an understanding of religious beliefs and religious expression in Australia today.​

Outcomes

A student:

H1 explains aspects of religion and belief systems
H2 describes and analyses the influence of religion and belief systems on individuals and society
H3 examines the influence and expression of religion and belief systems in Australia
H4 describes and analyses how aspects of religious traditions are expressed by their adherents
H5 evaluates the influence of religious traditions in the life of adherents
H6 organises, analyses and synthesises relevant information about religion from a variety of sources, considering usefulness, validity and bias
H8 applies appropriate terminology and concepts related to religion and belief systems
H9 coherently and effectively communicates complex information, ideas and issues using appropriate written, oral and graphic forms.



Content


Students learn about:

Contemporary Aboriginal Spiritualities

• Aboriginal spirituality as determined by the Dreaming

• issues for Aboriginal spiritualities in relation to:

– the effect of dispossession​

– the Land Rights movement​

Religious expression in Australia – 1945 to the present

• the religious landscape from 1945 to the present in relation to:

– changing patterns of religious adherence​

– the current religious landscape​

• religious dialogue in multi-faith Australia

– ecumenical movements within Christianity​

– Interfaith dialogue​

– The relationship between Aboriginal spiritualities and religious traditions in the process of Reconciliation​

Students learn to:
• discuss how Aboriginal spirituality is determined by the Dreaming

– kinship​

– ceremonial life​

– obligations to the land and people​

• discuss the continuing effect of dispossession on Aboriginal spiritualities in relation to:

– separation from the land​

– separation from kinship groups​

– the Stolen Generations​

• outline the importance of the following for the Land Rights movement:

– Native Title​

– Mabo​

– Wik​

• analyse the importance of the Dreaming for the Land Rights movement

Religious expression in Australia – 1945 to the present
• outline changing patterns of religious adherence from 1945 to the present using census data

• account for the present religious landscape in Australia in relation to:

– Christianity as the major religious tradition​

– immigration​

– denominational switching​

– rise of New Age religions​

– secularism​

• describe the impact of Christian ecumenical movements in Australia

– The National Council of Churches​

– NSW Ecumenical Council​

• evaluate the importance of interfaith dialogue in multifaith Australia

• examine the relationship between Aboriginal spiritualities and religious traditions in the process of Reconciliation