RELIGION AND BELIEF SYSTEMS IN AUSTRALIA POST-1945

Course Outcomes

Students learn about:
Students learn to:

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

 

 

 

 
  • 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

  • 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

 



  • 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