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View article: Freedom of religion and belief in 21st century Australia: A research report prepared for the Australian Human Rights Commission
Freedom of religion and belief in 21st century Australia: A research report prepared for the Australian Human Rights Commission Open
In July 2006 the Ministerial Council on Immigration and Multicultural Affairs endorsed the National Action Plan to Build Social Cohesion, Harmony and Security (NAP). Under the NAP, the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) was funded t…
View article: Whiteness, Religious Diversity and Relational Belonging
Whiteness, Religious Diversity and Relational Belonging Open
OPEN ACCESS CC BY-NC-ND-PAID African communities in Australia reflect the rich cultural and religious diversity of the African continent. Despite their persistence and agency, many members from these communities continue to experience a ‘f…
View article: Worldviews Complexity in COVID-19 Times: Australian Media Representations of Religion, Spirituality and Non-Religion in 2020
Worldviews Complexity in COVID-19 Times: Australian Media Representations of Religion, Spirituality and Non-Religion in 2020 Open
In 2020, as infections of COVID-19 began to rise, Australia, alongside many other nations, closed its international borders and implemented lockdown measures across the country. The city of Melbourne was hardest hit during the pandemic and…
View article: Implications of Lived and Packaged Religions for Intercultural Dialogue to Reduce Conflict and Terror
Implications of Lived and Packaged Religions for Intercultural Dialogue to Reduce Conflict and Terror Open
The use of intercultural dialogue (ICD) to promote intergroup understanding and respect is considered as a key to reduce tensions and the likelihood of conflict. This paper argues that understanding the differences among religions – those …
View article: Methodological challenges of designing a survey to capture young people’s (non-binary) affiliations in relationship to religion, sexuality and gender
Methodological challenges of designing a survey to capture young people’s (non-binary) affiliations in relationship to religion, sexuality and gender Open
Large-scale population studies surveying young people in relation to their
\nworldviews have tended to frame their identities in a fixed and limited
\ncapacity while also treating the topics of religion/spirituality and sexuality/
\ngender…
View article: Complex, Critical and Caring: Young People’s Diverse Religious, Spiritual and Non-Religious Worldviews in Australia and Canada
Complex, Critical and Caring: Young People’s Diverse Religious, Spiritual and Non-Religious Worldviews in Australia and Canada Open
Recent scholarly and media perspectives on religion and youth have often depicted young people as being apathetic when it comes to religion. The methods used in research on religion are also typically informed by outdated, fixed idea of re…
View article: Diverse worldviews education and social inclusion: a comparison between Finnish and Australian approaches to build intercultural and interreligious understanding
Diverse worldviews education and social inclusion: a comparison between Finnish and Australian approaches to build intercultural and interreligious understanding Open
Ongoing global issues relating to the decline of the popularity of institutional religions, the rise of numbers of non-religious persons, and new models of spirituality in superdiverse societies have resulted in the need to reconceptualise…
View article: Religious Diversity in Australia: Rethinking Social Cohesion
Religious Diversity in Australia: Rethinking Social Cohesion Open
This paper argues for a reconsideration of social cohesion as an analytical concept and a policy goal in response to increasing levels of religious diversity in contemporary Australia. In recent decades, Australian has seen a revitalizatio…
View article: Religious literacy of Australia’s Gen Z teens: diversity and social inclusion
Religious literacy of Australia’s Gen Z teens: diversity and social inclusion Open
Australia is a culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse country,
\nhowever, learning about the religious dimensions of this superdiversity
\nis inadequately reflected in the national school curriculum, notwithstanding recent atte…
View article: Social Cohesion in Australia: Comparing Church and Community
Social Cohesion in Australia: Comparing Church and Community Open
In a context of increasing ethnic and religious diversity, Australia’s future prosperity may depend, in part, on the ability to maintain social cohesion. Drawing on the framework developed by the Scanlon Foundation Social Cohesion Research…
View article: Implications of Lived and Packaged Religions for Intercultural Dialogue to Reduce Conflict and Terror
Implications of Lived and Packaged Religions for Intercultural Dialogue to Reduce Conflict and Terror Open
The use of intercultural dialogue (ICD) to promote intergroup understanding and respect is considered as a key to reduce tensions and the likelihood of conflict. This paper argues that understanding the differences among religions – those …
View article: Australia’s Changing Religious Profile—Rising Nones and Pentecostals, Declining British Protestants in Superdiversity: Views from the 2016 Census
Australia’s Changing Religious Profile—Rising Nones and Pentecostals, Declining British Protestants in Superdiversity: Views from the 2016 Census Open
The 2016 Australian Census reveals continued change in Australia’s religious diversity. While reviewing some of the highlights of this development–the continuing increase in the ‘no religion’ category, the first ever decline in Catholic nu…
View article: Religious residential concentrations in Australia
Religious residential concentrations in Australia Open
Data from the 1996 Census are examined at postcode level to determine whether there exist in Australia significant locations of religious residential concentration. No postcode was discovered to have more than sixty per cent of any religio…
View article: Increasing diversity in religious identification in Australia: comparing 1947, 1991 and 1996 census reports
Increasing diversity in religious identification in Australia: comparing 1947, 1991 and 1996 census reports Open
A comparison of the 1996 census data on religion with that of 1991 reveals a number of trends: the proportion of Australians reporting that they have ‘no religion’ continues to grow; mainstream Christianity, apart from the Catholics, conti…
View article: Patterns of religious residential concentration in Victoria: changes 1996-2001
Patterns of religious residential concentration in Victoria: changes 1996-2001 Open
Drawing on data from Australia’s 1996 and 2001 Census of Population and Housing, this paper enumerates and examines the distribution of Victoria’s population according to people’s religious identification. The number of both Christians and…
View article: Religion and age in Australia
Religion and age in Australia Open
The age profiles of religious groups in Australia are changing at different rates. Most mainstream Christian denominations have a higher proportion of adherents aged 60 or more than does the population as a whole. In most cases the age pro…
View article: Religious identification in Australia: 1981 to 1991
Religious identification in Australia: 1981 to 1991 Open
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View article: Globalization and recent changes in the demography of Australian religious groups: 1947 to 2001
Globalization and recent changes in the demography of Australian religious groups: 1947 to 2001 Open
Globalization along with the events of September 11 2001 and the bombings in Bali have focussed attention on religion. In a context where knowing the demography of religious groups has become critical, Australia’s five yearly censuses incl…
View article: Religious Diversity and the Challenge of Social Inclusion
Religious Diversity and the Challenge of Social Inclusion Open
As societies have become religiously diverse in ways and extents not familiar in the recent histories of most, the issues of how to include this diversity and how to manage it, that is, questions about how to be a religiously diverse socie…