New Age Religions
This Rock Band visited the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India and Western people became more aware of Eastern mysticism and other religious traditions.
Who are the Beatles?
Someone who believes that God does not exist
What is an atheist?
One of three reasons why ecumenism has developed
1. Biblical (Bible encourages unity)
2. Pragmatic (Striving together towards a common goal)
3. Attractiveness (disunity looks bad)
Percentage (to the nearest 5) of people who indicated that they were Christians in the 2021 Census
What is 45% (43.9%)?
The acknowledgement by various groups in Australia of the great injustices done to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the dispossession that occurred in the past.
What is reconciliation?
A social theory favouring freedom of action for self over collective or state control.
What is individualism?
What is an agnostic?
In 2007, this religious leader visited Australia to host an interfaith dialogue symposium.
Who is the Dalai Lama?
The Year that Catholicism replaced Anglicanism as the largest denomination
What is 1981?
Name one aim of Reconciliation Australia
What is...
1. encourage and form stronger relationships for all Australians
2. to be a country that guarantees and equal life chance for all,
3. to be a country that recognises the contribution, place and culture of first Australians
4. To remove the gap in life expectancy
Name one influence on the growth of New Spiritualities
What is...
Someone who seeks to highlight the importance of rational human thought over belief in a higher power
What is a rational humanist?
One negative of Inter-Faith dialogue
Name a reason that a religion or denomination might grow
What is...
1. Immigration
2. Denominational Switching
3. The Rise of New Age Religions
4. Secularism
Name an example of Contextualisation of Christian Beliefs
Someone who seems naturally gifted and able to solve problems immediately, without the machinery of large institutions.
What is a Charismatic Leader?
The percentage (to the nearest 5) of people who identified with no religion on the 2016 Census.
What is 40% (38.9%)?
The three denominations that combined to create the Uniting Church
What are Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational?
Name a tool (other than the Census) which is used to gain research into Australia's beliefs
What is...
1. NCLS (National Church Life Survey)
2. CRA (Christian Research Association)
3. Cambridge Encyclopedia of Religion
The two key factors of reconciliation
What is...
1. Acknowledging mistakes and injustices
2. taking steps to correct the mistakes and injustices
The belief that all religions are the same path to God/reincarnation
What is universalism?
An outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters.
What is humanism?
Organisation began in 1948 to develop dialogue and cooperation between diverse Christian groups
What is the World Council of Churches?
A worldview or political principle that separates religion from other realms of human existence
What is secularism?
Teaching Biblical truths using Dreaming stories which are often sung or danced in traditional Aboriginal ceremonies.
What is Storytelling Theology?