Terminology
Believes in the world beyond earth/ the universe, where spiritual matter surpasses human limits.
The belief in more than one God.
What is Polytheism?
Key persons and keepers of various knowledge within Aboriginal communities.
What are Elders?
Largest Christian Denomination
What is Catholism?
The % increase of 'Other religions' in the Census data from 1996 to 2021
What is 2.5%-10%?
The continued communication between people of different religious traditions.
What is Interfaith Dialogue?
The formal admission into a society, the ceremony of admission.
What is initiation?
The foundational belief system of Aboriginal Australians, of the worldview that explains creation and provides a blueprint for life
What is The Dreaming?
A Christian denomination that experiences most denominational switches entering.
What is Protestant?
91.9% of Hindu migrants
What % of Hindu migrants are from India or Nepal?
Movement towards unity within the Christian Church.
What is Ecumenism?
Land Belonging to no one.
What is terra nullius?
Loss of Aboriginal land, culture, and way of life.
What is Dispossession?
Declining Christian Denominations 2016-2021
Anglican, Catholicism, Salvation Army, Uniting Church, Presbyterians, Lutherans.
The main reason for the increase in Buddhists in Australia?
What is the Vietnam War (1955 - 1975)?
The principle of separation of the state from religious institutions.
What is secularism?
An object or particular landmark through which a person is linked to the Ancestral Beings responsible for his or her existence.
What is a Totem?
The High Court of Australia ruled to reject the doctrine of terra nullius, therefore invalidating the basis of British colonial land ownership in Australia.
What is the Mabo decision (1992)?
13.3%
What is the % Anglicans in Australia (2021)?
% Those affiliated with other religions who were either born overseas or have at least one parent born overseas.
What is 93.6% of Other religions?
a series of restrictive immigration laws enacted by the Australian Parliament, beginning with the Immigration Restriction Act 1901, that aimed to prevent non-white people from immigrating to Australia.
What is the White Australia Policy?
The ongoing process of strengthening relationships, respect, and trust between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the wider Australian community, aiming for a just and equitable nation for all.
What is reconciliation?
The significant extinguishment of some native title rights and changes that weakened the Right to Negotiate.
What is The Native Title Amendment Act?
Increasing Christian Denominations 2016-2021
Christianity nfd, Eastern Orthodox, Baptists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Brethren.
This religion is from Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, and Bangladesh, in the more recent migrations.
What countries brought Islam?