CAS (Core)
Kinship
What term refers to the system of relationships and responsibilities among Aboriginal Australians, including obligations to family and country?
Hinduism
Which religious group experienced the largest numerical growth due to recent migration to Australia between 2016 and 2021?
Saved by faith alone, rather than good works (cf. Romans 1:17)
What is justification by faith?
Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice
What ritual commemorates Abraham's to sacrifice of his son in obedience to God and is observed by slaughtering an animal?
Totem
What is the term for the belief that each person has a spiritual connection to a particular animal or plant that is considered their ancestor or guardian?
This age group is most likely to switch denominations in Australia.
What are young adults (18–35) likely to do?
38.9%
What percentage of Australians identified as having no religion in 2021, reflecting the rise in secularization?
Christians Supporting Choice for VAD
What is an example of an alternative perspective for VAD?
Unlawful sexual intercourse (fornication) in Islam.
What is zina?
The TWO titles given to Al Ghazali
Proof of Islam and Reviver of the Faith
Bringing Them Home Report
Which 1997 report, commissioned by the Australian government, investigated the impact of the Stolen Generations and led to national apologies?
Millennials and Gen Z
Which 2 generations are most likely to report no religious affiliation in Australia?
This theological term describes the transformation of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ.
What is transubstantiation?
Al Nawawi: "Were the books of Islam all to be lost, excepting only [this one]', it would suffice to replace them all."
What does Al Nawawi say about the Ihya (The Revival of the Religious Sciences)
What is the difference between transubstantiation and consubstantiation?
Transubstantiation is the belief the for Catholics and the Orthodox that the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Christ.
Consubstantiation is the belief for some Protestants that the bread and wine are symbolic/represent the body and blood of Christ.
Separation from land
Separation from Kinship groups
Stolen Generation
Identify 3 implications of dispossession.
33.8%
What proportion of recent migrants (arriving between 2016 and 2021) identified with a non-Christian religion in Australia?
Challenged the traditional roles of clergy by asserting that all Christians have access to God and can interpret Scripture.
What is the 'priesthood of all believers'?
"...he or she will come out as the day he or she was born – pure and free from sins."
An Australian government initiative aimed at addressing historical injustices and improving relations between Indigenous Australians and the wider community.
What is a 'Reconciliation Action Plan'?
1996 High Court decision extended the recognition of native title rights to coexist with pastoral leases.
What is the Wik case?
Declined from 52.1% in 2016 to 43.9% in 2021, a drop of 8.2%.
By what percentage did the proportion of Australians identifying as Christian decline between the 2016 and 2021 Censuses?
"A Christian is a free lord of all, subject to none; a Christian is a dutiful servant of all, subject to all."
What does Luther say in 'On Christian Liberty'?
A prayer performed during Hajj.
What is the talbiyah?
This year marks the official formation of the Uniting Church in Australia.
What is 1977?