CAS (Core)
What term refers to the system of relationships and responsibilities among Aboriginal Australians, including obligations to family and country?
Kinship
Which religious group experienced the largest numerical growth due to recent migration to Australia between 2016 and 2021?
Hinduism
What is justification by faith?
Faith alone, rather than good works, is sufficient for salvation (cf. Romans 1:17)
During Hajj, this ritual commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son in obedience to God and is observed by slaughtering an animal.
Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice
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?
Totem
What term describes the ongoing effects of historical policies on Aboriginal Australians, particularly those affected by the Stolen Generations?
Intergenerational trauma
What percentage of Australians identified as having no religion in 2021, reflecting the rise in secularization?
38.9%
Christians Supporting Choice for VAD
What is Ihsan?
Perfection in worship - the concept of performing acts of worship with excellence and sincerity, striving for the highest standard of spiritual and ethical conduct.
Name an example of an inter-faith dialogue event.
Which 1997 report, commissioned by the Australian government, investigated the impact of the Stolen Generations and led to national apologies?
Bringing Them Home Report
Which 2 generations are most likely to report no religious affiliation in Australia?
Millennials and Gen Z
Recite Acts 2:42
"They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer."
Al Nawawi: "Were the books of Islam all to be lost, excepting only [this one]', it would suffice to replace them all."
Which book is Al Nawawi referring to?
Ihya - 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.
Identify 3 implications of dispossession.
Separation from land
Separation from Kinship groups
Stolen Generation
What proportion of recent migrants (arriving between 2016 and 2021) identified with a non-Christian religion in Australia?
33.8
What is the 'priesthood of all believers'?
Luther's doctrine of the "priesthood of all believers" challenged the traditional roles of clergy by asserting that all Christians have access to God and can interpret Scripture.
Complete this Hadith: "Whoever performs Hajj to this house (the Ka’bah) and does not commit any obscenity and wrongdoing,...
he or she will come out as the day he or she was born – pure and free from sins."
What is the 'Reconciliation Action Plan'?
An Australian government initiative aimed at addressing historical injustices and improving relations between Indigenous Australians and the wider community.
What is the Wik case?
1996 High Court decision extended the recognition of native title rights to include the possibility of coexistence with pastoral leases.
By what percentage did the proportion of Australians identifying as Christian decline between the 2016 and 2021 Censuses?
The proportion declined from 52.1% in 2016 to 43.9% in 2021, a drop of 8.2%.
Recite Luther's key quote from 'On Christian Liberty'
"A Christian is a free lord of all, subject to none; a Christian is a dutiful servant of all, subject to all."
What is the talbiyah?
A prayer performed during Hajj.
“Here I am [at your service] O God, here I am. Here I am [at your service]. You have no partners (other gods), here I am. To You alone is all praise and all excellence, and to You is all sovereignty. There is no partner to You.”
What did Idn al Subki say and in relation to what tension for the Muslim world?
"He came at a time when people stood in dire need of replies against the philosophers than the darkest night stands in need of the light of the moon and stars." - referring to Al Ghazali's work dealing with the tension between philosophy and theology.