1. RELIGION & BELIEF SYSTEMS IN AUSTRALIA
POST (1 unit: 6 weeks; 2 unit 5 weeks)
1 Contemporary Aboriginal Spiritualities
1a discuss how Aboriginal Spirituality is determined by the dreaming:
Kinship
Ceremonial life
Obligations to the land and people

2. 2 Contemporary Aboriginal Spiritualities (cont’d)
2a discuss the continuing effect of dispossession on Aboriginal Spiritualities in relation to:
Separation from the land
Separation from kinship groups
The Stolen Generations
2b outline the importance of the following for the Land Rights Movement
Mabo
Native Title
Wik
2c analyse the importance of the Dreaming for the Land Rights Movement

3. 3 Religious expression in Australia – 1945 to the present
3a outline the changing patterns of religious adherence from
1945 to the present using census data
3b account for the present religious landscape in Australia in relation to:
Christianity as the major religious tradition
Immigration
Denominational switching
The rise of New Age religions
Secularism

4. 4 Religious dialogue in multi-faith Australia
4a describe the impact of Christian ecumenical movements in Australia:-
The National Council of Churches
The NSW Ecumenical Council
4b evaluate the importance of interfaith dialogue in multifaith Australia
4c examine the relationship between Aboriginal spiritualities and religious traditions in the process of Reconciliation