POST 1945 - AUSTRALIA'S RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE

Question 1

What indicates that Christianity is the major religious tradition?

Answer 1

The Australian Christian Calender

Question 2

When did Christianity begin to decline?

Answer 2

1976

Question 3

When did Secularism begin and what does it mean?

Answer 3

began in 1971 and underpins the idea that religion and government should be seperate

Question 4

What did Secularism introduce?

Answer 4

introduced the no-religion option which caused the decline of Christianity

Question 5

What did the no-religion option lead to?

Answer 5

led to the rise of new age religions, and introduced practices involving meditation, crystals and astrology

Question 6

What is has denominational switching led to?

Answer 6

led to the decline of adherents in Pentecostalism

Question 7

When did Buddhism begin to increase in Australia?

Answer 7

1945

Question 8

Why did Buddhism and Islam begin to grow?

Answer 8

due to the removal of the White Australian Policy in 1973 which resulted in the passing of immigration

Question 9

Christianity 1976, 2001 and 2021 percentages?

Answer 9

79%, 68% and 44%

Question 10

Islam/Buddhism 1976, 2001, and 2021 percentages?

Answer 10

Islam (0.3%), Buddhism (0.2%)
Islam (1.5%), Buddhism (1.9%)
Islam (3.2%), Buddhism (2.4%)

Question 11

What is the BIG IDEA?

Answer 11

change seen through ongoing patterns of religious adherence