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HSC Course: Foundation Study 2
The focus of this study is the expression of religion in Australia from 1901 to the present.
Students learn about:
the primary influence of Christianity in Australian society within the period 1901 to the present:
– the influence of Christianity on at least TWO of the following areas in Australian society:
- education
- laws and the constitution
- medical care
- public morality
- social welfare
– the interrelationship between the Australian physical and cultural environment and the development of Christianity in Australia
responses by some religious traditions to social change and initiatives in community development from 1901 to the present:
– ministry in rural and outback Australia
– the role of religious traditions in the labour movement, conscription, wars and the Great Depression
– the role and responses of religious traditions in/to at least THREE (note the at least) of the following issues/political debates:
- abortion
- divorce
- euthanasia
- gambling
- indigenous rights
- poverty
- sexuality
- the role of women in family, church, workplace and society
- unemployment
the development of religious plurality and distribution/profile of religious adherence today:
– immigration after World War II
– the ending of the White Australia Policy
– the formation of the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977
– New Age religions
– religious conversion and denominational switching
– Pentecostalism and the charismatic movement
recognition of common elements in religious expression and world views in Australia today:
– religious harmony and inter-faith dialogue
– ecumenical developments within Christianity, eg the World Council of Churches, National Council of Churches in Australia, the Sydney College of Divinity, the Australian College of Theology
– joint inter-faith and ecumenical initiatives, eg in times of crisis or tragedy.
Students learn to:
demonstrate the influence of religion in Australian society in the period from 1901 to the present
account for increasing diversity in religious adherence in the period from 1901 to the present
examine common elements within and between religious world views in Australia today.
The focus of this study is the expression of religion in Australia from 1901 to the present.
Students learn about:
the primary influence of Christianity in Australian society within the period 1901 to the present:
– the influence of Christianity on at least TWO of the following areas in Australian society:
- education
- laws and the constitution
- medical care
- public morality
- social welfare
– the interrelationship between the Australian physical and cultural environment and the development of Christianity in Australia
responses by some religious traditions to social change and initiatives in community development from 1901 to the present:
– ministry in rural and outback Australia
– the role of religious traditions in the labour movement, conscription, wars and the Great Depression
– the role and responses of religious traditions in/to at least THREE (note the at least) of the following issues/political debates:
- abortion
- divorce
- euthanasia
- gambling
- indigenous rights
- poverty
- sexuality
- the role of women in family, church, workplace and society
- unemployment
the development of religious plurality and distribution/profile of religious adherence today:
– immigration after World War II
– the ending of the White Australia Policy
– the formation of the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977
– New Age religions
– religious conversion and denominational switching
– Pentecostalism and the charismatic movement
recognition of common elements in religious expression and world views in Australia today:
– religious harmony and inter-faith dialogue
– ecumenical developments within Christianity, eg the World Council of Churches, National Council of Churches in Australia, the Sydney College of Divinity, the Australian College of Theology
– joint inter-faith and ecumenical initiatives, eg in times of crisis or tragedy.
Students learn to:
demonstrate the influence of religion in Australian society in the period from 1901 to the present
account for increasing diversity in religious adherence in the period from 1901 to the present
examine common elements within and between religious world views in Australia today.