This document discusses key concepts related to religion and culture in society, including: - Pluralism is the acceptance or acknowledgment of different religions existing together in a society. - Multiculturalism refers to the idea that different cultures can coexist peacefully within a single country. - Aboriginal groups in Australia lived together peacefully for thousands of years despite their differences.

2. Pluralism is
(Ryan and Goldberg, 2004, p. 143).

3. Diversity
A range of different things (in this case, religions)
Pluralism
Acceptance or acknowledgment of different religions
Culture the behaviours and beliefs or characteristic of a particular social, ethnic or
religious group
Multiculturalism The idea that several different cultures (rather than one national culture)
can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country
Religious State
Religion controls the government
Active State Religions
State supports religion while maintaining a level of independence
Nation State
Independent state inhabited mainly by people sharing common culture
Nationalism Refers to sense of ideology, form of culture, or social movement focussed
on the nation
Fundamentalism A belief in, and strict adherence to, a set of religious principles; often a
reaction to perceived compromises with modern social and political life
Secularisation The process by which a society moves from close identification with
religious institutions to a more separated relationship.

4. 30
Australian Religious Affiliations 1996/2001
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What observations/conclusions
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can we draw from this graph?
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1996 %
2001 %
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5. Discuss:
In relation to Australia:
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Anglican
Baptist
Catholic
Churches of Christ
Jehovah's Witness
Lutheran
Orthodox
Pentecostal
Presbyterian and…
Salvation Army
Uniting Church
Other Christian
Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
Other Religion
No religion
not stated
2001 %
1996 %

7. Aboriginal groups lived together for
thousands of years despite their differences.