Anglican Adherence From 1947 to 2011

I argue that the ideologies behind The Assimilation Policy were evident since the first white settlers had arrived in 1788. Since first contact, Aboriginal people’s values, customs, beliefs and traditional way of life began to erode. From the 1850s onwards, Aboriginal people were forced onto reserves, and then into towns and cities in the mid 20th century . Many people feared that the ‘Australian’ culture was being affected by immigrants. Since the early 1900s, there had been a ‘White Australia’ policy and assimilation was expected upon arrival. However, Aboriginal people did not immigrate, so their policy, dictated by the Australian States and Commonwealth Government was known as The Policy of Assimilation. Assimilation policies were supported by racist assumptions and represented by settler nationalist imperatives . In the 1950s, assimilation policies for Aboriginal people were supported by the

Immigration has had the most dramatic effect on the current religious landscape of Australia, leading to an increase in some groups and the decline of others. The origins of the decline of the first doctrines that came to Australia can be traced back to the to the relaxation of the White Australia Policy. This in turn led to an increased population of Immigrants in Australia from countries other than Britain, Italy, Ireland and European countries in general.

Since World War 2 and the Vietnam War, Australia has become a multicultural country. Before the Vietnam War, though, the Australian government tried their best to keep Australia ‘white’. After the fear of communism from Vietnam, the government thought it would be in the country’s best interest to try and build up the population in Australia, but only allowing ‘white’ Europeans and British people to come. What is included in this report, is to discover how and why the migrants from non-European countries manage to change the face of modern Australia.

According to source 2 Christianity remained the dominant religion in Australia, although non-Christian religions continued to grow at a much faster rate. Since 1996, Christianity grew from around 12.6 million to 12.7 million, but compared to the other religions and the total population this number fell from 71% to 64%. Within Christianity, Anglicans dropped from 22% of the population to 18.7%, and therefore resulted in a decrease growth of -4.7 within the time period of 10 years. “Over the same period of time non-Christian religions increased from around 0.6 million to 1.1 million people, and collectively accounted for 5.6% of the total population in 2006” (king, 2010, p.221).

Reports from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2003a, 2003b, as cited in Ashman & Elkins, 2009, p. 7) show 25% of the Australian population is currently made up of migrants from around 200 countries. This fact demonstrates Australia, on the whole, has a tolerant and inclusive society. A society can be identified as a collection of people who live together in a relatively ordered community (Ashman & Elkins, 2009, p. 7). It could be said, Australia has one of the most inclusive societies on the planet; however, this was not always the case.

The first Catholics to come along to Australia, were amongst the first convicts to step foot on the shores of Port Jackson in Sydney. These Catholics were Irish in origin, and brought Catholicism to Australia, although Anglican Ministers were trying to stop the spread of Catholicism in Great Britain and her colonies. Most of the Irish who came here came here because of the British persecution of Irish Nationalists.

Immigration has easily had the largest and most significant effect on Australia’s religious landscape and has managed to see Australia become a vast multi-cultural and religious community. Immigration has taken several years to make significant changes to the Australian religious landscape. After the early settlers arrived and began to set up churches and

Culture is always changing. Beliefs, behaviours and presentation, religion and language all form part of what is an individual’s or community’s culture. (Bowes, Grace, & Hodge, 2012, p.75 & 77). Due to its intrinsic nature, when people migrate to Australia, they bring their culture with them. As migrants come from all over the world, and not the one place, their

Sociologists argue that in Britain, there has been an overall steady decline in the importance of religion since the 19th century, which has led some sociologists to suggest there was a ‘golden age’ of religiosity. Many sociologists have proposed explanations for the secularisation thesis, for example Weber, Berger and Bruce. However Postmodernists criticise the secularisation theory as they believe that religion hasn’t declined it has just become modernised. Other theories, such as religious market theory and existential security theory, also go against the view that Britain is becoming a secular society as they believe religion takes form in

Eighteen options were offered as choices for this question, excluding the categories of atheist and agnostic. The responses to each category have not been captured in the survey results, owing to certain privacy concerns. However, the percentage of none as a choice was calculated from the annual survey results. Moreover, the sample for this question excluded the Californians after 1997.

Immigration, especially from Asia, was a contentious issue in Australia during the 1980s and 1990s. This was largely a direct result of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War, and a responsibility we had to help the large group of refugees that were a result of the war. The Blainey debate also impacted heavily on public perception on immigration, as Professor Geoffrey Blainey, began a critique of Australia’s immigration policy. This paper is going to focus on the Blainey debate and its impact on immigration, as well as the changes made to Australia’s immigration policy beginning in the 1970s, and the Vietnam War, which caused for the number of refugees and people immigrating to Australia, to increase.

Throughout history to present day, Australian culture has become the product of a distinct blend of established traditions and new influences. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the country’s original inhabitants, created the foundation for the land’s cultural traditions over 40,000 years ago. In addition, the rest of Australia’s people are migrants or descendants of migrants from various other countries who transported their own customs, beliefs, and value systems to the land. As a result, Australia’s culture has significantly broadened its social and cultural profile over the years, and still continues to evolve today.

I am not from UK. But I think it is quite natural that the CofE decreases, this is a very secular society, Cof E is an institution with links with the State and many buildings represent a past of influence that does not exist anymore. But I know a group in London that is very lively, they are from a diverse background, people are friendly and open to welcome new people, different ages, regularly they get together to read the Bible and pray, the vicar is a humble and active person etc. I think maybe things are accommodating, while there are people wanting to share spiritual life, there always be there will be a “Church”, without resentment about what was in the past or becoming a seclusive group but always open to all.

Methods: We use the nationally representative 1987 National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH). This data set contains information on 13,017 respondents, including information on their current and childhood religious affiliation and family structure. Our sample consists of the 11,372 respondents who reported that they were raised as either Catholics or as mainline Protestants (see Mueller 1971). Of this sample, 3,461 respondents were raised as Catholics and 7, 911 were raised as Protestants. Among Protestants, we further distinguish between liberal and moderate Protestants (n=4,129) and conservative Protestants (n=3,782). We exclude Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses because these two groups do not fit into the Protestant denomination structure as outlined by Mueller. For the analysis of switching versus staying, we use logistic regression. The dependent variable in this analysis is dichotomous, so logistic

The Pew Charitable Trust’s Project on Religion in America is a comprehensive study looking at each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, several major cities, and region religious divisions, practices, and political attitudes. Religious divisions have three major categories: Christian, Other, and Non-Affiliated. The Christian category, then splits into several subdivisions that includes: Evangelical Protestant, Mainline Protestant, Catholic, Mormon, Black Protestant, and other Christian traditions. The other category contains religious faiths such as Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and other deity based faiths. The Non-Affiliated category deals with those that identify as Atheist, Agnostic, and those that claim no religious connection. Beliefs and practices break down into particular attitudes of individuals interviewed attitudes towards Scripture, Heaven, Hell, and belief in God. Political attitudes look at individual’s interview and how they view certain issues such as abortion, wealth, homosexuality, and same-sex marriage. This data source is a wide ranging study of religion in the United States. The one drawback with this data is that this study was last done in 2014,