Title Many religions, all Australian : religious settlement, identity and cultural diversity / Editor: Gary D. Bouma ; contributors, John Baldock ... [and others]

Published Kew, Vic. : Christian Research Association, [1996] ©1996

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Description xv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents 1. An introduction to religious settlement in Australia / Gary D. Bouma -- 2. Australia's religious profile : continuity and change Some patterns in the settlement of religious communities in Australia / Trevor Batrouney -- Australia's religious profile / Philip Hughes -- 3. Religious settlement Religion and the migration process / Gary D. Bouma -- Buddhist temples and the settlement of Vietnamese migrants : a case study / Gary D. Bouma -- Religion and identity formation in a multicultural society / Gary D. Bouma -- Buddhism and identity formation among Vietnamese migrants : a case study / Gary D. Bouma -- Settling religions into a society / Gary D. Bouma -- Religion and cultural plurality in Australia / Gary D. Bouma -- 4. Issues in religious settlement Issues for religious groups in Australia / Philip Hughes -- Muslim women and religious identification : women and the veil / Fatheena Mubarak -- 5. Religious discrimination and law in Australia's emerging religious plurality Cults and the New Age in Australia / Rachael Kohn -- Living within the tensions of plurality : human rights law and policy / Juliet Sheen -- 6. Relations between settled and settling religious groups The challenge of religious diversity to all religious groups / John Baldock -- Responses to religious plurality in Australia / John Baldock -- 7. Conclusions and recommendations Summary "Quietly, with comparatively little drama, a large number of very different religious groups came and settled in australia, becoming part of the landscape, part of australian life and society. As these groups have settled in they have come to be accepted such that now Australian society can be described as having many religions, all Australianm. .... [from back cover] Analysis Australia - Religion - 19th century Australia - Religion - 20th century Case studies Community development Cultural identity Discrimination History Immigration Multiculturalism Religions Religious pluralism Religious pluralism - Australia Religious tolerance - Australia Notes Includes a bibliography Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-220) and index Audience Tertiary students Subject Religious pluralism -- Australia. Religious pluralism. Religious tolerance -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Religion -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007668 Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Religion -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006566 Author Bouma, Gary D. Christian Research Association. ISBN 1875223142 (paperback)

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