| Description |
xviii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Australian experience |
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Australian experience.
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| Contents |
1. Christian foundations, 1788-1850 -- 2. The European discovery of Aboriginal religions -- 3. The mission age, 1788-1910 -- 4. Believing in Australia, 1851-1900 -- 5. Women and the feminisation of religious culture, 1900-1945 -- 6. Religion, ethnicity and post-war migration -- 7. Sects and secularisation in the New Age, 1960-1995 -- App. Tables of religious affiliations for censuses of population and housing, 1901-91 |
| Summary |
Australians have been slow to appreciate the rich variety of their religious inheritance. Believing in Australia is a much-needed cultural history of Australia's many religions which goes well beyond existing studies of denominationalism. Hilary Carey traces the changes in religious practice brought by waves of migration, including European occupation and the post-war growth of Orthodox Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist communities. She also examines the slow European discovery of Aboriginal religions, the vital importance of religion for women and the recent growth of Christian fundamentalism and New Age sects |
| Analysis |
Australia - Religion |
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Comparisons |
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Cultural identity |
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History |
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Religion |
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Religion and culture - Australia - History |
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Women |
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Women and religion - Australia |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 245-261 |
| Notes |
Text in Turkish |
| Subject |
Religion and culture -- Australia -- History.
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Religion and culture -- Australia.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Religion http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007663 -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007663
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| LC no. |
96185008 |
| ISBN |
1863739505 |
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