How has Anglican adherence changed from 1947 to 2011?
Anglican adherence has seen a dramatic decrease from 39% in 1947 to 17.1% in 2011.
Which Christian denomination had the highest percentage of adherents in 2011?
In the 2011 Religious Affiliation in Australia census data, ‘Catholic’ recorded the highest percentage of adherents, at 25.3%.
The 1971 Census included the option of describing yourself as having ‘no religion’ if this applied to you. Why and how has this category changed since 1947?
Between 1947 and 1971, even if you did not practice your religion it was still expected that you would identify yourself as being a part of your/ your family’s religion. In 1947 the ‘no religion’ category made up only 0.3% of religious affiliation in Australia. A change in social values and attitudes has since seen a dramatic increase in people identifying as belonging to ‘no religion’ with the category reaching 6.7% in 1971, “The specific instruction 'if no religion, write none' included in the 1971 Census saw an increase in this response from 0.8% in the previous Census to 6.7%.”(Australian Social Trends, 2013). The chart below is a visual representation of the growth in the ‘no religion’ category.(sourced from Australian Social Trends, 2013).
Account for the rise of the Uniting Church.
The Uniting church was formed in 1977, when majority of Presbyterian, Congregation, and Methodist adherents united. It accounted for 4.9% of religious affiliation in the 1981 census.
Which non-Christian religion had the highest percentage of adherents in 2011?
In the 2011 census, Buddhism recorded the highest percentage for a non-Christian religion at 2.5%.
Outline the changing patterns of religious adherence from 1947 to 2011. In your ...
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In the journal of Environmentalism as Religion, Paul H. Rubin discuss about how environmental is similar to religion. Rubin want everyone to know that the environment and religion are somehow similar in a way, which they both have belief system, creation stories and original sin.
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Q1. Outline the changing patterns of religious adherence in Australia from 1945 to the present.
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