Australian Soul

Australian Soul

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  • Author: Gary Bouma
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9781139459389
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 258

Australian Soul challenges the idea that religious and spiritual life in Australia is in decline. This fascinating book describes the character of religious and spiritual life in Australia today, and argues that, far from petering out, religion and spirituality are thriving. Gary Bouma, the leading expert on the state of religious life in Australia, provides the most up-to-date facts and figures and compares the 'tone' of Australian religious practices with those of other countries. Australians might be less vocal and more reticent about their religion than Americans are, but their religious and spiritual beliefs are no less potent. Australian Soul describes and analyses our religious and spiritual life in detail as well as providing a series of case studies that illustrate the range of practices and beliefs in Australia today. Australian Soul predicts a vital future for religion and spirituality.


2012

2012

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  • Author: Joseph Gelfer
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1317544137
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 219

21 December 2012 was believed to mark the end of the thirteenth B'ak'tun cycle in the Long Count of the Mayan calendar. Many people believed this date to mark the end of the world or, at the very least, a shift to a new form of global consciousness. Examining how much of the phenomenon is based on the historical record and how much is contemporary fiction, the book explores the landscape of the modern apocalyptic imagination, the economics of the spiritual marketplace, the commodification of countercultural values, and the cult of celebrity.


Australian Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements

Australian Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements

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  • Publisher: BRILL
  • ISBN: 9004425799
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 320

In Australian Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements: Arguments from the Margins Rocha, Hutchinson and Openshaw argue that Australia has made and still makes important contributions to the ways in which Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianities have developed worldwide.


Global Citizenship Education in Australian Schools

Global Citizenship Education in Australian Schools

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  • Author: Andrew Peterson
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 303056603X
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 144

This book explores how Australian secondary schools prepare their students for global citizenship. Globalisation has irrevocably changed modern countries and societies, and the benefits and pressures this brings are being felt as never before. Drawing on empirical data from six Australian secondary schools, the author examines how school leaders and teachers understand global citizenship, how they translate this into their practice, and how students experience and make sense of global citizenship education. In doing so, the book portrays how school leaders, teachers and students grapple with key issues central to global citizenship education, including how they work to mediate some of the tensions involved. While the book concentrates on the Australian context, its findings and analysis have resonance for other countries in which global citizenship education operates as a core goal of education and schooling.


Australian Ballads and Rhymes

Australian Ballads and Rhymes

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  • Author: Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen
  • Publisher: London : W. Scott
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Australian poetry
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 348


Re-Enchanting Education and Spiritual Wellbeing

Re-Enchanting Education and Spiritual Wellbeing

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  • Author: Marian de Souza
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1351601679
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 201

Education is in a constant state of renewal internationally where it responds to a number of pressing social, political and cultural issues. Processes of globalization, a number of conflicts and acts of terror, economic and environmental crises have led to large waves of migration and asylum seekers arriving in countries with the hope of finding safer and more stable places to settle. This, in turn, has led to cultural and religious pluralism being a key characteristic of many societies with corresponding issues of belonging and identity. As well, for many people, there has been a shifting influence of and allegiance away from traditional religious frameworks with the emergence of new religious movements, both peaceful and violent, and a rise in popularity of spirituality and non-religious worldviews which provide alternate frameworks for living healthy and ethical lives. In order to prepare today’s student for tomorrow’s world, one which is confronted by a range of risks and crises and which is being shaped by rapidly changing technologies, educators and researchers are investigating new ways of equipping students to deal with these challenges and opportunities, including the nurturing of spiritual wellbeing. This book brings together the voices of many experienced educators to discuss ways to re-enchant education and re-enliven learning programs in response to these 21st century issues in an increasingly global and interconnected world. It examines a range of international contexts, including secular and religious educational settings, and provides an avenue for visionary voices that identify problems and offer solutions to help shape a more promising education system that will prepare children more constructively and beneficially to flourish in their future worlds.


Fighting Against War

Fighting Against War

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  • Author: Julie Kimber
  • Publisher: Leftbank Press/Australian Society for the Study of Labour History
  • ISBN: 0994238975
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 333

Throughout the twentieth century, labour movement activists have been in the forefront of challenges to war and militarism. With a particular emphasis on the First World War this book seeks to restore their role to our historical memory. Contributors include Karen Agutter, Anne Beggs-Sunter, Robert Bollard, Verity Burgmann, Liam Byrne, Lachlan Clohesy, Rhys Cooper, Carolyn Holbrook, Nick Irving, Chris McConville, Douglas Newton, Bobbie Oliver, Carolyn Rasmussen, Phil Roberts, and Kim Thoday.


Controversies in Contemporary Religion [3 volumes]

Controversies in Contemporary Religion [3 volumes]

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  • Author: Paul Hedges
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 680

Religious or spiritual beliefs underpin many controversies and conflicts in the contemporary world. Written by a range of scholarly contributors, this three-volume set provides contextual background information and detailed explanations of religious controversies across the globe. Controversies in Contemporary Religion: Education, Law, Politics, Society, and Spirituality is a three-volume set that addresses a wide variety of current religious issues, analyzing religion's role in the rise of fundamentalism, censorship, human rights, environmentalism and sustainability, sexuality, bioethics, and other questions of widespread interest. Providing in-depth context and analysis far beyond what's available in the news or online, this work will enable readers to understand the nature of and reasons for controversies in current headlines. The first volume covers theoretical and academic debates, the second looks at debates in the public square and ethical issues, while the third examines specific issues and case studies. These volumes bring detailed and careful debate of a range of controversies together in one place, including topics not often covered—for example, how religions promote or hinder social cohesion and peace, the relationship of religions to human rights, and the intersection of Buddhism and violence. Written by a range of experts that includes both established and emerging scholars, the text explains key debates in ways that are accessible and easy to understand for lay readers as well as undergraduate students researching particular issues or global religious trends.


The Critical Analysis of Religious Diversity

The Critical Analysis of Religious Diversity

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  • Author: Lene Kühle
  • Publisher: BRILL
  • ISBN: 900436711X
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 327

This book explores a selection of trans-contextual case studies within religious diversity scholarship to develop a series of theoretical and methodological considerations for scholars to utilize when they conduct their own studies of religious diversity.


100 Years

100 Years

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  • Author: Paul Kelly
  • Publisher: Allen & Unwin
  • ISBN: 1741153697
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 294

Based on the forthcoming 5-part television series 100 Years: The Australian Story, this is an exploration of who we are as a nation, where we have come from and where we are going, by one of Australia's most respected political and economic commentato.