Australia Religion Analysis

Overview of Religion

Religion plays a major role in Australia’s history. Religion has been in Australia ever since the Indigenous people existed and continues to be growing in variety with immigrants bringing and practicing their own religions such as Christianity Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism. These religions are central to Australia’s identity and history and have helped Australia into a pluralistic nation.

Although religion is a word used often, defining it is a hard task. Some definitions are too broad and do not really make sense or others are too narrow which only define one or two religions. The Australian Bureau of Statistics states that, ‘A religion is regarded as a set of beliefs and practices, usually involving acknowledgment of
As seen through Adelaide known as the ‘City of churches’. Although Australia has expanded on the variety of religions practiced, not everyone is associated with a religion. In fact it has dropped significantly to only 61.1% of Australians associating with Christianity compared to the 96.1% in 1901. Anglicans have also dropped from 39.7% to 17.1% due to the increase of other religions such as Hinduism, Jewishism, Scientology and Atheism which are increasing due to our acceptance of other religions in Australia, the postmodern and skeptical mindset. The introduction to these religions are still present as well as being widely accepted in Australia as some believe that religions are often associated with good behaviour and intentions. There was an increase of people with no religion which rose from 0.4% to 22.3%, on a recent study, non religious people state they they are non religious due to the disbelief in miracles, lack of evidence and others say that it is common sense of simply don’t believe in God. People of our society are more interested in a spiritual life than a religious one as there is no commitment to
Australia does not have a law for any sort of religion therefore increasing our variety of religions and beliefs, this freedom lets immigrants be themselves and start a happy new life in Australia. The true definition of religion though is still hard to find because of its complexity, definitions are either too broad or narrow to properly define it this doesn’t stop people from trying to find it. The indigenous people in Australia were the first ones in Australia to establish a religious and spiritual belief which was soon overtaken by European settlement. Altogether Australia has united as one and impacted lives of everyone, every race, spirituality and religion to the state that peace is so close that it is in a hands reach. ‘Imagine all people living life in