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Depth Study: Belief Systems and Ideologies
Quick questions on Continuity and change in belief systems and ideologies in the HSC Society and Culture options
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What is secularisation?Show answer
A major contemporary change is secularisation: the declining influence of religion over public life and individual belief. In Australia this is visible in the census, with a rising share reporting no religion and falling regular attendance at worship. Secularisation does not always mean the disappearance of belief; it can mean a shift toward private, individual or non-institutional spirituality, and the rise of secular belief systems and ideologies in religion's former public role. Analysing secularisation is central to understanding change in Australian belief.
What are vague forces?Show answer
Name the specific drivers, such as migration, science, generational change and the law, and tie each to a real effect.
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