2017
DOI: 10.1558/jasr.34826
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Australia’s Changing Religious Profile—Rising Nones and Pentecostals, Declining British Protestants in Superdiversity: Views from the 2016 Census

Abstract: The 2016 Australian Census reveals continued change in Australia’s religious diversity. While reviewing some of the highlights of this development–the continuing increase in the ‘no religion’ category, the first ever decline in Catholic numbers, and the rise of Hindus and Sikhs–several religious groups, which are not usually combined in the census, actually when grouped together represent most of the Pentecostal and charismatic churches and form the fourth largest religious group in Australia. These changes ar… Show more

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“…As a result, they have been exposed through the media to public debates pertaining to various diversities and contestations between them, such as in marriage equality debates and through the #Metoo movement. At the same time, both Australia and Canada provide very little education about religious, gender and sexuality diversity in state schools, and these are also 'hot' and controversial topics (Rasmussen 2006;Bouma and Halafoff 2017;Singleton et al 2019;Young and Shipley 2020). All three studies-Interaction, RGSY and AGZ-have examined these issues to some degree.…”
Section: Risks and Religious Complexitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As a result, they have been exposed through the media to public debates pertaining to various diversities and contestations between them, such as in marriage equality debates and through the #Metoo movement. At the same time, both Australia and Canada provide very little education about religious, gender and sexuality diversity in state schools, and these are also 'hot' and controversial topics (Rasmussen 2006;Bouma and Halafoff 2017;Singleton et al 2019;Young and Shipley 2020). All three studies-Interaction, RGSY and AGZ-have examined these issues to some degree.…”
Section: Risks and Religious Complexitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They have also accelerated change and fears exponentially, with some people celebrating these developments, and others strongly resisting them. This clash between cosmopolitans (who value diversity, advance equal rights for all, and recognize the interconnectedness of all life) and anti-cosmopolitans (who are threatened by diversity, and who have a tribal mentality of protecting their own rights, privileges and spaces over others) is evident throughout the world in a hardening of attitudes against migrants and refugees, and rising racism, sexism and attacks on LGBTIQ individuals and communities (Beck 2006;Bouma 2006;Halafoff 2013;Bouma and Halafoff 2017). Religious identity is one of the strongest markers of these in-groups and out-groups, with religious beliefs and exclusivity often providing underlying justifications for hatred and inferiority/superiority claims, which have absolutely no rational or scientific basis (Halafoff and Conley-Tyler 2005).…”
Section: Religion In Contemporary Societiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…With the global movement of people and ideas, societies have become increasingly diverse, including in terms of religious diversity (Bouma and Halafoff 2017). Australia is one of the most multicultural nations in the world, and migration patterns continue to increase ethnic and religious diversity.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%