2022
DOI: 10.26034/lu.jgb.2022.1995
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Buddhism in the Far North of Australia pre-WWII: (In)visibility, Post-colonialism and Materiality

Abstract: Buddhism was first established in Australia through flows of migrants in the mid-nineteenth century, and is currently Australia’s fourth-largest religion. Yet Buddhists have received significantly less scholarly attention than Christians, Jews and Muslims in Australia. Previous research conducted on Buddhism in Australia has also largely centered on the southern states, and on white Buddhists. This article shares findings of archival research on Buddhism in the far north of Australia, focused on Chinese, Japan… Show more

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“…Building upon Ghassan Hage's (1998) insights, we also argue that Australia remains largely stuck in the myth of a White, Christian nation, rather than recognising its triangulated spiritual, religious, and non-religious -as well as it First Nations, Asian, and European -worldview complexity and reality (Bouma et al, 2022;Halafoff et al, 2021Halafoff et al, , 2022aWeng et al, 2021). This is despite the ongoing presence and significance of First Nations spirituality and the fact that growing numbers of older and younger Australians identify as SBNR or as 'religious and spiritual', including those of multiple religious affiliations (Singleton et al, 2021).…”
Section: Spirituality In Australia: First Nations Religious and Holisticmentioning
confidence: 82%
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“…Building upon Ghassan Hage's (1998) insights, we also argue that Australia remains largely stuck in the myth of a White, Christian nation, rather than recognising its triangulated spiritual, religious, and non-religious -as well as it First Nations, Asian, and European -worldview complexity and reality (Bouma et al, 2022;Halafoff et al, 2021Halafoff et al, , 2022aWeng et al, 2021). This is despite the ongoing presence and significance of First Nations spirituality and the fact that growing numbers of older and younger Australians identify as SBNR or as 'religious and spiritual', including those of multiple religious affiliations (Singleton et al, 2021).…”
Section: Spirituality In Australia: First Nations Religious and Holisticmentioning
confidence: 82%
“…In addition, we have observed that spirituality's association with Asian cultures and religions also contributes to spirituality's marginalisation in this country as, although Asian religions have a long history in Australia, they are relatively 'invisible' (Halafoff et al, 2022a;Hsu, 2016;Nattier, 1995) and receive less serious media attention, for example, compared to the Abrahamic faiths of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam (Halafoff et al, 2021;Weng and Halafoff, 2020). Even Tacey (2000) and Bouma (2006) did not sufficiently acknowledge Asian culture's strong and earlier contribution to spirituality in Australia beyond more recent New Age influences.…”
Section: Spirituality In Australia: First Nations Religious and Holisticmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The loose affiliation of students and interested people were from a range of socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds and nationalities, but were predominantly white, a mixture of men and women, and were Canadian, Australian and/or New Zealand citizens. 2 Records of Buddhism in Australia date back as far as the 1840s, when migrants from China and Sri Lanka came to work in Australia during the Gold Rush (Halafoff, Fitzpatrick, and Lam 2012;Halafoff et al 2022).…”
Section: A Buddhist Centre In Australia's Southwestmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Whilst the relationship between Asian migrant and first generation Buddhists in Australia is outside the scope of this paper, significant work has been carried out on this topic. SeeHalafoff, Fitzpatrick, and Lam (2012),Halafoff, Garrod, and Gobey (2018),Halafoff et al (2022),Lam (2019),Phillips and Aarons (2005).JOURNAL OF GLOBAL BUDDHISM | Vol. 25 (1), 2024…”
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confidence: 99%