At the completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. identify the major religions and religious traditions practised in Australia, including contemporary and traditional indigenous traditions;
2. discuss the ways in which settlement and migration have impacted on religious traditions imported into Australia;
3. identify places of religious significance and their meaning for groups of Australians;
4. assess the significance of religion in Australian cultural life;
5. analyse the rise of civic religion in relation to traditions such as ANZAC Day, Australia Day, and other public commemorations.

This course will be divided into a number of modules drawn from:
1. Aboriginal religious traditions;
2. Missions and missionary influence in Aboriginal society;
3. Sectarianism in Australia;
4. Protestantism;
5. Catholicism;
6. Evangelicalism;
7. Judaism, Islam and Hinduism in Australia;
8. New Age traditions'
9. ANZAC Day and Civic Religion;
10. Towards Australian spirituality.

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Previous undergraduate degree, preferably in a humanities field as well as basic computing familiarity to enable access to web-based materials, and email.

Distance Learning : Paper Based

Email Discussion Group
Self Directed Learning
Student Projects

Self Directed Learning: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term