Glossary+of+Terms+-+R.E.

glossary of terms - **RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION AUSTRALIA**  ﻿ MULTICULTURALISM- the state of recognizing cultural diversity within one unified nation. DENOMINATIONS- variants or subgroups of a certain faith. SECULARIZATION- the the act of separation from a spirituality or religion. NEW AGE- promotes individual and non-materialistic spirituality rather than found a new religion. SECTARIAN- a narrow-minded adherent who places an emphasis on differences. DIVERSIFICATION- the act of creating and developing variants. ECUMENISM- the concept of uniting Christian denominations, through discussions between different Christian denominations to increase understanding and effect social change through cooperation. INTERFAITH DIALOGUE- the movement to greater cooperation between diverse religious traditions through the discussion of ideas and opinions. RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE- referring to the diversity of numbers of religions in one place. Australia is a country known for its vast religious landscape, with the countries ability to accept countless religions of a range of diversity. ADHERENCE- the act of showing devotion, forming an allegiance or supporting a cause or idea. RECONCILIATION- the act of showing sorrow or the reestablishing of relations. IMMIGRATION- the process of migrating from one nation to another with the intention of permanent residence. ANGLO-CATHOLIC- an adherent of the Church of England (Anglican) who sympathizes or emphasizes the ideals or beliefs of Catholicism. PENTECOSTAL- adherents to the Pentecostal denomination of Christianity, who bases their beliefs on the emphasis of the Holy Spirit. INSTITUTIONALIZATION- the process of making something, like a religion, become embedded within a social system or society as an established custom or tradition.

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Australia's ** __multiculturalism__ ** has been the basis of the nation's multi-faith standard, which has allowed for the widening of it's ** __religious landscape__ **. Post 1945 Australia saw the abolishment and adjustment of the countries laws on ** __immigration__ **, allowing countless people of the world's troubled nations, including Lebanon, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, to migrate and take permanent residence within it's borders. With these immigrants came numerous ** __adherents__ ** of a diverse range of religious faiths, which widened the nations religious landscape. Previous to the eventful year of 1945, Australia had one major denominating religious tradition, Christianity. Within Christianity were several ** __denominations__ ** including adherents like Catholics, Anglicans and Orthodox. Post 1945 saw the ** __diversification__ ** of new denominations, including the ** __Pentecostals__ **, who grew as at enormous rate, due to denominational switching. Australian history has seen the attempted ** __ecumenism__ ** of these denominations, with ** __Anglo-Catholics__ ** empathizing with each variants belief; however several ** __sectarians__ ** have gone against this aim, with their narrow-minded emphasis on the difference between each denomination. The ** __institutionalization__ ** of Christianity had set the religious tradition as the official religion of the nation, however the arrival of several ** __New Age__ ** religions and spiritualities saw this threatened. With the arrival of this New Age movement, there also came **__secularization__**, with more and more people abandoning religion and spirituality in general. This secularization has been the result of inner and outer faith conflicts, which could be due to a clash of ideas and beliefs or the idea's of sectarians. However, there has not only been a loss of faith within post 1945 Australia. Following the eventful year of 1945, adherents of all religious diversity have made attempts at **__interfaith dialogue__**, with religious leaders emphasizing the importance of communicating and cooperating with adherents of differing religious and spiritual faiths. This interfaith dialogue allowed for the similarities to be highlighted, such as each religious traditions belief and worship of a higher power, and concepts like **__reconciliation__**, which allowed for past conflicts and tensions to be settled, and a united and multi-faith Australia to be developed.


 * **interfaith dialogue** || **religious landscape** || **anglo-catholic** ||
 * **multiculturalism** || **immigration** || **adherents** ||
 * **pentecostals** || **new age** || **denominations** ||
 * **secularization** || **institutionalization** || **reconciliation** ||
 * **sectarians** || **ecumenism** || **diversification** ||