The Role of Religion in Contemporary Australian Society: An Analysis

This report delves into the profound influence of religion and spirituality on contemporary Australian society. It examines the diverse religious landscape, including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, and how these faiths shape the country's social and cultural framework. The report highlights the role of religion in fostering a sense of identity, belonging, and community, while also addressing the challenges of religious diversity and the potential for social unrest. It further analyzes the impact of religious beliefs on cultural practices, political conditions, and the development of legislation to protect religious minorities. The report also touches upon the role of religious organizations in promoting harmony and the growing trend of young Australians identifying as non-religious, concluding with an overview of religion's significant impact on the social fabric of Australia and its role in shaping the country's future.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Report..........................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Religion and spirituality influences the way of life the people lead in a country. It helps
the people to come together and generate a feeling of universal brotherhood and harmony. It
brings the people of various cultural background to come closer and have the feeling of oneness
(Calvin and Uyl, 2016). The religion and spirituality makes a person calm and happy. Besides
this, the religion and spirituality plays a very deep a significant role on society. This essay will
cover the effect of religion and spirituality on the contemporary Australian society.
Essay
The religion and spirituality is spreading all around the world in a significant and
effective way. It plays a very important role in the developing and development of society. Thus,
it plays a very wide role in the development of the development of the social conditions in
Australia. At present the Australian society is an amalgam of various religions and beliefs and
thus having a deep a significant role in the handling of the various social and cultural related
functions in the society. At present, the Australian society is deeply consists of various religions
like Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism etc with many other major and minor
belief groups like Zen and Shinto etc. this makes the social structure of Australian society quite
complex and difficult to handle. This also leads to the effective chances of leading to the rise in
differences and may cause a social unrest which is required to be handled effectively by the
various officials (Mbiti, 2015). Many people in the Australian society believes that the religion
and spirituality gives them a sense of identity and feeling of belonging. Besides this, the religion
has plays a very significant and crucial role in the effective management of the various
operations of the company in a country.
Other than this, the religious diversity has also affected the cultural framework of
contemporary Australian society leading to the better development of the various legislation
measures that helps the religious and spiritual minorities of the country to safe guard their rights
and beliefs and protect themselves from any sort of exploitation and discrimination. They lead to
the better handling of the various operations of the cultural practices and will have a deep
influence on the political conditions of Australia. The Australian politics and contemporary
cultural society will be crucially influenced by the beliefs and practices of various religion. Even
the government has to effectively look after the various social, economical and cultural measures
that helps in the effective handling of the various operations and meeting their requirements in a
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better way. This not only makes the people more content and effective but also helps them to
meet the needs and demands in a better way to maintain the well being of the people in the
Australian society. Other than this, various religious organisation and groups are also working in
order to maintain the harmony and avoid any sort of inter religious or inter belief conflicts in
Australia. Although Australia is notoriously known for its racial and religious discrimination and
thus, various effective measures are required to be taken into the consideration to meet the
requirements of people of various religious and cultural background. Other than this, the better
management of the various groups or people with different religious and spiritual beliefs are to
be maintained and thus are required to be adopted that will help in the better handling of the
differences on the social and cultural level (Jung, 2014). This will also help in the educational
conditions in the country and will lead to the rise in the students with various cultural, social,
religious and spiritual background to be the part of the various educational institutions as a
student in the Country. Also, various educational policies can be developed to support the
students of various religious beliefs.
In the Australian society, the Christianity is the major and most prevailing religion in the
country with many other religions and cultural beliefs, penetrating into the social culture of the
country. Thus, with the rise in the social and the cultural beliefs, more and more people are
diverting towards the spiritualism and following of the religion or cultural belief. This has
changed the religious and the cultural structure of the country on a wider extent. Besides this, it
had made the society of Australia more susceptible towards the social and cultural unrest in the
country. Although the better tolerance and respecting of ideas and beliefs and having deep
understanding towards each other helps in the better management of the various operations of the
company that helps in the effective handling of the various measures to improve the well being
in the society. The government has developed many acts and legislations, keeping in
consideration various religions and spiritual beliefs, prevailing in the society. Apart from this, the
better following of the various beliefs and religious practices helps in the effective development
of the faith and confidence among the followers, which act as the placebo effect to the people to
overcome their stress and depression and feel good while sustaining in a competitive society.
The philosophy related to religion and spirituality lay a very deep influence and impact on the
life of people and meet their requirements in an effective handling of the people that helps in
making a better social structure or framework (Huxley, 2016). The people or followers of various
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religions and spirituality will increase in the cultural diversity of the Australian continent and
will involve the people to get deeply influenced by the different religious practices. This will also
help in development of the better cultural and religious understanding among the native people
of Australia.
Besides this, the religious practices and spiritual beliefs help in adding a diversity factor
in the contemporary Australian society that helps in the better management of the various
operations and meeting of their requirements. But few researches also indicates that the young
and teen population of the Australia is moving away from the religion and spirituality. When
asked they replied of the 'No religion' or atheist group and thus consisting of the larger number of
people that are not practitioner of any sort of religious or spiritualism. Thus, the government and
various social groups also have to look after them for creating a better balance in the society and
avoiding of any sort of conflict or differences (Turner, 2016).
CONCLUSION
Thus, from the report it can be concluded that the religion and spiritualism plays a very
important role in the social framework of Australia and have a deep impact on the effective
handling of the various measures, leading to the better management of different operations of
country. The effect of different religions and its influence on various segments of society along
with the different operations and legislative measures to safeguards the religious practices and
beliefs of people is been discussed.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
Calvin, J. and Uyl, A., 2016. Institutes of the Christian religion. Lulu. Com.
Mbiti, J.S., 2015. Introduction to African religion. Waveland Press.
Jung, C.G., 2014. Psychology and Religion Volume 11: West and East. Routledge.
Huxley, J., 2016. Religion without revelation. The New American Library (1957).
Turner, B.S. ed., 2016. The new Blackwell companion to the sociology of religion. John Wiley &
Sons.
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