The Emergence of Religious Plurality in Australia: A Multicultural Society
As a result of post-war migration Australia has become a religiously plural, multicultural society. Following a careful examination of recent changes in the religious demography of Australia, a comparison of Australia with Canada and New Zealand, and a discussion of the nature of religiously plural,...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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1995
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Sociology of religion
Année: 1995, Volume: 56, Numéro: 3, Pages: 285-302 |
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| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | As a result of post-war migration Australia has become a religiously plural, multicultural society. Following a careful examination of recent changes in the religious demography of Australia, a comparison of Australia with Canada and New Zealand, and a discussion of the nature of religiously plural, multicultural societies, six factors (three demographic and three social structural) are identified as key in reducing the likelihood of religious intergroup conflict in Australia: The relatively small size of the minority groups vis-à-vis the dominant but nearly equal Catholics and Anglicans, the lack of overlap between ethnic and religious difference, the lack of ghettoization, the fact that religious difference is not politicized, a long history of sorting out intergroup conflict through legislation and courts, and the existence of effective organizations promoting positive intergroup relations. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3711824 |