What is the Dreaming
The Dreaming refers to the spiritual beliefs that tie together the values of first nations people. It refers to the past, present and future beleifs of aboriginals
What is the dreamtime
The Dreamtime refers to the beleifs of first nations people of how and or why people are here in the first place. It refers to the past aspect of the dreaming.
Disscuss how aboriginal spirituality is determind by the dreaming
- Kinship gorups
- Ceremonial life
- Obligation to land and people
What does Kinship gorups refer to
Refers to the order of social relationships connecting people in a culture. It is the connection that aboriginal people have for one another. This is all achieved through the land, as it acts as a framework for establishing individual identity and relationships.
Kinship enforces rules based on the tribe or totemic group all assigned to make sure the land and the people are looking after safley. It ensures that the people are not taking more then they need to.
What does ceremonial life refer to
This refers to where people interact with the dreamtime through music, costume and dance. These acts provides access to the spiritual world and prepetuting the dreaming. The main role is to access the dreaming and to remeber it. e.g The Birth ritual.
What is the continuing effect of dispossession of Aboriginals
- Seperation from land
- Stolen Generation
- Seperation from kinship groups.
Outline the importance of the Native title act in relation to the land rights movement
Land rights movements refers to the struggle of re claiming the lands and the dreaming from which aborignal poeple have been dispossessed.
Native title is a principal that acknowledges that aborignal people did not loose their land and waters to british settlers, that it was their land. Native title was the basis of the land rights movement.
Outline the importance of the Mabo case in relation to the land rights movement
The mabo was a case and it overturned the idea that australia was a “terre nullius” nation. This was a major turning point because it acknowledge their unique connection to the land. Also the very first legal proof that aboriginal owned the land.
What are the land rights movment major thingies
- Native Title
- Mabo
- Wik
Outline the importance of the Wik case in relation to the land rights movement
Acknowledged that two parties can exist side by side, and gave access to aborignal to their traditional land.
Describe the impact of christian ecumunical movements in australia
Ecumenism refers to the coming together of Christian denominations to confront modern fustrations and problems.
For example, The national Council of Churches,
-NSW Ecumencial Council
- E.g Chritmas Bowl Appeal
What is interfaith Dialouge
Interfaith dialogue is the coming together of members of different religions in order to have a positive interaction about understanding and familirarity.
It is important because it —Promotes mutal understanding
-Ability to work community problems together
-To learn from and about each other.
- examine the relationship between Aboriginal spiritualities and religious traditions in the process of Reconciliation
The church is working in accordance with the government policy, providing accomidation, education and work placement for the children.
- Offered formal apoligise for their role in the missionaries
- Strongly urge the Governement to make an apology for their role as well.
- the expression of the religious dimension in human history
- Monotheism
- Polytheism
- Animism
- the significance of the religious dimension in human history
- The meaning and Purpose to the individual
- Social Cohesian
-Social Transformation
- the rise of new religious expression and spiritualities
- Search for personal fulfilment
- Seek ethical guidance
- Seek to Clarify their relationship with society
- the influences on the growth of new religious expressions and spiritualities
- Rise of materialisim
- Sceintific Progress
-Growth of ecological awarness - Disentatchment with ‘Traditional’ Religious practise and guidance.
- outline the essential features of Atheism and Agnosticism
Athiesm: Doesn’t beleive in God
Agnostic: Someone who doesn’t beleive it’s possible to know for sure if God exists.
- outline the positions of:
– Rational Humanism
– Scientific Humanism
Rational Humanism: Humanism is an approach to life based on reason and moral values. Rational Humanism focuses on the value of human life and elevates human reasoning in the highest form. Beleif that human reasoning is a guide for ethical human behaviour.
Scientific Humanism: An intellectual movement directed towards justice, equality and world peace, Sceintific finds requires humanism to propose new assertions about the world and form therios based of those discoveries, Focuses on technology and sceince to solve the world problems.
Christianity Summary Hooray !
Contribution of Paul of Tarsis
- Letters about love
“But the fruit of the spirit is love” Gal 5:22 - Pauls teaching about faith
“We walk by faith, not by sight” 2 cor 5:7
Christianity Paul of tarisis
what was his impact as a result of that
- Christian marragie
- Divorce is not encouraged
“until death do us part”
- Current Sat/Sun Worship
- “Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world”
Defontion of baptism
Ordinary rite by which most christian denominations welcome new members into their faith community.
How does it express Beleifs of Christianity
- Salvation
“And this water saves you by the ressurection of Jesus Christ”(Mark 16) - Belief in the Holy Trinity
“For we were all Baptised by one spirit into the body” (1:12 Corinthians)
Significance of Baptism to the community
- Unity
- Celebration
