The Australian religious landscape since 1945: migration, denominational switching, Aboriginal spiritualities, diversity and the place of religion in public life.
These are the statements the Studies of Religion I syllabus makes about Core: Religion and Belief Systems in Australia post-1945. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
What distinguishes a religious worldview from other frameworks, and the vocabulary of belief, transcendence and immanence used throughout the course.
How successive waves of migration changed the religious composition of Australia, and which traditions grew as a result.
Census data on affiliation, the rise of 'no religion', and what the numbers do and do not establish about belief.
The Dreaming, connection to land, and the effect of dispossession and the Stolen Generations on the transmission of spiritual knowledge.
Movement between denominations, the drift from institutional religion, and the difference between secularisation and personal disbelief.
How traditions relate to each other in a plural society, including the difference between tolerance, dialogue and conversion.
The place of religion in schools, politics and welfare, and the arguments about where its influence should stop.
How individuals construct a religious identity in a secular society, including the difference between inherited and chosen affiliation.
Reading affiliation figures critically, including what a ticked box does not tell you about belief or practice.
The role of religious organisations in welfare, aged care and charity, and the arguments about public funding for them.
The place of religious schools and religious instruction in a plural system, and the competing rights involved.
HSC Studies of Religion I - Trial Paper Shape is 50 marks in 90 minutes. Questions on Core: Religion and Belief Systems in Australia post-1945 are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Studies of Religion I uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Core: Religion and Belief Systems in Australia post-1945 opens the Studies of Religion I course. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Studies of Religion I dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.