The Australian religious landscape since 1945: migration, diversity, Aboriginal spiritualities and the place of religion in public life.
These are the statements the Studies of Religion II 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.
The changing religious composition of Australia, the census data behind it, and the limits of affiliation statistics.
How post-war migration programs changed the religious make-up of Australia, and which traditions grew as a result.
The Dreaming, connection to land, and the effect of dispossession on the transmission of spiritual knowledge.
Movement between denominations, declining institutional participation, and the difference between secularisation and personal unbelief.
The contested place of religion in schools, politics and welfare, and the arguments for and against its influence.
How individuals build a religious identity when affiliation is chosen rather than inherited, and how communities maintain boundaries.
The role of religious institutions in community building, welfare and social capital, and the tension when cohesion excludes.
HSC Studies of Religion II - Trial Paper Shape is 100 marks in 180 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 II 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 II 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 II dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.