Studies of Religion

Year 11

• Nature of Religion and Beliefs: The nature of religion and beliefs including Australian Aboriginal beliefs and spiritualities, as a distinctive response to the human search for meaning in life.

• Three Religious Traditions Depth Studies from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism

  • Origins

  • Principal beliefs

  • Sacred texts and writings

  • Core ethical teachings

  • Personal devotion/expression of faith/observance.

• Religions of Ancient Origin: The response to the human search for ultimate meaning in TWO religions of ancient origin from:

  • Aztec or Inca or Mayan

  • Celtic

  • Nordic

  • Shinto

  • Taoism

  • an Indigenous religion from outside Australia

• Religion in Australia pre-1945: The arrival, establishment and development of religious traditions in Australia prior to 1945.

Year 12

• Religion and Belief Systems in Australia post-1945: Religious expression in Australia's multicultural and multifaith society since 1945, including an appreciation of Aboriginal spiritualities and their contribution to an understanding of religious beliefs and religious expression in Australia today.

• Three Religious Traditions Depth Studies from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism

  • Significant people and ideas

  • A religious tradition’s ethical teachings about bioethics or environmental ethics or sexual ethics

  • Significant practices in the life of adherents.

• Religion and peace

  • The distinctive response of religious traditions to the issue of peace

• Religion and Non-Religion: The human search for meaning through new religious expression Non-religious worldviews and the difference between religious and Non-religious worldviews.