SOR 1 RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE RESPONSES

[cruzj01]

Tryna impress my new sor 1 teacher in 2 days and I want to make sure these responses are of his standards (he is quite a harsh marker as you could assume). ps. hope that someday in future someone may benefit from this post and my passing grade sor writing skills haha.

Explain the role of the ecumenical movement and/or interfaith dialogue as a religious response to growing secularism. Include examples in your answer

Australia is widely known for its national acceptance of variant cultures and religions. Within its religious landscape, Australia’s religious responses, interfaith dialogue and the ecumenical movement, have functioned as links between a more secular society and those who classify themselves under a religion. The endeavour of interfaith dialogue has allowed for an exploration of contrasting religious viewpoints with an attitude of respect that produces a greater degree of cooperation and understanding between adherents of different religious traditions, together with creating links between non-religoius events with faith events, such as ANZAC services, multicultural tolerance and social justice initiatives. Along with this, the ecumenical movement administers better sharing and recognition of the similarities across Christian denominations. As a result of this, incorrect statements regarding other denominations and religious traditions that were disseminated through the media are corrected in the minds of participants. The ecumenical movement role is in building fellowship between all Christian churches; in providing a united response in terms of a Christian message; motivation can be political in supporting a particular viewpoint, achieving this in several occasions such as the establishment of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in 1946 and National Council of Churches (NCCA) in 1994 in the deepening of the relationships between Christian churches, expressing unity and working together more visibly.

How have religious traditions in Australia given support to the process of Aboriginal reconciliation?

Respective religious traditions in Australia have specified strong support to the process of Aboriginal reconciliation, recognising that the Aboriginal adherent’s lives in correlation with his process which must include an understanding and valuing of Aboriginal culture among assuring that programs and strategies to be initiated and implicated to work towards achieving justice and equity across the nation. The Jewish tradition, in particular, recognises Aboriginal reconciliation as a human rights issue while the Islamic tradition appreciates reconciliation on both moral and humanitarian foundations. Several events in Australia’s religious landscape history that support the relationship between Aboriginal spiritualities, especially Aboriginal reconciliation, and religious traditions briefly include the Corroboree 2000 Bridge Walk where religious leaders and adherents of all major traditions participated and Kevin Rudd’s 2008 Apology to the Stolen Generations speech where it included many Statements of support by religious leaders for the Prime Minister and the commitment by the government to the process of reconciliation.

[abdulrahmanb8]

In terms of interfaith dialogue, I would proceed to mention specific organisations that are responsible for facilitating such discussion. Eg. Affinity Intercultural Foundation, Australian Council of Christian's and Jews.

For ecumenism, you should mention how by taking a more unified approach, denominations are able to share resources and work collectively towards social welfare. Eg. NCCA's international aid agency- the Christmas Bowl Appeal

With regards to reconciliation, it would be good to mention specific actions of religious traditions. Eg. Judaism, Islam and Christianity dedicate an annual 'week of prayer' to facilitate reconciliation. Christianity has allowed for reconciliation by using Indigenous symbols in churches, ordaining Aborginal clergy, publicly apologising for injustices etc.