Religious Diversity in Australia

This book documents the structure of religious diversity in Australia and examines this diversity in the context of the law, migration, education, policing, the media and interfaith communities.Focusing on Melbourne and Tasmania, it articulates the benefits and opportunities of diversity, alongside the challenges that confront religious and ethnic minorities, including discrimination and structural inequalities generated by Christian and otherforms of privilege. It articulates constructive strategies that are deployed, includingencouraging forms of belonging, structured ways of negotiating disagreement and respectful engagement with difference.While scholars across the West are increasingly attuned to the problems and promises of growing religious diversity in a global age, in-depth empirical research on the consequences of that diversity in Australia is lacking. This book provides a rich, well-researched, and timely intervention.

Introduction, Douglas Ezzy (University of Tasmania, Australia), Anna Halafoff (Deakin University, Australia), Greg Barton (Deakin University, Australia) and Rebecca Banham (University of Tasmania, Australia)1. Demographic Diversity Through a Super-Diversity Lens, Gary Bouma (Monash University, Australia), Dharma Arunachalam (Monash University, Australia), Alan Gamlen (Monash University, Australia) and Ernest Healy (Monash University, Australia)2. Attitudes Towards Religious Diversity in Australia, Douglas Ezzy (University of Tasmania, Australia), Anna Halafoff (Deakin University, Australia), Greg Barton (Deakin University, Australia) and Rebecca Banham (University of Tasmania, Australia) 3. Media Representations of Worldview Diversity, Anna Halafoff (Deakin University, Australia), Emily Marriot (Deakin University, Australia), Geraldine Smith (University of Tasmania, Australia) and Enqi Weng (Deakin University, Australia)4. Migration and Religious Diversity, Anna Halafoff (Deakin University, Australia), Greg Barton (Deakin University, Australia), Rebecca Banham (University of Tasmania, Australia), Gary Bouma (Monash University, Australia) and Enqi Weng (Deakin University, Australia)5. Worldview Education and Literacy: Christian Privilege, Complexity and Inclusion, Anna Halafoff (Deakin University, Australia) and Ruth Fitzpatrick (Deakin University, Australia)6. The Multi-Faith Movement in Australia: Representational and Relational Bodies, Geraldine Smith (University of Tasmania, Australia) and Anna Halafoff (Deakin University, Australia, Australia)7. Legislation and Religious Diversity, Douglas Ezzy (University of Tasmania, Australia), Geraldine Smith (University of Tasmania, Australia), Rebecca Banham (University of Tasmania) and Lori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa, Canada)8. Policing and Religious Diversity, Rebecca Banham (University of Tasmania, Australia), Douglas Ezzy (University of Tasmania, Australia), Greg Barton (Deakin University, Australia), Danielle Campbell (University of Tasmania, Australia) and Ange Dwyer (University of Tasmania, Australia).9. The Evolution of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Policy and Programs in Australia, Greg Barton (Deakin University, Australia) and Anna Halafoff (Deakin University, Australia10. Australian Diversity in an International Context, Lori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa, Canada)BibliographyIndex