Atheists down under say fans should take the census more seriously. By Pip Bulbeck It’s census time in Australia and on Tuesday around 65,000 Australians are expected to mark Jedi as their religion on ...

Australia has been a secular country since Federation in 1901. It means that the State and Church are separate, and as such, the government can’t interfere with the exercise of religion. “What ...

Yet the Christian percentage has been falling steadily for decades, and this year’s census will no doubt reveal a further fall since 2011. Of course, the census measures religious affiliation only, ...

RMIT University provides funding as a strategic partner of The Conversation AU. Deakin University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. A lack of religious literacy by journalists – and ...

The Australian government has proposed legislation that would protect religious freedom outside of the workplace. Attorney-General Christian Porter introduced the measure on August 29, three months ...

Seven years ago, Simon Longstaff, the executive director of the St James Ethics Centre, was approached by a small group of parents. Longstaff’s not-for-profit organization in north Sydney usually ...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, places of worship in Australia have faced significant restrictions. These have included limits on the number of people who can attend, bans on singing and closure ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand the religious and spiritual beliefs, practices, and views of the growing number of people around the world who are religiously ...

When tens of thousands of Roman Catholics go, from every land, to a Eucharistic Congress it is not to quibble over prayer-books, nor to hold intra-denominational forensics over matters of faith or ...

Sikhism is a rapidly growing religion in Australia, but it's still poorly understood. How are community leaders responding to misinformation and discrimination? Sikhism has been the fastest-growing ...