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1a) How has Anglican adherence changed from 1947 to 2006' According to Census data, Anglican adherence has sinificantly declined from 38% to 18.7% between 1947 and 2006. b) Which Christian denomination had the highest perentage of adherents in 2006' The Christian denomination which had the highest perentage of adherents in 2006 was Catholic with 25.8%. c) How has this changed from 1947' This has changed since 1947 as Anglican had the highest percentage of aderance with 39% and Catholic at 20.9%. d) Why did the Methodist Church decline and the Uniting Church rise' In 1977, the Methodist Churches in Australia and some of the Presbyterians and Congregationalists joined together to form the Uniting Church. e) Which non-Christian religion had the highest percentage of adherants in 2006' In 2006, the non-Christian religion with the highest percentage of adherents was Buddhism with 2.1%. f) Outline the changing patterns of religious adherence from 1947 to 2006. In your response examine changes in Christian, non-Christian and 'no religion'. 2) With reference to the two signs 'Church sign 1965' and 'Church sign 2009', and your own knowledge, account for the changes in Australia's religious landscape since the 1960's. Australia's religious landscape has changed dramatically since the 1960's. 3) What is secularism and how has it influenced religious practice in Australia in the last ten years' Secularism is any movement or concept which rejects religious belief or adherence. It means that religion and state of government are seperate. it also means there is no one religion that is able to dominate. 4) Explain what is meant by denominational switching and comment upon which denominations are most affected, by either gaining or losing adherents. Denominational switching is the movement of people from one denomination within a religious tradition to another. e.g. from Anglican to pentecostal within Christianity. 5a) Describe and account for the rise of New Age religions. b) Discuss their styles of worship. New Age religions differ in many differnet ways in which they command worship. they can be adhered to a relgion without any prescribed times or days of worship. this allows New Age religions to worship arount their midern lifestyles. New age religions tend to focus on the development and fullfillment of an individual, rather than religion as a community. An example of the styles of worship are the Wiccan's. The Church of Wicca worship nature as if it were sacred. Aspects of Wiccan worship include the worship of the stars, moon, sun and Earth. They often use the terms 'Mother Earth' and 'Father Sky'. the Wiccan's are polytheists and have various names for each of their gods. most wiccan groups practise magic as a belief of a 'psychis energy' which surounds all living things. c) How widespread are they in te Australian landscape' New Age religions are not significantly widespread in the Australian landscape. According to Census statistics in 2006, approximately 52 000 people stated as belonging to and following a 'New Age Religion'. This total has significantly increased by 71% from 1996 to 2006.