Want some Christmas sermon fuel re Australians’ religious beliefs? Look no further!
NCLS has published a fact sheet from the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes in 2009:
- A quarter of Australians have no doubts about the existence of God
- Almost half the population continues to believe in heaven and in life after death, and more people believe in heaven than in hell
- What do people understand by concepts such as heaven and life after death?
- The impact of church attendance on religious belief
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1. A quarter of Australians have no doubts about the existence of God
In the past few decades there has been an overall decline in the proportion of Australians who claim to believe in God or some form of higher power, from around 95% in 1950 to 71% in 2009. This includes people who have doubts some of the time about the existence of God. From 1966 to 2009, the proportion who stated that they had no doubts about the existence of God halved to just 25% in 2009.
See full report, A picture of the religious beliefs of the Australian community.
The Anglican community has an urgent need to deepen our spiritual passion for Christ and his world. See my reflections at, Passionate Spirituality – Synod 2011 and on the issue of penance, Passionate spirituality: Friday penance.
