Losing My Religion : Unbelief in Australia

By: Tom Frame

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Paperback | 1 August 2009

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Winner Australian Christian Book of the Year 2010

In this challenging and provocative book, Tom Frame, one of Australia's best-known writers on religion and society, examines diminishing theological belief and declining denominational affiliation. He argues that Australia has never been a very religious nation but that few Australians have deliberately rejected belief - most simply can't see why they need to be bothered with religion at all. He contends that vehement campaigning against theistic belief is the product of growing disdain for religious fundamentalism and a vigorous commitment to personal autonomy. Losing My Religion contends that God is certainly not dead but that Australia's religious landscape will continue to change as the battle for hearts, minds and spirits continues. Published on the sesquicentennial of the first release of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859), this book will provoke debate about what matters to Australians.

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Non-Fiction Religion & Beliefs Religion Religious Issues & Debates History Regional & National History Australasian & Pacific History Alternative Belief Systems Humanist & Secular Alternatives to Religion Agnosticism & Atheism Aspects of Religion for Non-Christians Theology

Philosophy of Religion

Acknowledgments	p. vi
Preface	p. vii
Exploring believing, behaving and belonging	p. 1
Why unbelief? Defining some terms	p. 18
Context	p. 39
A colony of heaven? The rise of religious belief, 1788-1900	p. 40
Christian nation or secular state? The decline of religious belief, 1901-2008	p. 60
The most godless place under heaven? Interpreting census data	p. 85
Causes	p. 105
Philosophy and unbelief: Emerging alternative worldviews	p. 106
Science and unbelief: The conflict with empirical research	p. 130
Theology and unbelief: Confusion and incoherence	p. 152
Australian unbelief	p. 171
Consequences	p. 193
Anti-theism and unbelief	p. 194
The Australian case against God	p. 223
God's demise and the end of tolerance	p. 243
The secular state and social harmony	p. 269
Conclusions	p. 289
Some answers and an apologia	p. 290
Notes	p. 305
Index	p. 325
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