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Media representations of religion, spirituality and non-religion in Australia

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posted on 2020-07-01, 00:00 authored by Enqi WengEnqi Weng, Anna HalafoffAnna Halafoff
Despite predictions of decline, religion has featured prominently in the public sphere and the media since the events of 11 September 2001. Previous research on media and religion in Australia post-September 11 has focused largely on its negative impacts, particularly on Muslim communities. This article, in contrast, examines media representations of religion, spirituality and non-religion on an ‘ordinary day’, of 17 September, over a three-year period in the city of Melbourne. Its findings reveal that religion, in its myriad forms, permeates many aspects of Australian public life, but in ways which do not always reflect the actual religious composition and lived experiences of worldview diversity in Australia.

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Journal

Religions

Volume

11

Issue

7

Article number

332

Pagination

1 - 16

Publisher

MDPI AG

Location

Basel, Switzerland

eISSN

2077-1444

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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