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date: 13 February 2025

Aboriginal Religions in Australialocked

Aboriginal Religions in Australialocked

  • David MooreDavid MooreUniversity of Western Australia

Summary

Aboriginal Religions are the Indigenous religions of Australia. There are a diverse range of religions throughout Australia, with religion defined as the “transmission of authoritative traditions.” Despite change and disruption in the past two and a half centuries of European occupation and colonization, Aboriginal Religions retain their distinctiveness and vitality. This article explores some of the common aspects of the Aboriginal Religions of Australia. These are the importance of the land and the sacred places of that land. Aboriginal Religions can best be researched by phenomenological approaches which are based upon language.

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  • Indigenous Religions

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