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Also, am interested in your thoughts on other major aspects of Australian civil religion, like growth of Anzac services (both in numbers of people attending and cultural significance), sport (both as participatory and entertainment), gambling, etc.

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That ABS article you site in relation to a low or declining adherence to traditional Aboriginal beliefs seems problematic to me. The framing of it by the ABS as a "religion" is likely leading to compromised results. The idea of a religion as a compartment of life is a very western-Christian one (or maybe just Christian in general, thinking of the likes of Augustine). For many, the values and beliefs that make up what we would call religion are just part and parcel of participating in cultural life. They would not think of it as religion.

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