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1 online resource (188 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Front cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Introduction; SECTION ONE: Cross-Religious and Cultural Attitudes; Chapter 1: Cross-Religious Misunderstanding -- or a Clash Between Civilisations in Australia; Chapter 2: Christian-Muslim Households -- Identity and Attitudes to Their 'Australian' Children; Chapter 3: Attitudes of School-Age Non-Muslim Australians Towards Muslims and Islam -- A National Survey; Chapter 4: The Lebanese in Melbourne -- Ethnicity, Interethnic Activities and Attitudes to Australia; SECTION TWO: Education. |
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Chapter 5: The Role of Gender, Religion and Friendship in the Perception of the 'Other' -- An Investigation of Secondary Students in Australia: A National SurveyChapter 6: The Role of Australian Schools -- in Educating Students About Islam and Muslims: A National Survey; Chapter 7: Social Distance From Muslims -- A National Survey; Chapter 8: Attitudes of School-Age Muslim Australians Towards Australia -- Gender and Religious Differences: A National Survey; SECTION THREE: Muslim-Christian Intermarriage; Chapter 9: Adjustment and Complications -- of Christian-Muslim Intermarriages in Australia. |
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Chapter 10: Bereavement Anxieties and Health -- Among the Arab Muslim CommunityChapter 11: Observing Different Faiths, Learning About Ourselves -- Practice With Intermarried Muslims and Christians; Chapter 12: Opting for an Eschatological Interpretation -- of Interfaith Marriages; Back cover. |
| Summary |
Ssential reading for all students -- secondary through to tertiary and postgraduate -- requiring an introduction to Christian Muslim relations and attitudes in Australia, Us and Them offers 11 essays about interfaith relations drawn from a variety of research projects over past years including results from a national survey on attitudes towards Islam and Muslims among Australian secondary students. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion and sociology -- Australia.
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Religion and sociology. |
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Australia. |
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Islam -- Relations -- Christianity.
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Islam. |
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Relations. |
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Christianity. |
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Christianity and other religions -- Islam.
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Christianity and other religions. |
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Australia -- Emigration and immigration.
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Emigration and immigration. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ata, Abe. Us and Them : Muslim-Christian Relations and Cultural Harmony in Australia. Bowen Hills : Australian Academic Press, ©2009 9781921513190 |
| ISBN |
9781921513213 (electronic book) |
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1921513217 (electronic book) |
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1921513195 (paperback) |
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9781921513190 (paperback) |
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