Recent books attacking religion have held the headlines. Now this book presents the beliefs of ordinary people.
Interviews with ‘average Australians’ of various faiths – no militants, no theologians and no clerics.
In their words, what they believe and how they practise their faith
Includes contents, index, and statistics on religions in Australia
70% of Australians declared religious affiliation in the 2006 national census.
81% of Americans and 83.5% of Canadians declared religious affiliation in 2001 national surveys.
71.6% of the British people declared religious affiliation in the 2001 national census.
The interviews in this Australian book provide an indirect insight into the beliefs of ordinary Americans and Britons.
Non-fiction category: Sociology, religion
Paperback;346 pp
First Edition; 210 x 138 mm
ISBN: 9781920787165; November 2007
RRP/List Price: Australia: $(Aus)34.95; New Zealand: $(NZ)37.95: North America: $(US)30.00
The Author, Myer Bloom, lives in Melbourne, and researches in the sociology of religion. Past work includes:
Interviewing survivors in Australia and New Zealand for Steven Spielberg’s Survivors of the Shoah
Public lectures at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum
Seminars and workshops at Media Teachers’ Conferences
Travel and educational pieces in The Age, The Australian, Jewish News, The Herald Sun, Adventure Magazine New Zealand