Religion+in+Australia-post+1945

GLOSSARY OF TERMS


 * Elders: Key persons and keepers of various knowledge witin aboriginal communities, they are chosen and accepted by thier own communities. || Kinship: kinship is the rekationship that exisits btween people who are biologically related to each other and the system of rights and resposibilites attacthed to that relationship. ||
 * Country: Term used by aborignial people to refer to the land which they belong and their place of dreaming. Aboriginal english use of the word is much broader then standard english. || ceremonial life: Contact made with the ancestral spirits and access to spirtual power is sought through perfomance of traditional riturals and the perpetuation of traditional customs. The initiation ceremony relfects the Dreaming stories of a particular group and celebrates the initiate's new status within the group. ||
 * estate: the heartland of a local group and the centre of their attachment to territory. || native tittle: Native title is a term used by the Australian high court to describe the common law rights and intrests of ATSI people of land in regards to thier ongoing traditions, laws and custines pretaining to the land. ||
 * **Dreaming**: The Dreaming has different meanings for different Aboriginal groups. The Dreaming can be seen as an embodiment of Aboriginal creation which gives meaning to everything. It establishes the rules governing relationships between the people, the land and all things for Aboriginal people. ||  ||