Religion
Report
Religiosity in Australia - Part 3: religion and politics
This report employs high-quality, university-led empirical studies of Australians’ beliefs, attitudes and behaviours to reveal a more robust picture of the relationship between religion and how Australians are likely to vote on a range of issues.
Report
Religiosity in Australia - Part 2: religious minds, religious collectives
This publication provides an interesting analysis of what ‘religion’ and ‘spirituality’ actually mean, and how they are different, what constitutes their appeal, and how religionists experience their faith.
Report
Religiosity in Australia - Part 1: personal faith according to the numbers
This report outlines the findings from a comprehensive analysis of Australians’ contemporary connection with religion.
Policy report
Respect and division: how Australians view religion
In order to determine the attitudes of Australians towards religion, the Centre for Independent Studies commissioned YouGov Galaxy to poll more than 1000 Australians. The results outlined in this report reveal that Australians are viewing religion as mostly an individual right to belief, but are sceptical of religious organisations.
Policy report
Toxic mutation of an ancient hatred: left-wing antisemitism
Antisemitism — the hatred of Jews — has long been a part of human history, and has appeared in different forms, with different motivations and varying intensities.