Murri Religion Source Analysis

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In what ways does Source 1 incorporate elements of spirituality and religion in the Murri people's preparation for Christmas?

Source 1 displays the aspects of the Indigenous culture and spirituality during the festive season. It acknowledges the native Indigenous Aboriginals of Australia; specifically their land, sea, and their inhabitants. This source is almost a manual, giving instructions to what is to be done, being a step by step process in acknowledging “the light Jesus brought into the world”. “The light”, as Jesus is described, is a symbol of Truth and Righteousness, opposite to Darkness as that of Hell and Evil. The ceremony starts with a spiritual act of a coolamon being placed with stones every week, including the act of placing …show more content…

Through traditional rituals of acknowledging how people were brought onto this earth according to the Christian faith, the Muri people who were native to this land present their spiritual significance and religion. The Aboriginal Catholic Ministry created this prayer in respect to remind all Australians of the way native Australians celebrate Christmas. It is used to reaffirm the meaning of the Murri people's religion and spirituality by acknowledging its separateness from humdrum life. Incorporating the way of Indigenous Australians in celebrating Jesus’ birthday is demonstrated in Source 1 as a way of acknowledging God the creator and Aboriginal, Murri …show more content…

The image enforces the meaning of Christmas being lost, and that the people need to be aware of this now sacrilegious, laic time. The source displays the change from sacred Australia, which was a time of religion, to a more secular period. The source presents the contemporary cultural values of Australians today, often disassociating themselves from holy, divine objects, places or people. Losing their sacred connectedness to God or their purpose with religion. Taking Christ out of the equation presents how Jesus has been neglected by those supposed Christians of the modern day, who have forgotten the sole meaning of Christmas and their religion. This image imposes a reinforced message through an image presenting secularism of contemporary Australian Christmas with the words “missing”, and “what Jesus has become”. The view of Source 3 displays that anything of great importance in the religious sense, including Jesus, in temporal culture which exists in Australia is lost.
Religion used to be the separation of the sacred from the profane. The sacred refers to that which is set apart from society, and mundane life. The profane, on the other hand, is everything else, all those mundane things like jobs, bills, and chores. Through religion, the practice of maintaining the distance between the two realms of the sacred and profane world is in tact. By attending church,

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