Belief systems as agents of and resistors to change

What this note covers

1. Framing the relationship: belief systems and social change
2. Belief systems as drivers of social change: liberation theology and civil rights
3. Belief systems as resistors to change: fundamentalism and traditional authority
4. Secularisation: theory, critique, and contemporary evidence
5. The social movement interface: when belief systems and secular movements converge
6. Indigenous belief systems and the colonial encounter: continuity, change, and resistance in Australia
7. Writing Band 6 responses: integrating theory, evidence, and complexity

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