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Atheism, agnosticism, deism, scepticism, freethought, secular humanism or general secularism are increasing in Australia.〔 Post-war Australia has become a highly secularised country.〔 Religion does not play a major role in the lives of much of the population.〔 In the 2011 Australian census, 22.3% of Australians (or 4,796,787 people) described themselves as having "no religion". This was more than three percent higher (and 1,090,232 people more) than in the 2006 census and was the second largest category. Another 2.014 million (9.4%) were in the "not-stated or inadequately-defined" category: so more than 31% of Australians did not state a religious affiliation in the 2011 census.〔Religion in Australia#Demographics〕 In the 2006 Australian census, 18.7% of Australians (or 3,706,555 people) had described themselves as having "no religion". This was three percent higher than in the 2001 census and was the largest growth in total number of any religious option in that census (800,557 people). A further 2.4 million (11.9%) did not state a religion (or inadequately described it). So just over 30% of Australians did not state a religious affiliation in the 2006 census. According to a 2004 study by Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart, 25% of Australians do not believe in any gods.〔Norris, Pippa and Ronald Inglehart. 2004. Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press〕 ==History== The first systematic recording of the religious affiliation of non-aboriginal Australians took place in the 1901 census. Since the 1901 census, the percentage of the population unaligned with a religion has grown from 0.4% to just over 30% of the population. This census question about religion has been clearly labelled as "optional" since 1933. In 1971 the census has instructed, "If no religion, write none." This was followed by "a seven-fold increase" in the figures from previous years for those declaring lack of religious beliefs.〔(ABS – 1301.0 – Year Book Australia, 2006 – Religious Affiliation )〕 Melbourne hosted the 2010 Global Atheist Convention (branded as the largest event of its kind in the world,〔(Atheist convention's first secular success )〕) sponsored by the Atheist Foundation of Australia and Atheist Alliance International. It took place at the Melbourne Convention Centre from 12 to 14 March 2010. Over 2,000 delegates attended, with all available tickets selling out more than five weeks prior to the event. In 2010 ''The Australian Book of Atheism''〔Bonett, Warren (Editor). 2010. The Australian Book of Atheism. Melbourne, Vic: Scribe〕 was published as "the first collection to explore atheism from an Australian viewpoint".〔(The Australian Book of Atheism (Publisher's website) ), . Retrieved on 10 December 2010.〕 The book was prompted by the disparity between Australia's increasing secularism and the increasing political and educational influence and funding of religion in Australia and contains essays by 33 authors (including Leslie Cannold, Robyn Williams, Tim Minchin, Graham Oppy, Philip Nitschke, Ian Hunter, Lyn Allison, Russell Blackford and Ian Robinson) on atheism-related topics in areas including history, law, education, philosophy and neurobiology. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Irreligion in Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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