Olive Branch

Olive Branch is also an important educational resource and is an invaluable tool to assist in the formalised study of religion as undertaken by the BSSS in the ACT, the NSW Board of Studies, the VCAA in Victoria, the QSA in Queensland, the SACE in South Australia, the TCE in Tasmania and the WACE in Western Australia. These courses, along with thos... e under the broad umbrella of Australian Studies, all stress the importance of understanding religious expression in the Australian context as a means of facilitating cross-cultural harmony, and Olive Branch is able to assist in this understanding with a readily accessible snapshot of our multicultural and multifaith society. To date this documentary series charts the establishment and development of Catholicism, Lutheranism, Sikhism, Judaism, Hinduism, Sukyo Mahikari, Macedonian Orthodoxy, Buddhism, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Islam, the Interfaith Movement and Indigenous spirituality in the ACT. While this is a varied sample, it is by no means exhaustive and further discs documenting all other faith groups are underway to complete the series.Read More