On the other side of the coin, religion has sometimes acted as an oppressive or divisive force such as in the suppression of Aboriginal spirituality, the tensions between Catholicism and Protestantism that was a feature of Australian society until the 1960s and the tensions between certain immigrant communities as a direct consequence of hostilities in their home countries. In more recent times, some ethnoreligious groups could have been more proactive and assertive in assisting their communities to address specific issues such as the AIDS threat, sexual corruption and the gambling epidemic. However, religion at its best remains an asset and a resource, but this can only be achieved through a repositioning of the link between religion and civil
On the other side of the coin, religion has sometimes acted as an oppressive or divisive force such as in the suppression of Aboriginal spirituality, the tensions between Catholicism and Protestantism that was a feature of Australian society until the 1960s and the tensions between certain immigrant communities as a direct consequence of hostilities in their home countries. In more recent times, some ethnoreligious groups could have been more proactive and assertive in assisting their communities to address specific issues such as the AIDS threat, sexual corruption and the gambling epidemic. However, religion at its best remains an asset and a resource, but this can only be achieved through a repositioning of the link between religion and civil