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Wain

positive

portrayal

of

otherness.

popular

beliefs

reinforcedthose

essential

qualities

ditferentiatinggroups

ot‘Australians.In

2009 economicdiscourses

continueto

frame

Buddhisminthe

lllnwarra.Plans

by

theF0

Kuang

Shanto

buildtheNan

Tien

Institute.

adjacent

to

NanTien

Temple,

werewelcomed

primarily

in

economic

terms.

Indeed,

the

‘blessing‘

offered

by

theNanTienInstitutewas

principally

framed

by

theIllawnrru

Mercury

interms

of‘aroadtoeconomic

prosperity'

and

as

broadening

‘the

regional

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obvious

plug—in

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education.healthand

tourismsectors’

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Mercury

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4).

From

anexamination

ofthedebates

surrounding

Buddhismin

thelllawan-aan

urgent

research

agenda

forBible

scholarsandthe

taity

in

Australiaisarenewed

commitmentto

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social

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of

faithshas

yet

to

be

attained.Anderson

(2000:388)chanedsome

signposts

that

mayhelp

the

laity

tothink

postnationally.

recasting

the

multiculturalidea]

by

invoking

a

notionof

‘rights

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