Colonial Contexts and Postcolonial Theologies

Storyweaving in the Asia-Pacific
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-47546-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 273 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4581 g

Reihe: Postcolonialism and Religions

Colonial Contexts and Postcolonial Theology focuses on what postcolonial theologies look like in colonial contexts, particularly in dialogue with the First Nations Peoples in Australia and the Asia-Pacific. The contributors have roots in the Asia-Pacific, but the struggles, theologies and concerns they address are shared across the seas.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brett, M.

Havea, J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: LOCATING THEOLOGY 1. Threshold Theology; Bill Ashcroft 2. Weaving Oppression and Liberation: Postcolonial Theology as Theology of Struggle; Gemma Talud Cruz 3. Vaa-tapa-lagi: De-heavening Trinitarian Theology in the Islands; Upolu Lum? Vaai 4. Let the River Flow: A Postcolonial Ecotheology and The Grand Canal Project in Korea; Jea Sophia Oh PART II: RELOCATING THE BIBLE 5. The Hebrew Bible and Postcolonial Samoan Hermeneutics; Makesi Neemia 6. The Empire of God, the Postcolonial Jesus and Postapocalyptic Mark; Keith Dyer 7. Encountering State Ideology: Reading the Bible from an Indonesian Postcolonial Perspective; Yusak B. Setyawan 8. Natives, reading, scriptures: In transit, in Pasifika; Jione Havea PART III: WEAVING COLONIAL HISTORIES 9. John Green – Manager of Coranderrk Aboriginal Station, but also a Ngamadjidj?: New Insights into his Work with Victorian Aboriginal People in the Nineteenth Century; Ian D. Clark and Fred Cahir 10. Men, Masculinity and Missionaries: Exploringthe Cultural, Health and Spiritual Impact of the Australian Missionary Enterprise on Aboriginal Men; Brian McCoy 11. Law and Sovereignty in Australian National Narratives; Mark G. Brett PART IV: POSTCOLONIAL PRACTICES 12. 'Terra ius Amnesiacs': A Theological Analysis of the Persistence of Colonisation in the Australian Context and the Blocks to real Reconciliation; Peter Lewis 13. 'This is my body?' A Post-colonial Investigation of Indigenous Australian Communion Practices; Steve Taylor and Tim Matton-Johnson 14. Homemaking: Reclaiming the Ideal of Home as a Framework for Hosting Cultural and Religious Diversity; Seferosa Carroll 15. Acknowledging Traditional Owners: A Theological Inquiry; Anne Elvey 16. Mission in the Great South Land: An Indigenous Perspective; Mark Yettica-Paulson

Über Autor(innen)

Bill Ashcroft, University of New South Wales, Australia Gemma Talud Cruz, Australian Catholic University, Australia Upolu Lum? Vaai, Piula Theological College, Samoa Jea Sophia Oh, Kean University, USA Makesi Neemia, Malua Theological College, Samoa Keith Dyer, MCD University of Divinity, Australia Yusak B. Setyawan, Satya Wacana Christian University Ian D. Clark, University of Ballarat, Australia Fred Cahir, University of Ballarat, Australia Brian McCoy, La Trobe University, Australia Mark G. Brett, MCD University of Divinity, Australia Peter Lewis, Victorian Aboriginal Childcare Agency, Australia Steve Taylor, Flinders University, Australia Tim Matton-Johnson, Uniting Aboriginal & Islander Congress, Australia Seferosa Carroll, Charles Sturt University, Australia Anne Elvey, Monash University, Australia Mark Yettica-Paulson, The Yettica Group, Australia