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'Good people always crackney in heaven' : mythic conversations in lutruwita / Tasmania by Grant Finlay 'We die we go to heaven, good people always crackney in heaven.' - Druemerterpunner / Alexander (Big River people), Wybalenna, Flinders Island, 21 April 1838. 'Crackney' means to 'sit down'. Druemerterpunner lived through the first generation of colonial disruption in lutruwita / Tasmania. He expresses the interplay of his language with the colonists' English and the different mythologies in dialogue between them. Powerful mythologies continue to shape how we speak of the past and imagine our future."--Back cover.
ISBN: 9780648417934
Publication Date: 2019
Aboriginal Australians by Richard Broome The highly regarded history of Australia's First Nations people since colonisation, fully updated for this fifth edition.
ISBN: 9781760528218
Publication Date: 2020-04-01
After Whiteness by Willie James Jennings
ISBN: 9780802878441
Publication Date: 2020-10-01
Anaditj by Denise Champion and Rosemary Dewerse One of the reasons I want to write this book is because I don't sit easily with Western theology. It is so different to my Adnyamathanha understanding of Anaditj, the way things are. There's a much older story that has stood the test of time in this land of the universal Christ and the birth of the universal church that is not being acknowledged. As Aboriginal peoples we hold knowledge, understanding, and wisdom that not only our own, but all peoples, need to learn from -- language for God, wisdom for God's people, and challenge for the way ahead. For the the church to be complete, our voices must be heard.
ISBN: 9780646832456
Publication Date: 2021
Australia's Unthinkable Genocide by Colin Tatz
ISBN: 9781524561000
Publication Date: 2017-04-04
Becoming indigenous to the universe : reflections on living systems, indigeneity and citizenship by Kerry Arabena Kerry Arabena opens doors to unexplored ethical possibilities for living in 21st century. Converging wisdom from Indigenous peoples philosophic traditions with scientific and ethical understandings of contemporary modern thought has yielded new understanding of our universal indigeneity, citizenship and our place in living systems.
Publication Date: 2015
Bible Dictionary : selected biblical and theological words : a language resource for Aboriginal Australian students by Gabrielle Kelly; Joy Sandefur (As told to) A literacy training tool for students who are learning theology and for whom English is a second language or for those who are studying theology or scripture at the parish level. The book is a textbook with over 150 words that come with a definition and an exercise. The book is illustrated with art from Australalian Indigenous students (Aboriginals), from Darwin, Australia. The book uses simple language to explain complex theological terms or biblically based concepts. It could be used in parishes, or in junior or secondary school; in small groups or in a classroom setting. The book is ecumenical in nature and written by a Catholic Dominican Religious Sister and an Anglican Priest who teaches at Nungalinya College, Darwin.
ISBN: 9781920691936
Publication Date: 2008
The Biggest Estate on Earth by Bill Gammage Explodes the myth that pre-settlement Australia was an untamed wilderness revealing the complex, country-wide systems of land management used by Aboriginal people.
ISBN: 9781743311325
Publication Date: 2013
Community-led research : walking new pathways together by Victoria Rawlings (Editor) James Flexner (Editor) Lynette Riley (Editor) The concept of community-led research has taken off in recent years in a variety of fields, from archaeology and anthropology to social work and everything in between. Drawing on case studies from Australia, the Pacific and Southeast Asia, this book considers what it means to participate in community-led research, for both communities and researchers. How can researchers and communities work together well, and how can research be reimagined using the knowledge of First Nations peoples and other communities to ensure it remains relevant, sustainable, socially just and inclusive?
Call Number: eBook Available
ISBN: 9781743327586
Publication Date: 2021
Cultural Adaptation of the Liturgy by Anscar J. Chupungco
ISBN: 9780809124527
Publication Date: 1982
Dark Emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture by Bruce Pascoe
ISBN: 9781921248016
Publication Date: 2018
Decolonial Futures by Christine J. Hong; Marcia Y. Riggs (Foreword by) A book on teaching and learning in theological education, Decolonial Futures: Intercultural and Interreligious Intelligence for Theological Education is guided by the questions, What makes education intercultural and interreligious? How might we rethink and redesign spaces of learning to be hospitable to cultural and religious differences as well as to dismantle the coloniality of theological education? How might we subvert traditionally colonial spaces to model the engaged intercultural and interreligious world that we seek? The book helps educators and practitioners of intercultural and interreligious learning both deconstruct and reconstruct spaces of learning by centering interreligious and intercultural intelligence through the voices, experiences, and narratives of minoritized people.
ISBN: 9781498579384
Publication Date: 2022-08-19
Decolonizing God by Mark G. Brett For centuries, the Bible has been used by colonial powers to undergird their imperial designs--an ironic situation when so much of the Bible was conceived by way of resistance to empires. In this thoughtful book, Mark Brett draws upon his experience of the colonial heritage in Australia to identify a remarkable range of areas where God needs to be decolonized--freed from the bonds of the colonial. Writing in a context where landmark legal cases have ruled that Indigenous (Aboriginal) rights have been 'washed away by the tide of history', Brett re-examines land rights in the biblical traditions, Deuteronomy's genocidal imagination, and other key topics in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament where the effects of colonialism can be traced. Drawing out the implications for theology and ethics, this book provides a comprehensive new proposal for addressing the legacies of colonialism. A ground-breaking work of scholarship that makes a major intervention into post-colonial studies. This book confirms the relevance of post-colonial theory to biblical scholarship and provides an exciting and original approach to biblical interpretation. Bill Ashcroft, University of Hong Kong and University of New South Wales; author of The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures (2002). Acutely sensitive to the historical as well as theological complexity of the Bible, Mark Brett's Decolonizing God brilliantly demonstrates the value of a critical assessment of the Bible as a tool for rethinking contemporary possibilities. The contribution of this book to ethical and theological discourse in a global perspective and to a politics of hope is immense. Tamara C. Eskenazi, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles; editor of The Torah: A Women's Commentary (2007).
ISBN: 1906055378
Publication Date: 2008
Decolonizing methodologies : research and indigenous peoples by by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
ISBN: 9781877578281
Publication Date: 2012
Decolonizing Research by Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Foreword by); Jo-Ann Archibald Q'um Q'um Xiiem (Editor); Jenny Bol Jun Lee-Morgan (Editor); Jason De Santolo (Editor) From Oceania to North America, indigenous peoples have created storytelling traditions of incredible depth and diversity. The term 'indigenous storywork' has come to encompass the sheer breadth of ways in which indigenous storytelling serves as a historical record, as a form of teaching and learning, and as an expression of indigenous culture and identity. But such traditions have too often been relegated to the realm of myth and legend, recorded as fragmented distortions, or erased altogether. Decolonizing Research brings together indigenous researchers and activists from Canada, Australia and New Zealand to assert the unique value of indigenous storywork as a focus of research, and to develop methodologies that rectify the colonial attitudes inherent in much past and current scholarship. By bringing together their own indigenous perspectives, and by treating indigenous storywork on its own terms, the contributors illuminate valuable new avenues for research, and show how such reworked scholarship can contribute to the movement for indigenous rights and self-determination.
ISBN: 9781786994608
Publication Date: 2019-06-15
Elements of Indigenous style : a guide for writing by and about Indigenous Peoples by Gregory Younging Elements of Indigenous Style provides guidelines to help writers, editors, and publishers produce material that reflects Indigenous people in an appropriate and respectful manner.
ISBN: 9781550597165
Publication Date: 2018
Evangelists of empire? : missionaries in colonial history by Amanda Barry
ISBN: 9780980759402
Publication Date: 2008
Fight for Liberty and Freedom : the origins of Australian Aboriginal activism by John Maynard Opposition to the British colonisation of Australia did not spring from the Mabo decision or the Native Title Act, nor was it born in the vibrant 1960s, which culminated in the famous tent embassy in 1972. Rather, the first politically organised and united all-Aboriginal activist group was the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association (AAPA), begun in 1924 under the leadership of Frederick Maynard. For the first time Aboriginal people voiced their disapproval in public in a well-organised way. They opened offices in Sydney, held street rallies. conducted public meetings, gained newspaper coverage, wrote letters and petitions to Government at all levels, and collaborated with the international black labor movement. The AAPA's demands resonate today. They centred on Aboriginal rights to land, stopping Aboriginal children being taken from their families, the acquisition of citizenship rights, and defending a distinct Aboriginal cultural identity. This form of resistance and organised action has now endured for more than seventy years and through a detailed exploration of the life of his grandfather, John Maynard reveals the AAPA's invaluable legacy.
ISBN: 9780855755508
Publication Date: 2007
Fire Country by Victor Steffensen Delving deep into the Australian landscape and its alarming state of devastation, Fire Country is a powerful account from Indigenous land management expert Victor Steffensen on how the revival of Indigenous fire practices, including what’s called ‘cool burns’, could restore our country. Fire Country offers practical solutions for better 'reading country’ and knowing when is the right time to undertake cool burns, considering current climate conditions and each landscape’s specific ecosystem. From the age of 18, Victor has spent time on country learning traditional cultural and ecological knowledge from Elders. Having been developed over many generations of his people living on the land, this knowledge shows clearly that Australia actually needs fire – with burning done in a controlled manner – for land care and healing. Victor’s writing is unassuming and honest, written in a manner that reflects the nature of yarning. And while much of the knowledge shared in his book is still unknown to western science, there is much evidence that, if adopted, it will benefit all Australians.
Call Number: eBook Available
ISBN: 9781741177268
Publication Date: 18-02-2020
First people : the Eastern Kulin of Melbourne, Port Phillip and Central Victoria by Gary Presland
ISBN: 9780980619072
Following Jesus in Invaded Space : doing theology on Aboriginal land by Chris Budden Christianity is never just about beliefs but habits and practices-for better or worse. Theology always reflects the social location of the theologian-including her privileges and prejudices-all the time working with a particular, often undisclosed, notion of what is normal. Therefore theology is never neutral-it defends particular constructions of reality, and it promotes certain interests. Following Jesus in Invaded Space asks what-and whose-interests theology protects when it is part of a community that invaded the land of Indigenous peoples. Developing a theological method and position that self-consciously acknowledges the church's role in occupying Aboriginal land in Australia, it dares to speak of God, church, and justice in the context of past history and continuing dispossession. Hence, a Second people's theology emerges through constant and careful attention to experiences of invasion and dis-location brought into dialogue with the theological landscape or tradition of the church.
ISBN: 9781606086087
Publication Date: 2009
God's own country? : the Anglican Church and Tasmanian Aborigines by James Boyce
ISBN: 9781864590692
Gondwana Theology by Garry Deverell In this compelling work, Garry Deverell offers a remarkable synthesis of autobiographical reflections, theological analysis and liturgical creativity. Putting aside theoretical jargon and conventional God-talk, we encounter here an Aboriginal voice that none of the churches in Australia can afford to ignore. This is a book that all Australian Christians need to read. -Professor Mark Brett, Whitley College 'In this brief volume Garry wrestles with questions Indigenous Christians everywhere regularly confront. As have others before him he asks, ""How does an Indigenous person authentically make the faith that has been used as a means of oppression of him and his people, the ultimate source of his liberation from that oppression?"" ""Furthermore,"" he inquires, ""how can he challenge the White Christian world that has all but subsumed his and his people's lives in theirs, with the need for reconciliation and change of heart, if their own hearts continue to harbour only bitterness, resentment, and anger?"" The key concern is, of course, ""What will it require of each of us to live together well in the land?"" Personal story, embedded with pointed inquiry, and a spiritual pleading for transformation, invites the reader to consider her own way of faith and her own journey toward wholeness. Enjoy in these pages, a work of heart and soul seeking the good way.' -Dr Terry LeBlanc North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies Garry Worete Deverell is a Trawloolway man from northern Tasmania who currently lives in Melbourne. An Anglican in holy orders, he has ministered in parishes, hospitals, and academic institutions for 25 years. Garry has a PhD in liturgy and philosophical theology from Monash University. He is currently the vicar of St Agnes' Anglican Church in Black Rock, and a Turner Fellow at Trinity College Theological School, part of the University of Divinity. Garry is married to Lil and they have two grown-up daughters.
ISBN: 9781532672255
Publication Date: 2018
Grease and ochre : the blending of two cultures at the colonial sea frontier by Patsy Cameron In the early years of the nineteenth century, a small number of European men moved from the river towns of northern Tasmania onto the small islands of Eastern Bass Strait. Taking Tasmanian Aboriginal women as their wives, the Straitsmen set up samll-island homes on what became the colonial sea frontier. There have been many interpretations of the result of this blending of two cultures. Did it spell the demise of some of the clans, or, conversely did it ensure the survival of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people? Author Patsy Cameron has made a detailed study of the writings of Boultbee, who visited Bass Strait six years before Geroge Robinson, as well as Robinson himself and Stokes in 1839, to find answers to these questions. This book is an invaluable contribution to Tasmania's historical tradition, focusing attention on the placescapes where modern Tasmanian Aboriginal Culture was born.
ISBN: 9780994561121
Publication Date: 2016
The Great White Flood by Anne Pattel-Gray This book examines the impact of racist government legislation and policies upon the indigenous people of Australia over the last 200 years. Anne Pattel-Gray contends that racism in Australia is rooted in the long and corrupt relationship between government and church. The persistence ofracism in every area of Australian society is documented, from government to schools to courts to churches, and the illusory humanitarian and human rights stances of both institutions are here exposed. Pattel-Gray argues that racism is an endemic and chronic problem that must be addressed andsolved, Her book defines and clarifies racist terminology and language, reviews historical and contemporary expressions of Australian racism, and assesses both the concept and the recent process of reconciliation in Australia.
ISBN: 9780788501333
Publication Date: 1998
Holy Smoke by Casey Church Church argues that discipleship among Native peoples is best undertaken as a spiritual journey that has at its core biblical instruction and mentoring by individuals and families that model a lifestyle that reflects transformation in Jesus Christ. When accompanied by the 'contextual' use of Native rites such as the Sweat Lodge Ceremony, the Pipe Ceremony, and Powwow dancing and singing with the drum, participants who go through these 'rites of passage' experience an increased sense of spiritual well-being and self-esteem through this authentic Native expression of their Christian faith. The book illustrates deep reflection and integration of biblical teaching in the preparation and practice of these Native rites, transforming the old embedded meanings of these rites, while retaining their distinctive familiarity for participants. Church shows how the integration of biblical instruction, the practice of a biblical lifestyle, and contextual sacred and ceremonial rites in alcohol recovery and family camp ministries have together led to recovery and spiritual development in Christ. We commend this book to anyone who has a serious commitment to making disciples in Native American communities.- Sherwood Lingenfelter, Senior Professor, and Judith Lingenfelter, Affiliate Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA. This book is ... both authentic and, equally importantly, theologically and biblically sound. In these pages you will read of a journey that many have longed to take and are now being guided along through the life and lens of a gifted practitioner and his family. -Terry LeBlanc (PhD, Asbury Theological Seminary) is the Executive Director of Indigenous Pathways and is the founding Chair and current Director of NAIITS. Casey Church doesn't just write about how to do contextualization, he lives it. He and his amazing family travel, sing, pray, worship and dance their prayers. I have watched them over the years ... -Cheryl Bear (DMin, The King's Seminary) is a musician, singer, pastor and evangelist and conference speaker When we had our first national Native college student conference (Would Jesus Eat Frybread) in 2012, the most pressing questions students were asking was 'Can I be Native and Christian?' In 2016, it seems they are no longer asking 'Can I?' But 'How can I be Native and Christian?' In Holy Smoke, Church shares from his life experience - both personal and practical - in ways that will help young Natives who are striving to seek Jesus while honoring their cultures and traditions to answer this question for themselves. -Megan Murdock Krischke, Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma, National Native Ministry Coordinator for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship If you are involved in outreach to the indigenous community, Dr. Church's book, Holy Smoke, should be on your list of required reading. I have worked with Casey for 16 years and not only do I consider him a great friend but also a mentor in things Native. -Duane Bristow, Executive Director, Navajo Brethren In Christ Mission and Pastor, First Nations Gathering To walk in the liminal spaces of rituals and ceremony can lead to healing, transformation and innovation. Casey is calling Native leaders back to the traditional way of growth through life stages by the Rites of Passage. Rituals and ceremonies can be contextualized for the Native people who walk with Jesus. Wiconi's Family Camp and The Brethren in Christ Ministry are two organizations that have led the way through the liminal space of contextualization. -Donnie Begay, Nations Ministry Executive Director
ISBN: 9781935931607
Publication Date: 2017-03-07
Hope Abundant : third world and indigenous women's theology by Pui-Lan Kwok (Editor) A new generation of feminist theologians from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Latin America is responding to their changing world with critical theological insights and social analyses. This new reader, including indigenous voices, comprises eighteen reflections by women theologians who face daily poverty, violence, civil strife, war, and cultural alienation, yet who find abundant hope through their faith. Book jacket.
ISBN: 9781570758805
Publication Date: 2010
Indigenous Australia by Anne Pattel-Gray (Editor); John P. Brown (Editor); World Council of Churches Staff
ISBN: 9782825412381
Publication Date: 1997
Indigenous Australia and the Unfinished Business of Theology by Jione Havea (Editor) This book engages a complex subject that mainline theologies avoid, Indigenous Australia. The heritages, wisdoms and dreams of Indigenous Australians are tormented by the discriminating mindsets and colonialist practices of non-Indigenous peoples. This book gives special attention to the torments due to the arrival and development of the church.
Call Number: eBook Available
ISBN: 9781137426666
Publication Date: 2014
Indigenous education in Australia : learning and teaching for deadly futures by Marney Shay his is an essential, practical resource for pre- and in-service educators on creating contexts for success for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Based on the latest research and practice, this book provides an in-depth understanding of the colonised context within which education in Australia is located, with an emphasis on effective strategies for the classroom. Throughout the text, the authors share their personal and professional experiences providing rich examples for readers to learn from. Taking a strengths-based approach, this book will support new and experienced teachers to drive positive educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students--back cover.
ISBN: 9780367207748
Publication Date: 2021
Indigenous evangelists and questions of authority in the British Empire, 1750-1940 by Peggy Brock 1948- This is the first full-length historical study of indigenous evangelists across a range of societies, geographical regions and colonial regimes and the first to focus on the complex issues of authority surrounding the evangelists. It answers a need frequently voiced in recent studies of Christian missions. Most scholars now acknowledge that the remarkable expansion of Christianity in Africa, Asia and the Pacific in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries owed far more to the efforts of indigenous preachers than to the foreign missionaries who loom so large in publications. This book addresses that concern making an excellent introduction to the role of indigenous evangelists in the spread of Christianity, and the many countervailing pressures with which these individuals had to contend. It also includes in the introductory discussions useful statements of the current state of scholarship and theoretical debates in this field.
Call Number: eBook Available
ISBN: 9789004299344
Publication Date: 2015
Indigenous Perspectives on Sacred Natural Sites by Jonathan Liljeblad (Editor); Bas Verschuuren (Editor) Much previous literature on sacred natural sites has been written from a non-indigenous perspective. In contrast, this book facilitates a greater self-expression of indigenous perspectives regarding treatment of the sacred and its protection and governance in the face of threats from various forms of natural resource exploitation and development. It provides indigenous custodians the opportunity to explain how they view and treat the sacred through a written account that is available to a global audience. It thus illuminates similarities and differences of both definitions, interpretations and governance approaches regarding sacred natural phenomena and their conservation. The volume presents an international range of case studies, from the recent controversy of pipeline construction at Standing Rock, a sacred site for the Sioux people spanning North and South Dakota, to others located in Australia, Canada, East Timor, Hawaii, India, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria and the Philippines. Each chapter includes an analytical introduction and conclusion written by the editors to identify common themes, unique insights and key messages. The book is therefore a valuable teaching resource for students of indigenous studies, anthropology, religion, heritage, human rights and law, nature conservation and environmental protection. It will also be of great interest to professionals and NGOs concerned with nature and heritage conservation.
ISBN: 9780815377023
Publication Date: 2018-12-20
In good faith? : governing Indigenous Australia through god, charity and empire, 1825-1855 by Jessie Mitchell
ISBN: 9781921862113
Publication Date: 2011
Jesus and the Dreaming: Discovering an Australian Spirituality Through Aboriginal-Christian Dialogue by Frank Fletcher MSC This book traces how an Australian Catholic priest's encounter with Aboriginal people forced him to confront the challenges and possibilities that Aboriginal spirituality present to western Christianity. Fr Fletcher argues that in addition to a more authentic dialogue, a sympathetic understanding of the Dreaming will deepen our own religious experience and help renew modern Christian theology.
ISBN: 9781921963346
Publication Date: 2013
Kerygmatics of the new millennium : a study of Australian Aboriginal women's Christology by Lee Miena Skye
ISBN: 9788184580242
Publication Date: 2007
Knowledge and Secrecy in an Aboriginal Religion by Ian Keen This book describes the control of religious knowledge in north-east Arnhem Land, primarily from the point of view of Yolngu men. Ian Keen examines the framing of religious forms and the control of the dissemination of knowledge in three contexts: age and gender relations; among socialnetworks centred on patrifilial group identity; and in relationships with people of a wider region, including the use of more universal symbols such as those from Christianity to forge links with non-Aboriginal community. He concludes by discussing the effect of post-colonial social and religiouschanges on Yolngu power relations, especially on the power of older men, which had its basis in the control of secret religious knowledge.Yolngu religious practice is constituted in indeterminacy and ambiguity; people co-operate in enacting common religious forms while interpreting those forms differently. Dr Keen draws on recent post-structuralist social theory to discuss this heterogeneity of culture and practice. It is, heargues, the pervasive indeterminacy and contestability of meaning that makes it possible to conceptualize the embedding of north-east Arhem Land social life in wider social formations, while recognizing the relativity of Yolngu perspectives on social and religous reality.
ISBN: 9780195507522
Publication Date: 1998-08-27
A Native American Theology by Clara Sue Kidwell; Homer Noley; George E. Tinker
ISBN: 9781570753619
Publication Date: 2001
The need for roots : a prelude to a declaration of duties towards mankind by Simone Weil
ISBN: 9780710088543
Publication Date: 1978
New, Old and Timeless : Pointers Towards an Aboriginal Theology by Wilson, Martin J.
ISBN: 9780869400166
Publication Date: 1979
On Being Blackfella's Young Fella by Glenn Loughrey "This is a story of identity: how one man experienced exclusion and a sense of unworthiness in Australian society. It is the story of growing up - blackfella's youngfella - and the struggle to assimilate into the dominant, white European society. But the struggle, the search and the frustration leads to his uncovering a core question: is being Aboriginal enough? Enough to make sense of life, enough to identify as a proud and free member of an ancient people in a society that stole its land, denied its richness and crushed its sense of identity? The search also involved fear and disquiet; and conflict for the author as both an Aboriginal person and a Christian priest. Can they co-exist, or are they mutually exclusive? Thus, it is the ongoing story of his journey into a greater understanding of Aboriginality as a way of being human in this place; and along the way, a discovery that there is no such thing as Aboriginal spirituality, only Aboriginality." -- Back cover.
ISBN: 9780648804444
Publication Date: 2020
One blood : 200 years of aboriginal encounter with Christianity by John W. Harris
ISBN: 9780987415028
Publication Date: 2018
The other side of the frontier : Aboriginal resistance to the European invasion of Australia by Henry Reynolds
ISBN: 9780140130409
Our mob, God's story : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists share their faith by Louise Sherman and Christobel Mattingley Bible Society Australia. Our Mob, God's Story : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists Share Their Faith. Edited by Louise Sherman and Christobel Mattingley. Sydney: Bible Society Australia, 2017.
ISBN: 0647519585
Publication Date: 2017
People and Land by Jione Havea (Editor, Contribution by); Gemma Tulud Cruz (Contribution by); Steed Vernyl Davidson (Contribution by); Jude Lal Fernando (Contribution by); Sifiso Mpofu (Contribution by); Kuzipa Nalwamba (Contribution by); Mitri Raheb (Contribution by); Garnett Roper (Contribution by); Barbara Rossing (Contribution by); Santiago Slabodsky (Contribution by); Nāsili Vaka'uta (Contribution by); George Zachariah (Contribution by) Empires rise and expand by taking lands and resources and by enslaving the bodies and minds of people. Even in this modern era, the territories, geographies, and peoples of a number of lands continue to be divided, occupied, harvested, and marketed. The legacy of slavery and the scapegoating of people persists in many lands, and religious institutions have been co-opted to own land, to gather people, to define proper behavior, to mete out salvation, and to be silent. The contributors to People and Land, writing from under the shadows of various empires-from and in between Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Oceania-refuse to be silent. They give voice to multiple causes: to assess and transform the usual business of theology and hermeneutics; to expose and challenge the logics and delusions of coloniality; to tally and demand restitution of stolen, commodified and capitalized lands; to account for the capitalizing (touristy) and forced movements of people; and to scripturalize the undeniable ecological crises and our responsibilities to the whole life system (watershed). This book is a protest against the claims of political and religious empires over land, people, earth, minds, and the future.
ISBN: 9781978703605
Publication Date: 2019-11-06
Petitioning for Land by Karen O'Brien Petitioning for Land is the first book to examine the extent of First Peoples political participation through the use of petitions. Interpreting petitions as a continuous form of political articulation, Karen O'Brien considers petitioning for recognition of prior land ownership as a means by which to locate First Peoples petitioning for change within the broader narrative of historical and contemporary notions of justice. The book follows the story of First Peoples' activism and shows how they actively reform discourse to disseminate a self-determined reality through the act of petitioning. It discloses how, through the petition, First Peoples reject colonialism, even whilst working within its confines. In a reconfiguration of discourse, they actively convey a political or moral meaning to re-emerge in a self-determined world. Taking a socio-legal and historical approach to petitioning, the book questions the state domination of First Peoples, and charts their political action against such control in the quest for self-determination. By uniquely focusing on the act of petitioning, which places First Peoples aspirants centre-stage, O'Brien presents fresh and innovative perspectives concerning their political enterprise. From early modern colonial occupation to contemporary society, the hundreds of petitions that called for change are uncovered in Petitioning for Land, shedding new light on the social and political dynamics that drove the petitions.
ISBN: 9781350163546
Publication Date: 2020-05-28
Postcolonialism and the Hebrew Bible by Roland Boer (Volume Editor) This volume returns to where initial interest in postcolonial biblical criticism began: the Hebrew Bible. It does so not to celebrate the significant achievements of postcolonial analysis over the last few decades but to ask what the next step might be. In these essays, established and newer scholars, many from the interstices of global scholarship, discuss specific texts, neo/post/colonial situations, and theoretical issues. Moving from the Caribbean to Greenland, from Ezra-Nehemiah to the Gibeonites, this collection seeks out new territory, new questions, and possibly some new answers. The contributors are Roland Boer, Steed Davidson, Richard Horsley, Uriah Y. Kim, Judith McKinlay, Johnny Miles, Althea Spencer-Miller, Leo Perdue, Christina Petterson, Joerg Rieger, and Gerald West.
ISBN: 9781589837720
Publication Date: 2013
Postcolonial Voices from Downunder by Jione Havea (Editor) How do indigenous matters inform, irritate and advance postcolonial theologies and postcolonial biblical criticisms? What options emerge from confronting readings of religious, customary, scriptural, political and cultural texts, traditions, leanings, bodies and anxieties? These two questions epitomize the concerns that the contributors address in this collection. The postcolonial voices that come together between the covers of this book show that indigenous subjects and heritages do matter in the theological and hermeneutical business, for we all have something to learn from First Peoples, and that theologians and biblical critics have much to gain from (and offer to) confronting and troubling traditional views and fears. Together in this book, the postcolonial voices from Downunder (geographically: Oceania, Pasifika; ideologically: marginalized, minoritized) confront political and religious bodies, including Christian churches, on account of their participation in and justification of the occupation and poaching of native lands, wisdom, wealth, and titles. This book is for First Peoples and Second Peoples, whether they are down under or up yonder, who are curious about possible advents of postcolonial theologies and postcolonial biblical criticisms in the future.
ISBN: 9781532605871
Publication Date: 2017
Rainbow Spirit Theology by Rainbow Spirit Elders Staff Rainbow Spirit Theology represents a landmark in Australian theology. This text has been prepared by a group of Aboriginal Christian leaders with the aim of integrating the traditions of Aboriginal culture with the traditions of Christianity. Authors include George Rosendale (the spiritual elder of the group), Nola Archie, Dennis Corowa, William Coolbura, Eddie Law, James Leftwich, and Jasmine Corowa (artist), representing six Aboriginal peoples and ministry in four Christian traditions. Assisting the project were Robert Bos, Norman Habel and Shirley Wurst.
ISBN: 1920691804
Publication Date: 2012
Religion and Non-Religion among Australian Aboriginal Peoples by James L. Cox; Adam Possamai Offering a significant contribution to the emerging field of 'Non-Religion Studies', Religion and Non-Religion among Australian Aboriginal Peoplesdraws on Australian 2011 Census statistics to ask whether the Indigenous Australian population, like the wider Australian society, is becoming increasingly secularised or whether there are other explanations for the surprisingly high percentage of Aboriginal people in Australia who state that they have 'no religion'. Contributors from a range of disciplines consider three central questions: How do Aboriginal Australians understand or interpret what Westerners have called 'religion'? Do Aboriginal Australians distinguish being 'religious' from being 'non-religious'? How have modernity and Christianity affected Indigenous understandings of 'religion'? These questions re-focus Western-dominated concerns with the decline or revival of religion, by incorporating how Indigenous Australians have responded to modernity, how modernity has affected Indigenous peoples' religious behaviours and perceptions, and how variations of response can be found in rural and urban contexts.genous peoples' religious behaviours and perceptions, and how variations of response can be found in rural and urban contexts.
ISBN: 9781472443830
Publication Date: 2015
Religious Change and Indigenous Peoples by Adam Possamai; Helena Onnudottir Exploring religious and spiritual changes which have been taking place among Indigenous populations in Australia and New Zealand, this book focuses on important changes in religious affiliation in census data over the last 15 years. Drawing on both local social and political debates, while contextualising the discussion in wider global debates about changing religious identities, especially the growth of Islam, the authors present a critical analysis of the persistent images and discourses on Aboriginal religions and spirituality. This book takes a comparative approach to other Indigenous and minority groups to explore contemporary changes in religious affiliation which have raised questions about resistance to modernity, challenges to the nation state and/or rejection of Christianity or Islam. Helena Onnudottir, Adam Posssamai and Bryan Turner offer a critical analysis to on-going public, political and sociological debates about religious conversion (especially to Islam) and changing religious affiliations (including an increase in the number of people who claim 'no religion') among Indigenous populations. This book also offers a major contribution to the growing debate about conversion to Islam among Australian Aborigines, Maoris and Pacific peoples.
ISBN: 9781409448679
Publication Date: 2013-08-28
Sand talk: how Indigenous thinking can save the world by Tyson Yunkaporta
ISBN: 9781925773996
Publication Date: 2019
Series of Reflections of Aboriginal Theology: Four Reflections Based on Church Renewal, Christian Theology of the Land, Contextualization and Unity. by Gondarra, Djiniyini, and Uniting Church in Australia. Northern Synod
ISBN: 0949299286
Publication Date: 1986
Songspirals by Laklak BurarrwaÅ A rare opportunity to connect with the living tradition of women's songlines, as recounted by Yolngu women from far north Australia.
ISBN: 9781760633219
Publication Date: 2019-08-05
Taking Liberty by Ann Curthoys; Jessie Mitchell At last a history that explains how indigenous dispossession and survival underlay and shaped the birth of Australian democracy. The legacy of seizing a continent and alternately destroying and governing its original people shaped how white Australians came to see themselves as independent citizens. It also shows how shifting wider imperial and colonial politics influenced the treatment of indigenous Australians, and how indigenous people began to engage in their own ways with these new political institutions. It is, essentially, a bringing together of two histories that have hitherto been told separately: one concerns the arrival of early democracy in the Australian colonies, as white settlers moved from the shame and restrictions of the penal era to a new and freer society with their own institutions of government; the other is the tragedy of indigenous dispossession and displacement, with its frontier violence, poverty, disease and enforced regimes of mission life.
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ISBN: 9781107446847
Publication Date: 2020-05-07
Talkin' up to the White Woman : aboriginal women and feminism by Aileen Moreton-Robinson Revealing the invisible position of power and privilege in feminist practice, this accessible and provocative analysis elucidates the whiteness of Australian feminism. A pioneering work, it will overturn complacent notions of a mutual sisterhood and the common good.
ISBN: 9780702263101
Publication Date: 2020
Time we started listening : theological questions put to us by recent Indigenous writing by Duncan Reid Duncan Reid tackles a mammoth but urgent task, the task of reimagining our ways of seeing in and through the eyes of the other. This is a task First Nations People have become adept at in the intersection between Aboriginality and the European way of seeing. Reid challenges us each to move out of our siloed thinking and be as expansive as the Australian continent in our engagement with the Great Creator Spirit who is indigenous to this place. Please read and digest.' Revd Glenn Loughrey MA, Wiradjuri, author, artist, Anglican Priest and Blackfella's Youngfella. 'In an age where so much public discourse is characterised by loud voices and polarisation Duncan Reid's invitation to a deep listening to some indigenous voices comes as a much-needed alternative. More than ever we need to move beyond debate to dialogue real conversation where relationships are deepened rather than fractured. With sensitivity and humility Reid invites us to enter into real dialogue with the oldest human culture, to befriend our own stories and to understand the country on which we walk. It is indeed time we started listening and this small book is a valuable contribution to the dialogue that is so important if we are to know true reconciliation.' Rt Revd Jeremy Greaves, Bishop for the Northern Region, Anglican Diocese of Brisbane.
ISBN: 9781925679823
Publication Date: 2020
Trauma Trails by Judy Atkinson Taking readers into the depths of sadness and despair and into the heights of celebration and hope, this disturbing account details the trauma suffered by Australia's indigenous people and the resultant "trauma trails" spread throughout the country.
ISBN: 9781876756222
Publication Date: 2002
The Vandemonian war the secret history of Britain's Tasmanian invasion by Nick Brodie
ISBN: 9781743793114
Publication Date: 2017
The wailing : a national black oral history by Stuart Rintoul
ISBN: 9780855614683
Publication Date: 1993
Welcome to country by Aunty Joy Murphy ; with illustrations by Lisa Kennedy
ISBN: 9781922244871
Publication Date: 2016
White Christ Black Cross : the emergence of a Black church by Noel Loos Framing the churches' missionary outreach to Aboriginal people within the reality of frontier violence, government control, segregation, and neglect, this account reveals how Aboriginal people on the missions responded to white Christianity as part of their enforced cultural change. It also tells how, ws missionary control diminished, they responded more overtly and autonomously--some regarding Christianity as irrelevant, others adopting it in culturally satisfying ways.
ISBN: 9780855756888
Publication Date: 2007
White fragility : why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism by Robin DiAngelo 1956- In this groundbreaking and timely book, antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility. Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo explores how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.
ISBN: 9780141990569
Publication Date: 2019
Worship and Social Engagement in Urban Aboriginal-Led Australian Pentecostal Congregations by Tanya Riches Worship and Social Engagement in Urban Aboriginal-led Australian Pentecostal Congregations: (Re)imagining Identity in the Spirit provides an ethnographic account of three Australian Pentecostal congregations with Aboriginal senior leadership. Within this Pentecostalism, Dreaming realities and identities must be brought together with the Christian gospel. Yet current political and economic relationships with the Australian state complicate the possibilities of interactions between culture and Spirit. The result is a matrix or network of these churches stretching across Australia, with Black Australian Pentecostals resisting and accommodating the state through the construction of new and ancient identities. This work occurs most notably in context of the worship ritual, which functions through ritual interaction chains to energise the various social engagement programs these congregations sustain.
ISBN: 9789004400252
Publication Date: 2019
The Wretched of the Earth by Homi K. Bhabha (Foreword by); Jean-Paul Sartre (Preface by); Frantz Fanon; Cornel West (Introduction by); Richard Philcox (Translator) The sixtieth anniversary edition of Frantz Fanon's landmark text, now with a new introduction by Cornel West First published in 1961, and reissued in this sixtieth anniversary edition with a powerful new introduction by Cornel West, Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth is a masterfuland timeless interrogation of race, colonialism, psychological trauma, and revolutionary struggle, and a continuing influence on movements from Black Lives Matter to decolonization. A landmark text for revolutionaries and activists, The Wretched of the Earth is an eternal touchstone for civil rights, anti-colonialism, psychiatric studies, and Black consciousness movements around the world. Alongside Cornel West's introduction, the book features critical essays by Jean-Paul Sartre and Homi K. Bhabha. This sixtieth anniversary edition of Fanon's most famous text stands proudly alongside such pillars of anti-colonialism and anti-racism as Edward Said's Orientalism and The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
ISBN: 9780802158635
Publication Date: 2021-10-19
Writing Never Arrives Naked by Penny Van Toorn; Penny van Toorn Playing on both minds and emotions, this academically innovative book reveals the resourceful and often poignant ways that Indigenous Australians involved themselves in the colonists' paper culture.
ISBN: 9780855756932
Publication Date: 2006
Yarta Wandatha by Denise Champion with Rosemary Dewerse
ISBN: 9780646924861
Publication Date: 2014