Indigenous Australia and the Unfinished Business of Theology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Colonization Has Many Names

   • Neville Naden, Jione Havea

   Pages 1-8

3. Receive, Touch, Feel, and Give Raypirri

   • Maratja Dhamarrandji, Jione Havea

   Pages 9-15

4. Seeing Otherwise: Touching Sacred Things

   • Rod Pattenden

   Pages 17-30

5. Missionary Genocide: Moral Illegitimacy and the Churches in Australia

   • Sarah Maddison

   Pages 31-46

6. From Little Things Big Things Grow

   • Mandy Tibbey

   Pages 47-61

7. Reconciling a Platypus Nation: Can Churches Help?

   • Margaret Tam

   Pages 63-79

8. Ritual, in the Healing of Memories

   • John Francis Fitz-Herbert

   Pages 81-96

9. Migration and Rudd’s Apology: Whose Voices are Heard, and What Do They Mean for the Christian Community?

   • Chris Budden

   Pages 97-111

10. In Touch Out of Touch: The Church and Reconciliation

    • Gerard Moore

    Pages 113-128

11. National Black Congress: Ambivalence and Ambiguity

    • William W. Emilsen

    Pages 129-150

12. Formation for Ordained Ministry: Out of Touch?

    • Stephen Burns

    Pages 151-166

13. Envisioning an Emerging Asian Australian Christianity

    • Jonathan Y. Tan

    Pages 167-179

14. Place and Displacement: Reading Scriptures with Indigenous Australians

    • L. Lee Levett-Olson

    Pages 181-193

15. Hope with and Trust in Aboriginal Stories

    • Sang Taek Lee

    Pages 195-205

16. Forgive Us Our Trespasses: Black Australia, Peopled Wilderness, Eroding Islands

    • Jione Havea

    Pages 207-219

17. Back Matter

    Pages 221-229

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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.

• Indigenous Australia
• Stolen Generation
• Apology
• Reconciliation
• Colonization
• Interdisciplinary studies
• Cross-cultural theologies
• Australia
• Christianity
• indigenous Australia
• Indigenous Australians
• theology
• religion and society

Chris Budden, Charles Sturt University, Australia Stephen Burns, Episcopal Divinity School, USA Maratja Dhamarrandji, Independent Scholar, Australia William W. Emilsen, Charles Sturt University, Australia John Fitz-Herbert, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane, Australia Sang Taek Lee, Charles Sturt University, Australia L. Lee Levett-Olson, Nungalinya College, Australia Sarah Maddison, University of New South Wales, Australia Gerard Moore, Charles Sturt University, Australia Neville Naden, Independent Scholar, Australia Rod Pattenden, Chair of Blake Society and Uniting Church minister, Australia Margaret Tam, Australian Catholic University, Australia Jonathan Y. Tan, Australian Catholic University, Australia Mandy Tibbey, New South Wales Bar Association, Australia

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