The image is a book cover of: Beatrice Green, and Keiti Ann Kanongata’a (eds.), Weaving Theology in Oceania: Culture, Context and Practice (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020). What type of theology is being written/published in Oceania? What is the distinctive Oceanic voice and what does this voice contribute to the Christian faith? A few years back,… Theology in/of Oceania
Time Monday 5 – Thursday 8 February, 2024 Location University of Divinity90 Albion Rd, Box Hill VIC 3128 To book tickets, visit: trybooking A history first event bringing Indigenous Church leaders and theologians together on a national platform. An exploration over 4 days of the Indigenous theological perspective of spirituality, colonisation, justice and repatriation, country,… Raising Our Tribal Voice for Justice: An Indigenous Theological Revolution
16-18th November 2023, Bay of Islands, New Zealand Please visit Laidlaw College’s website with accomodation booking information and details regarding speakers, etc, see: wānanga-symposium For booking the conference itself, please visit: Eventbrite PLEASE NOTE: There are only 200 places available (199 now!), so be sure to book ASAP This symposium, featuring leading international and New… Wänanga Symposium
The image is by Gregorio Borgia/AP. People protest as Pope Francis meets young people and elders at Nakasuk Elementary School Square in Iqaluit, Canada, last July. The Vatican on Thursday formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery.” The theory is backed by 15th century papal decrees that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands and form… Vatican “repudiates…the legal and political ‘doctrine of discovery’.”
The image is by Tracey Moffatt and part of the “up in the sky” (1997) collection. It concerns the “stolen generations,” a time between 1910s and 1970s when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were torn from their families. It was a government sanctioned act of genocide, with ongoing profound social consequences. A friend of… Stolen Generations
The above image is a “Reconstruction of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, 1840” by Marcus King (1939). For information about the Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its ongoing legacy, see: here. Vox has an interesting article and associated video of the issue of “reparations” for the Maori in Aotearoa (New Zealand)
The above image is FALE SA “CHCH” (1999) by Michael Tuffery, and housed at “Christchurch Art Gallery/Te Puna o Waiwhetū.” “Fale sa” means “holy house” or “cathedral” and “CHCH” is a short hand reference to Christchurch, New Zealand. Christchurch Cathedral was a massive Gothic-revival stone building that was damaged in the 2011 earthquakes. Tuffery depicts… Indigenous Theologies on ResearchGate.Net
The above image is “Diaspora Cultures: This is Not a Coconut” (2012), by Saumolia Puapuaga. H/T to Jason Goroncy for the reference. It expresses well the commodification of a coconut, its reduction to its parts and encased in a can of efficient production. Coconut Theology (the original text of which is cited in full below)… Coconut Theology: Contextual Theology?
The image is of Rev. Dr. Miguel De La Torre from the Juicy Ecumenism website. The article titled, ““I don’t want your hospitality. I want my damn house back,” argues that “churches aiming to show ‘hospitality’ to immigrants offer ‘the worst thing you could ever say or do’,” because the hospitality offered is out of… Migration Theologies
#ColonialImaginaryUniverse These stained-glass windows are located in St George’s Anglican Church, Malvern, Melbourne, Australia, and celebrate Bishop Reginald Heber (1783-1826) and Bishop William Grant Broughton (1788-1853). The problems are obvious: The two are pictured in full clerical robes and tower over the indigenous peoples who are small, naked, supplicant, and with penitent gazes. The story… The Perpetual Mundane Imaginary in Spaces of Christian Worship