Chris Budden

Following Jesus in Invaded Space (eBook, ePUB)

Doing Theology on Aboriginal Land

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781630876739
• Artikelnr.: 55270725

Autorenporträt

Chris Budden is a parish minister of the Uniting Church in Australia, and an Associate Researcher in the Public and Contextual Theology Strategic Research Centre at Charles Sturt University. He is the author of a number of articles in public theology.