Colonial Contexts and Postcolonial Theologies: Storyweaving in the Asia-Pacific

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Threshold Theology....Pages 3-20
Weaving Oppression and Liberation: Postcolonial Theology as Theology of Struggle....Pages 21-39
Va’atapalagi: De-heavening Trinitarian Theology in the Islands....Pages 41-53
Let the River Flow ∼∼ A Postcolonial Ecotheology and the Grand Canal Project in Korea....Pages 55-64
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
The Hebrew Bible and Postcolonial Samoan Hermeneutics....Pages 67-79
The Empire of God, the Postcolonial Jesus, and Postapocalyptic Mark....Pages 81-97
Encountering State Ideology: Reading the Bible from an Indonesian Postcolonial Perspective....Pages 99-112
Natives, reading, scriptures: In transit, in Pasifika....Pages 113-126
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
John Green, Manager of Coranderrk Aboriginal Station, but also a ngamadjidj? New insights into His Work with Victorian Aboriginal People in the Nineteenth Century....Pages 129-144
Men, Masculinity, and Missionaries: Exploring the Cultural, Health, and Spiritual Impact of the Australian Missionary enterprise on Aboriginal men....Pages 145-159
Law and Sovereignty in Australian National Narratives....Pages 161-177
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
“Terra Nullius Amnesiacs”: A Theological Analysis of the Persistence of Colonization in the Australian Context and the Blocks to Real Reconciliation....Pages 181-199
This is my body? A postcolonial Investigation of indigenous Australian Communion Practices....Pages 201-217
Homemaking: Reclaiming the Ideal of Home as a Framework for Hosting Cultural and Religious Diversity....Pages 219-229
Acknowledging Traditional Owners: A Theological Inquiry....Pages 231-248
Mission in the Great South Land: An Indigenous Perspective....Pages 249-264
Back Matter....Pages 265-273