Colonial Contexts and Postcolonial Theologies: Storyweaving in the Asia-Pacific(Postcolonialism and Religions)

Colonial Contexts and Postcolonial Theology focuses on what postcolonial theologies look like in colonial contexts, particularly in dialogue with the First Nations Peoples in Australia and the Asia-Pacific. The contributors have roots in the Asia-Pacific, but the struggles, theologies and concerns they address are shared across the seas.

Table of Contents:
PART I: LOCATING THEOLOGY 1. Threshold Theology; Bill Ashcroft 2. Weaving Oppression and Liberation: Postcolonial Theology as Theology of Struggle; Gemma Talud Cruz 3. Vaa-tapa-lagi: De-heavening Trinitarian Theology in the Islands; Upolu Lum? Vaai 4. Let the River Flow: A Postcolonial Ecotheology and The Grand Canal Project in Korea; Jea Sophia Oh PART II: RELOCATING THE BIBLE 5. The Hebrew Bible and Postcolonial Samoan Hermeneutics; Makesi Neemia 6. The Empire of God, the Postcolonial Jesus and Postapocalyptic Mark; Keith Dyer 7. Encountering State Ideology: Reading the Bible from an Indonesian Postcolonial Perspective; Yusak B. Setyawan 8. Natives, reading, scriptures: In transit, in Pasifika; Jione Havea PART III: WEAVING COLONIAL HISTORIES 9. John Green – Manager of Coranderrk Aboriginal Station, but also a Ngamadjidj?: New Insights into his Work with Victorian Aboriginal People in the Nineteenth Century; Ian D. Clark and Fred Cahir 10. Men, Masculinity and Missionaries: Exploringthe Cultural, Health and Spiritual Impact of the Australian Missionary Enterprise on Aboriginal Men; Brian McCoy 11. Law and Sovereignty in Australian National Narratives; Mark G. Brett PART IV: POSTCOLONIAL PRACTICES 12. 'Terra ius Amnesiacs': A Theological Analysis of the Persistence of Colonisation in the Australian Context and the Blocks to real Reconciliation; Peter Lewis 13. 'This is my body?' A Post-colonial Investigation of Indigenous Australian Communion Practices; Steve Taylor and Tim Matton-Johnson 14. Homemaking: Reclaiming the Ideal of Home as a Framework for Hosting Cultural and Religious Diversity; Seferosa Carroll 15. Acknowledging Traditional Owners: A Theological Inquiry; Anne Elvey 16. Mission in the Great South Land: An Indigenous Perspective; Mark Yettica-Paulson

About the Author :
Bill Ashcroft, University of New South Wales, Australia Gemma Talud Cruz, Australian Catholic University, Australia Upolu Lum? Vaai, Piula Theological College, Samoa Jea Sophia Oh, Kean University, USA Makesi Neemia, Malua Theological College, Samoa Keith Dyer, MCD University of Divinity, Australia Yusak B. Setyawan, Satya Wacana Christian University Ian D. Clark, University of Ballarat, Australia Fred Cahir, University of Ballarat, Australia Brian McCoy, La Trobe University, Australia Mark G. Brett, MCD University of Divinity, Australia Peter Lewis, Victorian Aboriginal Childcare Agency, Australia Steve Taylor, Flinders University, Australia Tim Matton-Johnson, Uniting Aboriginal & Islander Congress, Australia Seferosa Carroll, Charles Sturt University, Australia Anne Elvey, Monash University, Australia Mark Yettica-Paulson, The Yettica Group, Australia

Review :
"This collection of essays presents a balanced mix of theological contributions on scripture, gender studies, ecology, inculturation, history, law, and missiology. What makes them distinctive are the perspectives from which they are written. The perspectives are one of empowerment which has transformed the formerly voiceless into strong advocates for justice, which runs throughout the work not as theory, but as clearly articulated aim." - Paula Sampson, Director, Indigenous Studies Centre, Vancouver School of Theology, Canada