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. As a collection, this book is a work in "Storyweaving," which means, simply, the weaving of stories and memories that enliven journeys, traditions, histories and customs, with their pains and longings. A rich selection of theological themes and concerns are woven together in this book: the challenges of Postcolonialism; Theology as Struggle; rethinking Trinity in Samoa; cost of the Grand Canal Project in Korea; Postcolonial Samoan Hermeneutics; Empire in Postapocalyptic Mark; Indonesian Postcolonial Perspective; Natives in Pasifika; John Green as ngamadjidj; Masculinity and Missionaries; Law and Sovereignty; Terra Nullius Amnesiacs; Holy Communion with Indigenous elements; Homemaking; Acknowledging Traditional Owners; and Indigenous Perspective on Mission 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 "Cover" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "Foreword" -- "Locating Theology" -- "1 Threshold Theology" -- "2 Weaving Oppression and Liberation: Postcolonial Theology as Theology of Struggle" -- "3 Vaâ#x80;#x99;atapalagi: De-heavening Trinitarian Theology in the Islands" -- "4 Let the River Flow ~ ~ A Postcolonial Ecotheology and the Grand Canal Project in Korea" -- "Relocating the Bible" -- "5 The Hebrew Bible and Postcolonial Samoan Hermeneutics" -- "6 The Empire of God, the Postcolonial Jesus, and Postapocalyptic Mark" -- "7 Encountering State Ideology: Reading the Bible from an Indonesian Postcolonial Perspective" -- "8 Natives, reading, scriptures: In transit, in Pasifika" -- "Weaving Colonial Histories" -- "9 John Green, Manager of Coranderrk Aboriginal Station, but also a ngamadjidj? New insights into His Work with Victorian Aborig" -- "10 Men, Masculinity, and Missionaries: Exploring the Cultural, Health, and Spiritual Impact of the Australian Missionary enterp" -- "11 Law and Sovereignty in Australian National Narratives" -- "Postcolonial Practices" -- "12 â#x80;Terra Nullius Amnesiacsâ#x80;#x9D;: A theological Analysis of the Persistence of Colonization in the Australian Context and the Bloc" -- "13 This is my body? A postcolonial Investigation of indigenous Australian Communion Practices" -- "14 Homemaking: Reclaiming the Ideal of Home as a Framework for Hosting Cultural and Religious Diversity*" -- "15 Acknowledging Traditional Owners: A Theological Inquiry" -- "16 Mission in the Great South Land: An Indigenous Perspective" -- "Notes on Contributors"