Following Jesus in Invaded Space
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ISBN 10: 1-60608-608-1
ISBN 13: 978-1-60608-608-7
Pages: 190
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: 05/04/2009
Street Date: 05/04/2009
Division: Pickwick Publications
Series: Princeton Theological Monograph Series
Category: Theology
Following Jesus in Invaded Space
Doing Theology on Aboriginal Land
By Chris Budden

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Book Description
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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