A Theology of Land: Terra Australis from Christian-Aboriginal Perspectives
ISBN: 9781925679076
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / ATF (Australia) Ltd.
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Religion ; Sociology;

On the face of things, the spirituality of Australia's Aboriginals is hard to reconcile with a spirituality of Christian theology, with its human centrism apt to a Son of God in Man, made flesh in Jesus Christ. Nevertheless this author, Christopher Sexton, a Sydney based lawyer, drew on his deep Catholic theological beliefs and intense dialogue with Aboriginal elders, to find a surprisingly common ground, and in abundance. The creation stories of each lay emphasis on humanity's stewardship for the search and its mystical riches. Here is a book by a Christian lawyer who consulted widely and deeply with our First People's. He found more in common between our distinct spiritualities than might be expected. Proving, once again, that listening deeply to each other will often yield common ground.


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