Reconciliation and Recognition: A Christian Approach to Indigenous Australians and Constitutional Change
This article examines the theological idea of reconciliation and what this entails, including repentance as mind change, honest confession of wrong, lament for the hurt caused by the wrong, apology, restitution as concrete action to make right, and a mutual trust or unification to build a new, harmo...
| Published in: | Political theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2022
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| In: |
Political theology
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Australia
/ Australian Aborigines
/ Acknowledgment
/ Reconciliation
/ Constitution
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| RelBib Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KBS Australia; Oceania NCC Social ethics XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
Makarrata
B Christian Theology B Reconciliation B Repentance B constitutional change B Indigenous Australians B Recognition |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | This article examines the theological idea of reconciliation and what this entails, including repentance as mind change, honest confession of wrong, lament for the hurt caused by the wrong, apology, restitution as concrete action to make right, and a mutual trust or unification to build a new, harmonious relationship. However, it also recognizes the potential danger of a purely colonial approach and draws on the Indigenous concept of Makarrata to inform and augment the Christian notion of reconciliation so that it is more relevant to the Australian context. Second, the article briefly considers potential constitutional change which is compatible with Australia’s legal system and could reflect and build upon a new relationship. The article argues that, as Makarrata exhorts, reconciliation is not merely symbolic but must be facilitated by active and tangible change which brings all Australians, Indigenous or otherwise, together – and that this is also a fundamentally Christian imperative. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2021.1951500 |