Why do many First People in Australia find themselves continually under siege? Why do many interventions fail to produce what was hoped for? Why is it that, when there have been many positive developments, at some deep level, nothing seems to have changed? Will the «Uluru Statement from the Heart» ensure the future security of the First Peoples in Australia? By developing strands from Christian theology, Liberating the Will of Australia answers these questions in a way that gets to the heart of the problem. It is shown that the way that the First Peoples were treated by the first European in-comers became an indelible part of what Australia currently is. This explains why harm is often done even when good is intended, and why some problems are too complex to solve. But that does not mean that we need to be stuck in the past: through deep repentance by the «Subsequent Peoples,» much more than an apology, we can take hold of the work of God to bring new things out of what is broken. Ultimately, this is profoundly hopeful. Although focusing on Australia, the theological tools developed can be applied in other colonial and post-colonial contexts.
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Geoffrey Burn. Liberating the Will of Australia
Liberating the Will of Australia
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Bound Willing and True Freedom
Bound Willing in Ezekiel
Being Stuck in the Past in Australia
Land in Indigenous Cultures in Australia
An Outline Narrative of Land in Recent Decades
A Narrative About Land in Half a Century of Australian Legislation and Law
Theological Reflection
Forgiveness and Repentance
Reconciliation and Changing the Social and Economic Structures in Corinth
The Risk of the Future in Australia
Endnotes
Bibliography
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Towards the Flourishing of the Land and All Its Peoples
Geoffrey Burn
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•The Land will be used when writing of the whole ecosystem of the land mass that is commonly called Australia and its waters, independent of any claims of relationship to it by any people who live there. It is important that this should not be called Australia, for this confuses The Land with the nation that has established itself on The Land, with particular laws and relationships to The Land, and relationships with others who also live in The Land, who have different relationships to The Land.
•Australia will refer to the nation-state that is commonly called by this name and the states and territories of Australia and any other bodies constituted by legal systems arising from British settlements in The Land.
