Description
Book SynopsisWhat thresholds of theology would we cross if we engage the aches and despairs, wisdoms and hopes in and of Aotearoa New Zealand, and the neighboring sea of islands? What thresholds need to be jarred or moved (threshold as opening), probed and raised (threshold as limit, ceiling)? This book engages these questions, over two vaults: (1) “(re)Locating theological studies” contains essays that interrogate the purposes of theological studies (locally and globally), identify gaps due to the Western heritage and blind spots of “traditional theology,” and provide examples of how those gaps may be bridged when local concerns are engaged; (2) “Nativizing theological studies” contains essays that present and engage the heritage and wisdom of tangata whenua (indigenous, native people) of Aotearoa and Pasifika. These essays reaffirm the “native” rhetoric with pride. Overall, this collection of essays affirms that theological studies have a future, and that there is a role for theologians in and from Aotearoa New Zealand and Pasifika to play in navigating (into) that future.
Table of Contents1. Nau mai, Haere mai: Welcome
Jione Havea, Emily Colgan, Nāsili Vaka‘uta
(re)Locating theological studies
2. Margins as Thresholds
Nāsili Vaka‘uta
3. Early Christian Networking and Overcoming Isolation and Competition in Theological Studies in Aotearoa
Paul Trebilco
4. Gift exchange and pae nekeneke: Learnings for theological education from the history of becoming Presbyterian in Aoteoroa New Zealand
Steve Taylor
5. Whakawhanaungatanga (doing right relationship), Beyond a Failure of Nerve and Imagination
Kathleen P. Rushton
6. Tough Conversations: Engaging with Biblical “Texts of Terror” in Aotearoa New Zealand
Emily Colgan and Caroline Blyth
7. Asking the Right Questions: Noticing and Naming Sexual Abuse
David Tombs
8. Thresholds of Alternatives: Re-imagining the Vocation of Theological Educators
George Zachariah
9. Digital Technologies and Theological Education
Stephen Garner
Nativizing theological studies
10. Māori Theology: Unavoidable, Priority
Arapera Ngaha
11. Biculturalism and Democratic Decision-making: Models for Theological Education
Moeawa Callaghan
12. Once was Colonised: Jesus Christ
Te Aroha Rountree
13. Taniwha, Guardians in Creation: Thresholds for Māori Theology
Keita Hotere
14. Wheiao, a Threshold: Where Māori and Pākehā meet
Beverly Moana Hall-Smith and Rosemary Dewerse
15. Moana and Qoheleth: Futility in Diaspora?
Brian Fiu Kolia
16. Calling for CONversion
Jione Havea
