Author : Friedrich Schweitzer
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 9783825800826
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (8 download)
Book Synopsis Dreaming the Land by : Friedrich Schweitzer
Download or read book Dreaming the Land written by Friedrich Schweitzer and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2007 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dreaming the Land: Theologies of Resistance and Hope is a theme that testifies to the contextual nature of practical theology. This present volume contains a collection of essays with international contributions to practical theology. In their original form, these essays were presented at the seventh biennial conference of the International Academy of Practical Theology (IAPT) held at Brisbane/Australia in June 2005. The dreaming and the land are both concepts central to the thinking of the aboriginal peoples of Australia. The dreaming encompasses the creative and life giving forces which govern and express the lifeworld of these same people, while the land is sacred space where the spirits of the ancestors of all human, plant and animal life are represented. The theme is the common thread in the first part of the book. Here, the search for Theologies of Resistance and Hope is related to experiences in the southern hemisphere, to issues of the land as a concept for practical theology and to questions of human rights.