Sovereignty : Indigenous counter-examples
Through assertions of ‘sovereignty’, modern nation states lay claim to an undivided authority. It is commonly suggested that this kind of political assertion superseded the overlapping authorities of medieval theological imagination. But in settler colonial states, Indigenous sovereignties endure to...
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ftaustraliancuni:oai:acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au:8w5x6 2023-09-05T13:19:29+02:00 Sovereignty : Indigenous counter-examples Brett, Mark G. Wolfe, Naomi 2020 https://doi.org/10.1163/15697320-12341599 unknown Brill Academic Publishers https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8w5x6/sovereignty-indigenous-counter-examples ISSN:1872-5171 https://doi.org/10.1163/15697320-12341599 Brett, Mark G. and Wolfe, Naomi. (2020). Sovereignty : Indigenous counter-examples. International Journal of Public Theology. 14(1), pp. 24-40. https://doi.org/10.1163/15697320-12341599 All rights reserved sovereignty Indigenous Christianities doctrines of discovery treaty journal-article PeerReviewed 2020 ftaustraliancuni https://doi.org/10.1163/15697320-12341599 2023-08-11T14:17:21Z Through assertions of ‘sovereignty’, modern nation states lay claim to an undivided authority. It is commonly suggested that this kind of political assertion superseded the overlapping authorities of medieval theological imagination. But in settler colonial states, Indigenous sovereignties endure to the present, not washed away by the ‘tide of history’, and in many cases Indigenous peoples embrace Christian identities along with traditional law and custom. The peculiar complexities of Australian history reveal many counter-examples to the conventional modernist tale, and in particular, the article seeks to show how Indigenous Christians snatched the King James Bible from Protestant doctrines of discovery. This discussion comes at an historically significant time as Australian state governments contemplate treaty making with the First Nations, each of whom exercise their own alternative model of sovereignty within local jurisdictions. This article argues that biblical theologies can support the making of modern treaties. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Australian Catholic University: ACU Research Bank International Journal of Public Theology 14 1 24 40 |
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Through assertions of ‘sovereignty’, modern nation states lay claim to an undivided authority. It is commonly suggested that this kind of political assertion superseded the overlapping authorities of medieval theological imagination. But in settler colonial states, Indigenous sovereignties endure to the present, not washed away by the ‘tide of history’, and in many cases Indigenous peoples embrace Christian identities along with traditional law and custom. The peculiar complexities of Australian history reveal many counter-examples to the conventional modernist tale, and in particular, the article seeks to show how Indigenous Christians snatched the King James Bible from Protestant doctrines of discovery. This discussion comes at an historically significant time as Australian state governments contemplate treaty making with the First Nations, each of whom exercise their own alternative model of sovereignty within local jurisdictions. This article argues that biblical theologies can support the making of modern treaties. |
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https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8w5x6/sovereignty-indigenous-counter-examples ISSN:1872-5171 https://doi.org/10.1163/15697320-12341599 Brett, Mark G. and Wolfe, Naomi. (2020). Sovereignty : Indigenous counter-examples. International Journal of Public Theology. 14(1), pp. 24-40. https://doi.org/10.1163/15697320-12341599 |
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