Bordered Bodies, Bothered Voices: Native and Migrant Theologies
Ebook
Theologies are constructed in and from lived contexts, and contexts are shaped by borders. While borders are barriers, they are also steppingstones for crossing over and invitations for moving further. This book offers theological and cultural reflections from the intersections of borders (real and imagined), bodies (physical, cultural, religious, ideological, political), and voices (that endorse as well as talk back). With and in the interests of natives and migrants, the authors of this book embrace bordered bodies and stir bothered voices.
The essays are divided into four overlapping clusters that express the shared drives between the authors--Noble borders: some borders are not experienced as constricting because they are seen as noble; Negotiating bodies: bodies constantly negotiate and relocate borders; Troubling voices: bothered voices cannot be muted or silenced; Riotous bodies: embracing the wisdom in and of rejected and wounded bodies is a riot that this book invites. The authors engage their subjects out of their experiences as migrants and natives. This book is thus a step toward--and an invitation for more work on--migrant and native theologies.
“This book is not your usual meaningless theological waffle but contains real lived theologies from world-class migrant and indigenous theologians plying their trade mainly in White Australia to articulate borders and barriers faced by their communities in daily life. They have spoken, and this indigenous theologian recommends that you listen.”
—Wayne Te Kaawa, University of Otago
“The creative title and thought-provoking cover of this book draw us into the immersive question of borders, bodies, and voices in theological space. . . . Prepare to be challenged by words, images, word pictures, and glimpses of the divine waters as the talanoa unfolds and theology is called to account.”
—Anna Kasafi Perkins, University of the West Indies
“We owe Jione Havea a huge debt for bringing together the voices of Polynesian theologians, too long silenced and marginalized, to help us interrogate, cross, negotiate, or erase all kinds of borders that separate humans. . . . I strongly recommend this book to those who wish to hear theological voices spoken from distant places and unfamiliar cultures.”
—Peter C. Phan, Georgetown University
“These imaginative essays interrogate our borders and boundaries, challenging some while affirming others. This is a book for those who engage theology in and for the liminal spaces. A book for those who look for expanding theological circles rather than controlling boxes. A book for theology that wants to breathe.”
—Peter Walker, United Theological College, Charles Sturt University
“This timely book unravels our usual understanding of bodies and borders by exploring the interstitial space between migrants and natives, cultural myths and biblical narratives, Christianity and colonialism, and memory and dreams. Weaving many voices from various contexts, this text showcases exciting theological explorations, especially from the South Pacific. I enthusiastically recommend it.”
—Kwok Pui-lan, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
- Title: Bordered Bodies, Bothered Voices: Native and Migrant Theologies
- Author: Jione Havea
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666707687, 9781666707670, 1666707678, 9781666707663, 166670766X, 1666707686
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666707687
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-06-20T22:59:28Z
Jione Havea is a migrant to the unceded Wurundjeri land and waters, a native pastor (Methodist Church in Tonga), and a research fellow with Trinity Theological College (Aotearoa) and with Centre for Public and Contextual Theology (Charles Sturt University, Australia). Jione authored Losing Ground: Reading Ruth in the Pacific (2021) and edited MEDIAting Theology (2021), Doing Theology in the New Normal (2021), and Theologies from the Pacific (2021).