De-colonising the Biblical Narrative Volume 5 (De-colonising Aboriginal Hermeneutics)

Decolonising Aboriginal HermeneuticsThis volume, number 5 in the Series, focuses on how de-colonising hermeneutics has developed within the work of the authors. During Norman Habel’s lifetime as a Biblical scholar, he has employed a range of hermeneutics including Historical Criticism, Literary Criticism, Lutheran Theology, and Ecological Criticism, focusing especially on The Old Testament. At the age of sixty years, he was confronted by his colonial heritage and inspired by the Rainbow Spirit elders to employ yet another approach, Decolonising Hermeneutics. Norman hoped that the colonial oriented Christian Church in Australia and beyond, might ask, ‘Why is Western Christianity still colonial in so many ways?’ Anne Pattel-Gray brings to this work a wealth of knowledge and experience as a First Nations scholar, articulating the rights, issues, culture and spirituality of First Nations Australian peoples.For Aboriginal people decolonising hermeneutics has enabled them to deconstruct and