This book engages a complex subject that mainline theologies avoid, Indigenous Australia. The heritages, wisdoms and dreams of Indigenous Australians are tormented by the discriminating mindsets and colonialist practices of non-Indigenous peoples. This book gives special attention to the torments due to the arrival and development of the church.

Chris Budden, Charles Sturt University, AustraliaStephen Burns, Episcopal Divinity School, USAMaratja Dhamarrandji, Independent Scholar, AustraliaWilliam W. Emilsen, Charles Sturt University, AustraliaJohn Fitz-Herbert, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane, AustraliaSang Taek Lee, Charles Sturt University, AustraliaL. Lee Levett-Olson, Nungalinya College, AustraliaSarah Maddison, University of New South Wales, AustraliaGerard Moore, Charles Sturt University, AustraliaNeville Naden, Independent Scholar, AustraliaRod Pattenden, Chair of Blake Society and Uniting Church minister, AustraliaMargaret Tam, Australian Catholic University, AustraliaJonathan Y. Tan, Australian Catholic University, AustraliaMandy Tibbey, New South Wales Bar Association, Australia

1. Colonization Has Many Names; Neville Naden and Jione Havea 2. Receive, Touch, Feel, and Give Raypirri; Maratja Dhamarrandji and Jione Havea 3. Seeing Otherwise: Touching Sacred Things; Rod Pattenden 4. Missionary Genocide: Moral Illegitimacy and the Churches in Australia; Sarah Maddison 5. From Little Things Big Things Grow; Mandy Tibbey 6. Reconciling a Platypus Nation: Can Churches Help?; Margaret Tam 7. Ritual, in the Healing of Memories; John Fitz-Herbert 8. Migration and Rudd's Apology: Whose Voices are Heard, and What do They Mean for the Church?; Chris Budden 9. In Touch out of Touch: The Church and Reconciliation; Gerard Moore 10. National Black Congress: Ambivalence and Ambiguity; William W. Emilsen 11. Formation for Ordained Ministry: Out of Touch?; Stephen Burns 12. Envisioning an Emerging Asian Australian Christianity; Jonathan Y. Tan 13. Place and Displacement: Reading Scriptures with Indigenous Australians; L. Lee Levett-Olson 14. Hope with and Trust in Aboriginal Stories; Sang Taek Lee 15. Forgive us our Trespasses: Black Australia, Peopled Wilderness, Eroding Islands; Jione Havea