Land and Place: Indigenous Perspectives in an Era of Displacement

Come and hear from a collection of established and emerging Indigenous and non-Indigenous theologians and historians, part of the NAIITS network, as they present on what the Land and Place means to them, to Church and wider society.

Date:

Saturday 6 April 2019, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm

Venue:

Whitley College, 50 The Avenue, Parkville, VIC

Cost:

$7 (light lunch provided)

Speakers:

  • Uncle Rev Ray Minniecon: ‘Walking the Land’
  • Aunty Rev Patricia Courtenay: ‘Aboriginal spirituality in an era of displacement’
  • Aunty Rev Janet Turpie Johnstone: ‘Bunjil weaves past and future in the present’
  • Uncle Dr Terry LeBlanc: ‘Native perspectives on Land and Place’
  • Professor Mark Brett & Naomi Wolfe: ‘Traditional Land and the Responsibility to Protect Immigrants: A Dialogue between Aboriginal Tradition and the Hebrew Bible’

Program:

  • 9:30am –  Coffee and Tea
  • 10:00am – Welcome and Acknowledgment of Country
  • Session 1: Uncle Rev Ray Minniecon
    • Question Time/Response
  • Session 2: Aunty Rev Patricia Courtenay:
    • Question Time/Response
  • Lunch
  • Session 3: Professor Mark Brett & Naomi Wolfe
    • Question Time/Response
  • Session 4: Uncle Dr Terry LeBlanc
    • Question Time/Response
  • Session 5: Aunty Rev Janet Turpie Johnstone
    • Question Time/Response
  • Closing Comments

For more info:

Contact Naomi Wolfe, nwolfe@naiits.com, 0411 304 213

 

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