Contextual Australian theology beyond the verandah

Abstract/Sommario: Australian contextual theology requires an up-close post-colonial reading of the country history, icons and current context, to take account of the unfinished business that white people have with the indigenous people and the land. The verandah is a metaphor, a place somewhat like a contact zone where to engage appropriately with indigenous Australians: listening, waiting, acknowledging their own baggage and history