‘A pretty decent sort of bloke’ : towards the quest for an Australian Jesus

Goroncy, Jason A.

dc.contributor.author	Goroncy, Jason A.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-02-27T06:26:43Z
dc.date.available	2020-02-27T06:26:43Z
dc.date.issued	2019-10-31
dc.description	Dr Goroncy is participating in the research project, ‘Gender Studies and Practical Theology Theory Formation’, directed by Prof. Dr Yolanda Dreyer, Department of Practical Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria.	en_ZA
dc.description	HTS 75th Anniversary Maake Masango Dedication.	en_ZA
dc.description.abstract	From many Aboriginal elders, such as Tjangika Napaltjani, Bob Williams and Djiniyini Gondarra, to painters, such as Arthur Boyd, Pro Hart and John Forrester-Clack, from historians, such as Manning Clark, and poets, such as Maureen Watson, Francis Webb and Henry Lawson, to celebrated novelists, such as Joseph Furphy, Patrick White and Tim Winton, the figure of Jesus has occupied an endearing and idiosyncratic place in the Australian imagination. It is evidence enough that ‘Australians have been anticlerical and antichurch, but rarely antiJesus’ (Piggin 2000:163). But which Jesus? In what follows, I seek to listen to what some Australians make of Jesus, and to consider some theological implications of their contributions for the enduring quest for an Australian Jesus	en_ZA
dc.description.department	Practical Theology	en_ZA
dc.description.librarian	am2020	en_ZA
dc.description.uri	http://www.hts.org.za	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Goroncy, J.A., 2019, ‘“A pretty decent sort of bloke”: Towards the quest for an Australian Jesus’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 75(4), a5545. https://DOI.org/10.4102/hts.v75i4.5545.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other	10.4102/hts.v75i4.5545
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73576
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	AOSIS Open Journals	en_ZA
dc.rights	© 2019. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.	en_ZA
dc.subject	Aboriginal Australians	en_ZA
dc.subject	Art	en_ZA
dc.subject	Australia	en_ZA
dc.subject	Christology	en_ZA
dc.subject	Culture	en_ZA
dc.subject	Jesus	en_ZA
dc.subject	Land	en_ZA
dc.subject	Myth	en_ZA
dc.subject	Religion	en_ZA
dc.subject	Symbols	en_ZA
dc.subject.other	Theology articles SDG-04
dc.subject.other	SDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.other	Theology articles SDG-10
dc.subject.other	SDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.other	Theology articles SDG-16
dc.subject.other	SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.title	‘A pretty decent sort of bloke’ : towards the quest for an Australian Jesus	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA