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

dc.contributor.authorGoroncy, Jason A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-27T06:26:43Z
dc.date.available2020-02-27T06:26:43Z
dc.date.issued2019-10-31
dc.descriptionDr 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.descriptionHTS 75th Anniversary Maake Masango Dedication.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractFrom 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 Jesusen_ZA
dc.description.departmentPractical Theologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGoroncy, 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.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v75i4.5545
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/73576
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2019. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectAboriginal Australiansen_ZA
dc.subjectArten_ZA
dc.subjectAustraliaen_ZA
dc.subjectChristologyen_ZA
dc.subjectCultureen_ZA
dc.subjectJesusen_ZA
dc.subjectLanden_ZA
dc.subjectMythen_ZA
dc.subjectReligionen_ZA
dc.subjectSymbolsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-10
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-16
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.title‘A pretty decent sort of bloke’ : towards the quest for an Australian Jesusen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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