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Reconciling our differences: a Christian approach to recognising Aboriginal land rights / Frank Brennan S.J. (ed.)
Brennan, Frank

Reconciling our differences: a Christian approach to recognising Aboriginal land rights / Frank Brennan S.J. (ed.)

Aurora Books/David Lovell Publishing (1992)
1863550305
| Paperback
117 pages | Australia | English
Dewey 333.20994 REC

Subject

  • Aboriginal Australians - Land Tenure
  • Land Tenure - Australia - Religious Aspects - Catholic Church

Plot

Collection of essays by Australian Jesuits examining Aboriginal land rights from historical, legal and religious perspectives. Contributors include William Daniel, John Wilcken and Brendan Byrne. Appendixes give the speech by Pope John Paul II at Alice Springs in 1986 and the Pastoral Letter of the Australian Catholic Bishops for Aboriginal Sunday, 1990. Includes a foreword by Patrick Dodson, (Chairperson of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation), references, and notes on contributors. Editor, whose books include 'Sharing the Country', is director of the social research and action agency Uniya.