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First Nations theology will be central at a new Indigenous studies centre at the University of Divinity.
The Indigenous theology course will be taught by First Nations people. One of those teachers is trawloolway man Garry Deverell.
He told NITV News it s time for the establishment of theology courses based on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives. It s a re-reading of religion from our point of view, like we ve been re-reading Australian history and learning new ways of doing business, Dr Deverell said. Now we re doing that in churches, re-reading spirituality from an Indigenous perspective.
Dr Deverell will be joined by Naomi Wolfe, a trawloolway woman, in teaching the course, as well as First Nations academics from the US.