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Indigenous Campaign Like Trying To Stop The Slave Trade: Dr Peter Adam
1:02pm Monday, 30th August 2010
By Joshua Maule
When he first delivered it in Melbourne last year, Dr Peter Adam's lecture on Australian land rights prompted a strong response from Christians and non-Christians.
After hearing "Australia: whose land", some were deeply challenged. For others, "dislike" would be putting it mildly.
Dr Adam, principal of Ridley Melbourne Theological College, will deliver the same address in Manly on Friday night (details below).
He hopes it is the start of a conversation that leads to prayer and action.
First aware of the need to address issues about Australia's colonisation from a theological perspective after preparing a study on the story of Naboth's vineyard in 1 Kings more than a decade ago, Dr Adam says "it struck me that that was a wicked thing to do."
"I was trying to think about what were some comparable examples today... I thought oh, there's one close at hand."
After corresponding with Queensland-based Indigenous campaigner, Aunty Jean Phillips, Dr Adam decided to give a series of public lectures on the Biblical response to Australia's post-colonial history.
"I think my contribution is not a knowledge of indigenous people - which other people have - but an application of the Bible's teaching."
After receiving severe feedback following his first lecture, Dr Adam says it can feel like an uphill battle.
"I think I'll do what I can do and pray that God will make something of it.
"It feels like a futile exercise but then I think to myself: well, trying to stop the slave trade seemed pretty futile at the time."
Details of the lecture:
Title: "Australia: whose land?"
Time: Friday Sep 3, 7.30 for 7.45pm
Who: Dr Peter Adam, principal Ridley Melbourne Theological College
Where: St Matthew’s Anglican Church, Manly
1 Darley Road, Manly NSW
To read the lecture as delivered in Melbourne last year, visit: http://www.surrender.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Dr-Peter-Adams-Lecture.pdf
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