The Art of Reconciliation

Lecturer: Tim McCowan

This unit explores the possibilities and challenges of growing into agents of reconciliation in Australia today. It will examine:

• Theological foundations for a ministry of presence and reconciliation today;
• Key causes and effects of relational breakdown and dysfunction in Australia, including between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians;
• Gifts and challenges of engaging in forgiveness and reconciliation with First Nation Australians, and in wider personal and social relationships;
• The art of fostering justice, truth, mercy and peace in the church and society;
• Personal and communal resources for sustaining a ministry of presence and reconciliation across diverse contexts in Australia.