This workshop begins with a basic assumption: How we read and what we see or not see in biblical texts depend on who we are and where we are.
Special attention will be given to the challenges and opportunities in climate change (as context), and in the fight for climate justice (as calling to an ongoing process), for re-reding the story of Ruth.
The workshop consists of four interactive sessions, each focusing on an interlinked theme: Land, Labour, and Location.
This workshop is open to all – whether or not you are familiar with the Bible – and especially welcomes those interested in Climate Justice. Participation is free of charge and includes a vegetarian lunch.
Workshop schedule
From 9.30: Arrival with coffee and tee
10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and Introduction
10:15 – 11:00 Food, Fonua (Land), and Fertility
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:00 Migration, Labour, and Sex (Ruth 2 & 3)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 13:45 Gender and Power (Ruth 3 & 4)
13:45 – 14:00 Coffee Break
14:00 – 14:45 Place, Politics, and Scandal (Ruth 4)
14:45 – 15:00 Feedback and Goodbye
Leitung
Pastorin Joy Devakani-Hoppe
Mitwirkende
Dr. Jione Havea, pastor of the Methodist Church in Tonga. In his academic work, Jione is Adjunct Professor in Australia in biblical and cultural studies with the School of Theology, Charles Sturt University, and in religious and indigenous studies with the University of Divinity.
