aborigine1-1gixjuq.jpg aborigine-1.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf0RrQ62jw8&feature=related aboriginal-01.jpg didgeridoo.jpg The Rainbow Spirit Elders aborigines.jpg The Rainbow Spirit Elders 1.The Rainbow Spirit Elders 2.The Rainbow Spirit Theology 3.The Rainbow Spirit 4.The Sources Of Rainbow Spirit Theology 5.The Land 6.Jesus Christ As An Australian Aborigine 7.Conlusion 8. The Rainbow Spirit Elders •Rainbow Spirit Elders •History of Aborigines (latin ab origine „from the beginning“) •Their living • • 250px-Tigris-Australia_location_Queensland.svg.png The Rainbow Spirit Elders • The key word is the strangler fig. • • treee.jpg images.jpg The Rainbow Spirit Theology •The Elders of The Rainbow Spirit are both Christian and Aboriginal • • • • •Their theology is based on history and experience • theology.jpg The Rainbow Spirit •Who is the Rainbow Spirit? •Symbol – life and rebirth •The „Dreaming“ • transform..jpg The Rainbow Spirit • • • • • „The Rainbow Spirit is the symbol of the new day which dawns (úsvit) after the rain sent by the Rainbow Spirit. The rainbow that appears in the sky, is the peace after the storm, the promise of God to care for all creation.“ (Genesis 9) duha.jpg The Sources Of Rainbow Spirit Theology Qld_region_map_2.PNG The Sources Of Rainbow Spirit Theology •The model their theology: • • aborigines.jpg The Sources Of Rainbow Spirit Theology snake1.jpg snake2.jpg snake3.jpg The Land • • •Strong relation between Aborigines and the land •The Creator Spirit is a landowner (majitel půdy), while humans are only regent (správce) of the land •Western urbanites have so pillaged (loupit, plenit) the land, the ecosystem •They clowned aborigines land.jpg rock.jpg The Land •Deep spiritual crisis L -> seizing (obsazování) of the land by immigrants • • crisis1.jpg crisis3.jpg crisis2.gif The Land •Poisoning of streams and waterholes •The intent (úmysl) of exterminating Aboriginal families •Humiliation (ponižování) of Aborigines through public punishments •Sexual violation of Aboriginal women •Desecration (zneuctění) of Ab. sacred places Jesus Christ As An Australian Aborigine •For the Aborigine people exist only Aboriginal Jesus •A key phrase here is „Christ is revealed“ • jesus.jpg jesus2.jpg Conclusion •Aborigines are a tribe who: •Love dance •Love a land, soil, trees, animals, nature •Love sing •Love art •Communicate face-to-face • • Many countries should learn from them, for example ecology, venerated (úcta) to ancestors(předci) or love to land and all life ever. • art.jpg •http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnZNEbo-Zzo&feature=related •