Description
Faith, Politics and Reconciliation compares the stories of the Roman Catholic Church’s involvement in current and historical indigenous policy debate in Australia and New Zealand. They are stories of inconsistent and often confused applications of God’s perceived ‘constant’ truths about humankind to complex and controversial questions of public policy. The book is a discussion of the relationship between religious ideas and secular political decision making. It explores religious principles relevant to how Australian and New Zealand societies have considered the political implications of ideas about race, the Treaty of Waitangi, biculturalism, title to the foreshore and seabed, land rights, native title and reconciliation.
