Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2005

Aotearoa New Zealand is uniquely connected, by both history and ocean, to Oceania and its many island nations, peoples and cultures. Doing theology at the beginning of the twenty-first century in such a location provides, therefore, a particular challenge. This article explores the multi-dimensional nature of this challenge and its foundation in the very process that shaped and shapes the biblical tradition and its ongoing interpretation.