Matangi Teka (Wind Shift)

Matangi teka (when the wind shifts), in Pasifika, is an opportunity to rethink how to live and behave. When the wind shifts, island people (for the sake of survival) respond appropriately. Based upon such an awareness, this article invites matangi teka (wind shift) in the act of interpretation, in t...

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Main Author: Havea, Jione 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: International review of mission
Year: 2016, Volume: 105, Issue: 2, Pages: 257-267
IxTheo Classification:FD Contextual theology
HB Old Testament
KBS Australia; Oceania
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Summary:Matangi teka (when the wind shifts), in Pasifika, is an opportunity to rethink how to live and behave. When the wind shifts, island people (for the sake of survival) respond appropriately. Based upon such an awareness, this article invites matangi teka (wind shift) in the act of interpretation, in the consideration of traditional readings and theologies, and in the understanding and practices of discipleship. I do these by reading the commission of Abram, and the shifting of his mission, in Genesis 12. He was called on a mission of blessing for other families, and he shifted things so that he wins and controls the blessings for himself and his family. He did (in the text) a matangi teka on Yhwh and (beyond the text) on generations of readers; this article is an invitation to shift the wind from Abram in return.
ISSN:1758-6631
Contains:Enthalten in: International review of mission
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/irom.12148