"Papa Don't Preach": Imagining a Theology of Apology in Canada

Considering the ninety-four Calls to Action published by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (trc), this article aims to articulate how a \"theology of apology\" might shape Roman Catholic mission in Canada. It begins by examining Roman Catholic participation in the trc and interrogati...

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Main Author: Robinson, Chanelle (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: School [2019]
In: Toronto journal of theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 9-24
IxTheo Classification:FD Contextual theology
KBQ North America
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBN Ecclesiology
NCC Social ethics
Further subjects:B Roman Catholic Mission
B Indigenous
B Apology
B Ecclesiology
B Residential Schools
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Summary:Considering the ninety-four Calls to Action published by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (trc), this article aims to articulate how a \"theology of apology\" might shape Roman Catholic mission in Canada. It begins by examining Roman Catholic participation in the trc and interrogating the absence of a formal Roman Catholic apology. By highlighting the importance of centralizing the lived experiences of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (fnmi) peoples, it also unsettles conventional Catholic understandings of liberation theology in a Canadian context. The radical possibility of a decolonized understanding of Church mission is proposed as a pedagogy for confronting ecclesial culpability in residential schools. Finally, this article unpacks the ecclesiological implications of a theology of apology as an ecumenical praxis of being allies, through love of neighbour, with Indigenous peoples, and it envisions the possibilities of right relationality among (settler) Roman Catholics in Canada with FNMI communities and the land.
ISSN:1918-6371
Contains:Enthalten in: Toronto journal of theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3138/tjt.2018-0120