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What is reconciliation? Reconciliation is the process of Aboriginals and Australians coming together to share the pain of the Aboriginal past and heritage and to seek a better future for all Australians. ... This empathy is brought about by understanding the physical and psychological pain but we are still in the process of reconciliation. A process that can help Australians and Aboriginals reconcile is to understand the similarities between Christians and Aboriginals and their culture to fully empathise and understanding what it was actually like for the Aboriginals.
There are many similarities between Christian and Aboriginal spiritualities. ... Like Aboriginals Christians also use stories to help us understand the creation of the world. ... Imagine a devoted Christian being stripped from his/her beliefs and to be taught to live another religion¡¯s way? ...
Also, because Aboriginal spirituality is viewed as a culture, not as religion, Christianity can become religion and cultural Aboriginal ceremonies still performed. Rainbow Spirit Theology was developed by a group of Aboriginal pastors from Anglican, Catholic, Lutheran and Uniting Churches which assumes that the creator spirit has been speaking through the Aboriginal culture from the beginning and so many accept the validity of their Dreaming stories and also acknowledge God as the ultimate creator.
Approximate Word count = 785
Approximate Pages = 3.1
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