It is important not to offend Aboriginal people by using wrong terminology. Enduring Understandings: The Dreaming is the heart of Aboriginal Spirituality through which land, people and spirit are connected. To Christian people land and people are sacred, being the face of God in the world. Respect is a way of being for Aboriginal people. Christian disciples are also called to respect creation and people. In both Aboriginal and Christian spiritualties, connection with the ancestors and their life stories help us to create a future. Both Aboriginal and Christian people have special relationships with symbols. Aboriginal people have deep relationships with their totems. Christian people have a deep relationship with symbols, especially those express the Paschal Mystery (the living, dying and rising of Jesus). Both Aboriginal people have sacred places that help them to express and experience who they are to each other and to creation and for Christian people to God. Aboriginal people know their country and have a special relationship with it. We can learn from their connection with land. ***The ‘Land, People and Spirit’ modules are designed to be taught in an Aboriginal way of being. Aboriginal children learn through experience. To honour this way of learning, it is important that these experiences offer children an opportunity to experience Aboriginal spirituality, rather than just learning about it.*** Suggested questions How are Aboriginal and Christian spiritualties connected? How are Aboriginal and Christian spiritualities connected through the land? How are Aboriginal and Christian spiritualities connected through people? How do Aboriginal and Christian people express their spiritualities in special ways?
It is important not to offend Aboriginal people by using wrong terminology. Enduring Understandings: The Dreaming is the heart of Aboriginal Spirituality through which land, people and spirit are connected. To Christian people land and people are sacred, being the face of God in the world. Respect is a way of being for Aboriginal people. Christian disciples are also called to respect creation and people. In both Aboriginal and Christian spiritualties, connection with the ancestors and their life stories help us to create a future. Both Aboriginal and Christian people have special relationships with symbols. Aboriginal people have deep relationships with their totems. Christian people have a deep relationship with symbols, especially those express the Paschal Mystery (the living, dying and rising of Jesus). Both Aboriginal people have sacred places that help them to express and experience who they are to each other and to creation and for Christian people to God. Aboriginal people know their country and have a special relationship with it. We can learn from their connection with land. ***The ‘Land, People and Spirit’ modules are designed to be taught in an Aboriginal way of being. Aboriginal children learn through experience. To honour this way of learning, it is important that these experiences offer children an opportunity to experience Aboriginal spirituality, rather than just learning about it.*** Suggested questions How are Aboriginal and Christian spiritualties connected? How are Aboriginal and Christian spiritualities connected through the land? How are Aboriginal and Christian spiritualities connected through people? How do Aboriginal and Christian people express their spiritualities in special ways?
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