DP9-Aboriginal-Spirituality

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© Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, 2009 CRCAH Discussion Paper Series – ISSN 1834–156X ISBN 978–0–7340–4102–9 First printed in December 2009 This work has been published as part of the activities of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (CRCAH). The CRCAH is a collaborative partnership partly funded by the Cooperative Research Centre Program of the Australian Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. This work is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for study or training purposes, or by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community organisations subject to an acknowledgment of the source and no commercial use or sale. Reproduction for other purposes or by other organisations requires the written permission of the copyright holder(s). Additional copies of this publication (including a pdf version on the CRCAH website) can be obtained from: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health PO Box 41096, Casuarina NT 0811 AUSTRALIA T: +61 8 8943 5000 F: +61 8 8943 5010 E: admin@crcah.org.au W: www.crcah.org.au Authors: Vicki Grieves Managing Editor: Jane Yule Copy Editor: Cathy Edmonds Cover photograph: Photograph of Alfred Coolwell by Vicki Grieves Original Design: Artifishal Studios Formatting and Printing: InPrint Design For citation: Grieves, V. 2009, Aboriginal Spirituality: Aboriginal Philosophy, The Basis of Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing, Discussion Paper No. 9, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Darwin.
Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments v Introduction 1 Wellbeing and Spirituality: A starting point 1 Methodology 4 Approach to the literature review 4 Data sources 4 Initial data analysis 5 Extra research 5 Second data analysis 6 Methodological limitations 6 What Is Aboriginal Spirituality 7 Creation—‘originating from eternity’ 8 Connections to land, sea and the natural world 12 Law 14 The role of women 15 The international context 16 Aboriginal Spirituality and Christianity 18 Cultural Expressions of Spirituality 20 Art 20 Literature 21 Song 23 Everyday lives 24 What Does Aboriginal Spirituality Offer Contemporary Australian Society 27 What Is Aboriginal Wellbeing 32 Working with Aboriginal People: A Starting Point for Thinking about Difference 40 Contemporary Approaches to Aboriginal Health and Social and Emotional Wellbeing 43 Practitioner approaches to Spirituality 45 Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing—Ways Forward 48 iii
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Dudgeon and Williams (2000) suggest
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Kleinert, S. & Neale, M. 2000, The
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Strehlow, T. G. H. 1971, Songs of C
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Everett, J. 1994, ‘Foreword’, i
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Munn, N. 1970, ‘The Transformatio
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