Aboriginal Inculturation of the Australian Catholic Church

Abstract

This paper is written in the context of the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the Roman Catholic Church’s Second Vatican Council, known as Vatican II. Written from an Aboriginal Catholic perspective, this paper aims to examine the Church’s teaching on inculturation as it developed post-Vatican II and consider the implications for Indigenous Catholics. This paper also considers some of the challenges for Indigenous Catholics as they negotiate culture and faith within the Catholic Church structure and suggests some ways forward.