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Manningham Uniting Church extends an invitation to all to an upcoming event.
Leading this workshop is the Rev Grace Ji-Sun Kim, a world renowned scholar and expert in intercultural, feminist and post- colonial theology.
The following information is from the Manningham Uniting Church website.
To register or for further information about the event please visit https://manninghamuc.org/theologyofvisibility.
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Have you heard of the term social invisibility? It’s a term that describes certain people in the church andsociety who have been separated or systematically ignored by the majority culture. As a result, these marginalised people feel neglected or invisible in society.
Invisible people are victims of systemic racism, abuse, discrimination, generational poverty, and trauma. According to an article in the Huffington Post, “invisible people all too often have been deemed by society as “scum’.
Someone said, “The only thing worse than being alone is being invisible because it feels as if you’re dead and forgotten by others.”
Thinking of the ‘Invisibles’ in our society, immigrant and indigenous may come to mind. The orphan (youth in foster care) and the widow. The homeless, poor, and the displaced. The refugee, minorities and the mentally ill. The LGBTQI+. The people living in public housing and off public welfare. The INVISIBLES in our society are the disadvantaged, disenfranchised, disconnected and the distraught.
In the first half of the morning, Professor Kim will share ‘The Theology of Visibility’ and her experiences of being invisible in a male patriarchal world.
After morning tea she will share about two groups of people in our church and society that are made invisible: People of colour and Victims of Abuse.
Come and join us for a stimulating workshop.
Who is Rev Dr Grace Ji-Sun Kim?
Korean American theologian Grace Ji-Sun Kim has been announced as the presenter of the 17th Assembly Cato Lecture in July 2024. She is a world-renowned scholar and expert in intercultural, feminist, and post-colonial theology. She has written 25 books to date and two of her latest books are: ‘Surviving God: A New Vision of God through the Eyes of Sexual Abuse Survivors’ and ‘When God Became Shite: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity’.