Sunde, Charlotte2012-05-292006Australian Ejournal of Theology 8(1):1-6 20061448-6326http://hdl.handle.net/2292/18731This paper discusses three responses of cultures on the margins of the System, with a focus on colonised and indigenous peoples. In the third response, that of nonsubjects, colonised people continue to draw strength from their own spiritual traditions and cultural patterns, rather than reacting to the System. The paper challenges the scientific and technological approach to the global environmental crisis, seeing it instead in terms of a cultural and spiritual crisis of modernity. Non-subjects are affirmed as a source of inspiration for healing ecological and spiritual connections and for encouraging all peoples to relate to nature with a more profound ecology — an ecology of understanding.Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htmJournal ArticleCopyright: Australian Catholic Universityhttp://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess