For the first time, women's theological reflections from South Pacific nations have been gathered together in a published volume. This historic achievement represents the collective vision, will, energy, and commitment of women representing a broad cross-section of Pacific Islands ethnic and church communities.

Weavings is an appropriate title for this work, as this is not only a richly nuanced contextual image emanating from Oceania's custom of weaving mats - but also an apt description of the process by which Pacific Islander women study/write theology. Employing the imagery of weaving a mat, Oceanian women engage in the task of theological reflection by weaving together strands of personal, cultural, and global experience, along with strands of biblical and church traditions.

This theological method is holistic and bears family resemblances to that of many other women theologians (especially other non-western women); but the approach has several distinctive, even unique, Oceanian features.

Lydia Johnson was formerly Lecturer in Ministry and Coordinator of the Education by Extension programme at Pacific Theological College, and now lectures in the Theology dep at University of Otago (New Zealand). She has an MTh from Harvard University and a DMin from Lexington Theological Seminary (USA). She is an ordained minister of the Discipleship of Christ.

Joan Alleluia Filemoni-Tofaeno is the current Coordinator of Weavers, the women's advocacy arm of the South Pacific Association of Theological Schools, and former Lecturer in Ministry, Pastoral Care and Counselling at the Pacific Theological College. She has a BA in Psychology and Sociology from pacific University in Oregon (USA), an MTh from PTC, and is pursuing her DMin through San Francisco Theological Seminary.

Weavers, South Pacific association of Theological Schools and Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific (Fijii 2003)
ISBN 982-02-0347-3

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