Narratives and experiences of racializing by Oceania women

This article presents the colonial background to the narratives of racismand sexism for Oceania women. It explores how a patriarchal-colonialinterpretation and expression of the Christian faith contributes to thesemultiple oppressions and narratives for women from Pasifika. The authorsend with a challenge to Christian Churches and academia alike to grapplewith and take consequent action to change Oceania women’s narrativesof multiple oppressions because Christianity has had a long dalliancewith colonialism and the legacy of empire. As we assert, the expansion ofthe Christian faith out of Europe was intimately bound to a Christendomparadigm and the power politics of empire