“Distance Looks Our Way”: Sacrosanctum Concilium and Inculturation of Christmas in the South of Aotearoa New Zealand
摘要
This essay examines the possibilities Sacrosanctum Concilium opened up for liturgical inculturation in the far south of the South Pacific and its prospects yet to be realized in contextualizing the liturgical year. The non-engagement of ecclesiastical authorities with liturgical inculturation potentialities is noted. Filipino liturgical theologian Anscar J. ChupungcoChupungco, Anscar OSB (1939–2013), AotearoaNew Zealand New ZealandNew Zealand poet-theologian James K. BaxterBaxter, James K (1928–1972), and the Amazonian SynodAmazonian Synod inform the essay and suggest liturgical inculturation possibilities. The essay considers how the natural world of AotearoaNew Zealand New Zealand, and the wisdom and experience of its indigenous peopleIndigenous people contributes to a deeper inculturation of the liturgical year in the diocese furthest from Rome.