Jione Havea

Biography

Jione Havea has served as a native pastor of the Methodist Church in Tonga, and was a senior research fellow at the Centre for Research, Ethics, and Society at Charles Sturt University in Australia. Havea has also served as a visiting scholar and senior research fellow at Trinity Methodist Theological College in Aotearoa New Zealand. Havea wrote Losing Ground (2022) and Bordered Bodies, Bothered Voices (2022), and edited Pacific Well-Being (2024).

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Catch the Bird but Watch the Wave

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This is a catchable work. It helps make sociorhetorical criticism usable in Samoa and Pasifika, and it helps make Samoa and Pasifika understandable to biblical critics worldwide. Fatilua identifies the manu (bird, bait) that readers (as tautai, fisherfolk) could catch to help them engage ancient biblical texts, as well as invites current and future generations of biblical critics to also catch the visions of their mothers and ancestors.”

Faith in the Face of Militarization

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“This book diagnoses the mutations of militarization (as metaphor and as practice) in traditions, Scriptures, teachings, and religions, and prescribes concoctions to help survivors persevere, take a stand, and push back. The voices in this book test old remedies and advocate alternative ones that take into account Indigenous, women, feminist, liberation, and decolonizing ingredients. This book is a must-read for theologians and researchers who are curious about militarization and its superspreader—coloniality.”

Jonah

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Claassens unravels interpretations that have held Jonah and its interpreters hostage. I highly recommend this commentary for researchers on Jonah, for theologians who have the guts to read against the grain, and for activists who are inspired by the wounds and vulnerabilities of othered individuals and communities.”

Three's a Crowd

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Three's a Crowd embodies an invitation to engage spiritual, evangelical, lay, and non-traditional modes of biblical interpretation. It is a helpful reminder that hermeneutics is not crowded and that the Hebrew Bible is not closed off from ordinary interpreters, evangelical or otherwise.”