End Notes
¹ Being "future oriented" is a characteristic mark of prophetic faith and apocalypticism (so Paul D. Hanson), which should not be confused with the "present orientation" of existentialism (as emphasized, for instance, in Paul Tillich’s eternal now). I follow the former path as one of the points where liberation hermeneutics and deconstructive criticisms meet, and also because I prefer to perform the constructive task of biblical criticism at the present and not in the past with historicism. The past has passed, allowing us situatedness in the present. That’s our place, the place of the poor.
² Ta lave! is the demand for dialogue between two agents. Both expressions, Ta lave and Tau lave, are in the first person plural form. In the Tongan language, the "first person plural" is a complex subject!
³ I use "faith seeking realisation" with the double significance of a faith that needs to be visualised and actualised. Both senses are allowed by realisation.
⁴  There are always exceptions, of course. I was ecstatic recently when Solomone Kafoa (1997) mentioned an article I wrote, proving that some brothers do read other brothers, and some sisters. Yet I am concerned that we know of Barth and Newman better than we do of Talapusi, Ropeti, et al.
⁵ I regret that I had to leave Tonga the day after Cyclone Ron hit, before I had a chance to do some of my theology. I did not learn of the gravity of Ron’s destruction until I was back in Dallas, and I hope that the concerns of this article disclose one of the ways of doing theology from a distance.