Indigenous Theology and the Western W..., Randy S. Woodley
Indigenous Theology and the Western W..., Randy S. Woodley
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Indigenous Theology and the Western Worldview
A Decolonized Approach to Christian Doctrine

Author: Randy S. Woodley, H. Daniel Zacharias

Narrator: Kaipo Schwab

Unabridged: 4 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/19/2022

Synopsis

Written in an accessible, conversational style that incorporates numerous stories and questions, this book exposes the weaknesses of a Western worldview through a personal engagement with Indigenous theology. Randy Woodley critiques the worldview that undergirds the North American church by dismantling assumptions regarding early North American histories and civilizations, offering a comparative analysis of worldviews, and demonstrating a decolonized approach to Christian theology.

Woodley explains that Western theology has settled for a particular view of God and has perpetuated that basic view for hundreds of years, but Indigenous theology originates from a completely different DNA. Instead of beginning with God-created humanity, it begins with God-created place. Instead of emphasizing individualism, it emphasizes a corporateness that encompasses the whole community of creation. And instead of being about the next world, it is about the tangibility of our lived experiences in this present world. The book encourages listeners to reject the many problematic aspects of the Western worldview and to convert to a worldview that is closer to that of both Indigenous traditions and Jesus.

About Randy S. Woodley

Randy S. Woodley is a Cherokee teacher, poet, activist, former pastor, missiologist, and historian who serves as distinguished professor of faith and culture and director of Intercultural and Indigenous Studies at Portland Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He cohosts the Peacing It All Together podcast with Bo Sanders and is the author of several books, including Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision, Decolonizing Evangelicalism, and Living in Color. Woodley and his wife, Edith, are cosustainers of Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice and Eloheh Farm and Seeds.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bob on July 28, 2022

Summary: A discussion of an indigenous approach to theology that proposes it is closer to both the indigenous traditions and the teaching of Jesus. Until recent times, not only the history of our relations with indigenous peoples, but also our theology has been written by Euro-Americans. Randy Woodle......more

Goodreads review by Justin on April 11, 2022

Woodley's work has a mildly disorienting effect, in a good way, in approaching the gospel from a different starting point. In looking at the differences between Indigenous and Western approaches, he not only articulates key points, but he does so without primarily engaging in the method we might exp......more

Goodreads review by Jackson on April 27, 2022

Phenomenal introduction to so many questions that theology is facing in its engagement with culture today. Randy Woodley’s practically oriented and accessible interaction with this conversation is hospitable and pastoral. He’s a gift to the Christian community of North America and beyond.......more

Goodreads review by Emily on July 15, 2023

Indispensable!......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on July 31, 2022

Randy Woodley has written a fair and critical assessment as to how the Western Worldview of incorporating power has infiltrated our Christian Doctine. I realized how many of the the practices and common beliefs of Indigenous peoples are more Christ-centered than some of those promoted today in the m......more

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