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A sacred migration to a changing future
Colonialism wants to keep Native America locked in the closet of the past. But we have something important to say about the present—and about what comes next.
When ecumenism foments hate
Udi Greenberg’s history of the ecumenical movement locates the errors—such as colonialism—that underlaid the project from the start.
American Canaan
Biblical scholar Daniel Hawk shows how White American scripts of Indigenous conquest mirror the book of Joshua.
A day of mourning each November
I have been asked more than once to participate in civic Thanksgiving services. And more than once, I’ve declined.
Settler colonialism discourse and how it falls short
Adam Kirsch suggests that what was once an academic discipline has become a new religion.
We are not living in a postcolonial world
Many church folk use the word decolonization while ignoring its only goal: returning Indigenous lands to Indigenous hands.
A church politics of nondomination
Liberal Anglicans and Methodists often face a tension between LGBTQ inclusion and anti-colonialism. But we don’t have to choose.
Puerto Rico as both object and subject of mission
José David Rodríguez provides a decolonial history of Lutheranism in the world’s oldest colony.
Mitri Raheb takes on Christian Zionists (even the liberal ones)
The Palestinian theologian challenges Christians to examine their feelings about Israel—and to ask what their faith has to do with these feelings.
Episode 35: Theologian Kwok Pui Lan, author of The Anglican Tradition from a Postcolonial Perspective
A conversation with theologian Kwok Pui Lan about colonialism, the Anglican church, Desmond Tutu, and more
Kwame Bediako’s Christianity without domination
The Ghanaian theologian offered new methodological approaches in the wake of imperialism.
by Ross Kane
The uncomfortable truth about Hillcrest
How missionary work can create the conditions for child abuse to thrive unchecked
Joy Harjo gives words to the poet warriors who were her ancestors
The Indigenous writer’s new memoir understands memory as counsel and ritual as the potency of love.
A New Testament that connects the heart languages of First Nations people
The translators hope that “the colonial language that was forced upon us can now serve our people in a good way.”