
Decolonizing Church
Description
Decolonizing Church brings together varied theological voices to explore how Christian scholars and church leaders can reconfigure theology, ethics, and church practices. The volume aims to open conversations about how churches can engage the task of redressing the colonial legacy and its harms, and, in so doing, model the gratuitous disruptive power of the good news. The contributors come from diverse places and communities of identity - Indigenous, immigrant, racialized, LGBTQ2AI, disability, and gender - which shapes the way they speak and write, practice theology, and view church structures. Readers will find a range of genres including storytelling, ethnographic narrative, personal and biblical reflection, and practical wisdom. Drawing on decolonial thinking, the book offers other ways of knowing, being, and doing church.
Decolonizing Church blends theory and practice as it addresses justice concerns that are at the forefront for the church, for theological education, and for society at large.
Reviews / Votes
"This unique volume elevates diverse voices and perspectives that are rarely heard in Canadian theological texts." - Robert Fennell, Atlantic School of TheologyMore details
Persons
Nestor Medina is associate professor of religious ethics and culture at Emmanuel College, Victoria University, University of Toronto.
Becca Whitla (Editor)
Becca Whitla is professor of practical ministry and the Dr Lydia E. Gruchy Chair in Pastoral Theology at St Andrew's College.
Content
CONTENTS
Foreword ix
Michel Andraos
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 3
Néstor Medina and Becca Whitla
1 It Is a Strict Law That Bids Us Dance: Kwakwaka’wakw and Haı́ ɫzaqv Traditions Transforming Christianity by Receiving the “Other” 17
Carmen R. Lansdowne
2 The Case for My Decoloniality: The Alchemic Need to Turn the Researcher into a Storyteller 36
Ahmeda Mansaray-Richardson
3 At the Kitchen Table with 嫲嫲 Mah Mah: Reclaiming Delilah 53
Chung Yan Lam
4 An Anthropology of Decolonizing Among Filipino Canadians 71
Emo Yango
5 Seeking Decolonizing Peace Across Intersecting Colonial Memories 89
Hyejung Jessie Yum
6 Los Hijos del Maíz: Narratives on Religion and Culture Among Mexican Migrant Farm Workers in Southwestern Ontario 108
Rafael Vallejo
7 Cripping the Failed Body of Christ 125
Miriam Spies
8 Relationally Speaking: Indigenous Women Unsettling Jesus Toward Decolonial Healing 143
Joëlle M. Morgan
9 Good News for Whom? Black and Indigenous Peoples’ Shared Histories, Struggles, and Solidarities 162
Adele Halliday
10 Syncopating to a Decolonial Rhythm: Theoethical Musings on Liturgy 180
Néstor Medina and Becca Whitla
11 Decolonizing to Indigenize 197
Ray Aldred
Afterword 213
Carol B. Duncan
Contributors 219
Index 223