"ative #merican $heology %anel

!ri ay !ebruary &', &()* at Church of #ll "ations *3() +en,amin -t. "., Columbia /eights, 0" 55*&) 12((pm inner 32((pm panel iscussion
4e invite the $6in Cities community to ,oin us on !ri ay, !ebruary &', for a It is my personal panel iscussion exploring "ative #merican theology. Come early for inner belief, after 35 together in the fello6ship years of hall at 12((pm, follo6e by our iscussion in the experience of sanctuary at 32((pm. it, that there is no such 4hy this iscussion5 $he relationship bet6een an native communities is complicate . 7n one han , thingChristianity as Christianity as a 4estern imperial religion has contribute to the sub,ugation of in igenous Christian communities aroun the globe. civilization. I 7n the other, as Charles .astman 87hiyesa9 argue over a hun re years ago, in igeneous spiritualities may be closer to the early spirit of Christiantiy than believe that that 6hich has been passe o6n through 4estern civilization. +oth of these relaities 6ill be Christianity explore . 4e 6ill unpac: an mo the ernimperial categories still embe e 6ithin 4estern theology through a narrating civilization of native history an ongoing experience, 6hile 6e also explore in igeneous spirituality as a lens are through 6hich to un erstan 6hat it means to follo6 the 6ay of ;esus to ay. oppose Contra i eologies of con<uest, iscovery, an no6 unlimite gro6th= in the 4est, in igenous an spiritualities argueirreconcilable, that it is against human nature to live selfishly>rather, 6e are create to live in harmony 6ith others creation. an an that the #mi st the unsustainability of the global mar:et to ay, this ialogue 6ill explorespirit mutuality of an a sustainable 6ay of being as central to the 6ay of ;esus. Christianity an of our ancient !ern Clou is . 6in -chen: ()ac *iew Desert religion isan enrolled member of the
Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Oyate. She is Bdewakantuan and Wahpetuan. She currently pastors at the Pejuhutazizi Presbyterian hurch on the !pper Siou" ommunity near #ranite $alls% &'. ;im +ear ;acobs is a member of the Stockbrid2e-&unsee &ohican 'ation% of central W3. 0e is on staff at hurch of /ll 'ations and works to raise awareness of /merican 3ndian causes and injustices as a con-ener of 40ealin2 &innesota Stories.5

Ojibwa+ heyenne ,i-er Siou". is a &./. student at )uther Seminary. 0is thesis deals with the literary presentation of anaanites in the Old 1estament. 0e is Pentecostal with roots in traditional )akota life. 0o erate by @yle Aoberts (Ph.D.% 1rinity 6-an2elical Di-inity School.% /ssociate Professor of Systematic 1heolo2y and )ead $aculty for hristian 1hou2ht at Bethel Seminary. 0e recently completed his first book on 7ierke2aard and postmodernity.

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