Indigenous Theology and the Western Worldview - A Decolonized Approach to Christian Doctrine av Randy S. Woodley, H. Daniel Zacharias

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<b>Named One of Fifteen Important Theology Books of 2022, </b><b><i>Englewood Review of Books<br/><br/></i></b>This volume by a Cherokee teacher, former pastor, missiologist, and historian brings Indigenous theology into conversation with Western approaches to history and theology.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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. Inste