The Arise Podcast

Decolonizing Theology with Jana Peterson

Episode Summary

Jana Peterson, PhD student at NAIITS, talks with Danielle and Maggie on the harmful legacy of colonization in our theology and what it looks like to deconstruct and decolonize our theology.

Episode Notes

Connect with Jana through her website:  janalgpeterson.com

NAIITS - North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies

Here are some resources:

• A great conversation on the Syrophoenician Woman from Dr. Mitzi Smith and her colleagues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVy-kp-3jDY&t=4994s
• The book referenced by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion
• Dr. Angela Parker's book If God Still Breathes, Why Can't I?
• Here are some pages from Mark and Method: New Approaches in Biblical Studies, edited by Janice Capel Anderson and Stephen D. Moore.  It’s where Jana first read about the particular interpretations of Salome’s dance. https://www.dropbox.com/s/vr93lcqlr7eq31a/Mark%20and%20Method%2C%20121-135.pdf?dl=0
• Lisa Sharon Harper and Randy Woodley on Closing the Narrative Gap - Peacing It All Together Podcast

Jana is reading Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle by Danté Stewart. 

Jana is listening to: Paul Cardall's piano music. 

Jana is inspired by her children, the earth, Spring bringing new life and Lisa Sharon Harper