Indigenous Scholars – Imagining Christianity Without Dominance

The meeting of Christianity and Indigenous cultures has been characterised by hierarchy, dominance, violence, and forced assimilation, with Indigenous peoples subjected to heavy burdens and enduring regimes of silence. Join Choctaw, Cherokee feminist Hebrew Bible scholar Amy N. Allan and trawlwoolway theologian and historian Naomi Wolfe as they search for paths of resistance, respect, and harmony towards a Christianity without Dominance, taking in Country as a living, sacred reality, knit together by Law and animated by kinship networks.
Amy N. Allan is a feminist Hebrew Bible scholar of Choctaw, Cherokee, Tuscarora, and German descent currently residing in the greater Chicago area. Her current research at NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community focuses on the depictions of the Divine in the storytelling of Genesis and its implications for Itilaui Kanomi (Relational Harmony). Amy is also an interfaith chaplain at Northwestern Medicine and in the ordination process with the United Church of Christ.
Naomi Wolfe is a trawlwoolway Aboriginal with Jewish German and Irish heritage. She is a theologian and historian based in Melbourne, committed to collaborative, community-grounded scholarship that centres Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives to reshape theological and educational practice. Her work as a historian at Australian Catholic University, as University Scholar at the University of Divinity, adjunct at St Mark’s National Theological College, and a member of NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community, is at the intersection of decolonising theology, Indigenous studies, and historical inquiry.
This is a collaboration between Pitt St Uniting, Eremos, Wellspring Community, the St James’ Institute, and UTC, accompanied by the St James' Singers. All warmly welcome to attend. Tickets are $20 in person ($10 concession), $10 online, or $25 at the door. All proceeds will be donated to promote Indigenous theology.