Whether you are an indigenous Christian seeking to understand how Creator invites your whole self (including your cultural heritage) to follow Jesus's "good way," or whether you are a non-indigenous Christian seeking to understand your faith beyond the dominant Western models of theology, this course invites you to rediscover Scripture not as a set of abstractions or rules, but as a living text that helps us walk the "Bright Path" of balance, harmony, and healing among all our relations.

This course made in partnership with IVP. 

H. Daniel Zacharias (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is a Cree-Anishinaabe & Austrian man from Treaty 1 territory in Canada (Winnipeg), with maternal ancestral roots in Treaty 1 and Treaty 5 territories. He currently lives in Mi’kma’ki, the land now called Nova Scotia. He is Associate Dean & Assistant Professor of New Testament Studies at Acadia Divinity College and a NAIITS faculty member. He is ordained with the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada. As an Indigenous follower of Jesus, he is interested in the intersection between culture and theology, believing an Indigenous approach to Christian theology is a vital voice for the church.

T. Christopher Hoklotubbe (ThD, Harvard) is a proud member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. He is the director of graduate studies of NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community. He is also assistant professor of classics at Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa). He is the author of Civilized Piety: The Rhetoric of Pietas in the Pastoral Epistles and the Roman Empire, which was awarded the Manfred Lautenschläger Award for Theological Promise. He and his wife, Stephanie, have two daughters and live near Cedar Rapids, Iowa.