In this episode, we feature a conversation with Abdiel Espinoza, on his collection of poems entitled “Days of exile.” Let’s reflect together on the experience of COVID-19 through the lens of exile and our shared lament.
We are excited to launch a series of posts that spotlight INFEMIT community members and how they help shape the way we live Mission as Transformation. One of our main goals is to serve our global community by curating resources on holistic, contextual theology from around the world. This series seeks to shine a spotlight on the life and work of those in the INFEMIT community who have significantly contributed to this movement. Before we launch, let’s explore together why it is important to learn from people around the globe and do theology together.
In this episode, we return to a conversation that we had with Jayachitra Lalitha during the Stott Bediako Forum on Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation from a lens of Postcolonialism and Indigenous Christianity. Listen and learn with us about “Native Indian Bible Women, Jesus’ Movement, and Postcolonial Biblical Interpretation.”
We’re excited to share about this recent publication that was edited by INFEMIT Networking Team member, Seblewengel Daniel, along with Mmapula Diana Kebaneilwe and Angeline Savala. We invite you to read the brief overview below and listen to the authors and editors as they discuss their work in a virtual book launch.
This episode features a conversation with Thandi Gamedze that centers on her poem, “That Day…” In this conversation we discuss Thandi’s story as an artist, how her context informs and inspires her art, and how we can begin imagine a truly just future together.
In this episode, we return to a conversation that we had with Obed Manwatkar during the Stott Bediako Forum. Listen and learn with us about Reconciling East and West: Life and Legacy of ‘Mahatma’ Jotiba Phule and the hope for OBCs in India.
We interviewed Obed about his work with OBCs (Other Backward Classes) and the idea of “debrahminization.” Together we imagined what caste reconciliation could look like and found hope in the God of the OBCs.
Kwame Bediako (1945-2008), one of the founders of INFEMIT, was one of the foremost African scholars and theologians of the 20th century and served as Rector of the Akrofi-Christaller Institute for Theology, Mission and Culture in Akropong, Ghana. We interviewed his mentee and friend, Benhardt Quarshie, to learn about and highlight Bediako’s significant contributions to the Global Church.
In this article, Nina Mantalaba offers a short reflection that demonstrates the Stott-Bediako forum as process of growing and learning together despite physical distance. She weaves together her own discoveries and the questions and reflections offered by participants throughout the forum (shown on digital post-its).
Many Christians in the West emphasize peace-making and reconciliation as a way to address the ongoing Palestine-Israel conflict. While no one can deny that peace-making is surely an integral part of our mission (e.g., Matthew 5:9), the way many Christians, especially among evangelicals, approach it is problematic.
In this interview for the Stott-Bediako Forum, Julián Guamán and Peter Wigginton share stories from the Kichwa-Andean worldview that demonstrate co-existence between cultures. The Kichwa-Andean creation care narrative provides an example of how to work towards peace.