Shadia Qubti on Decolonizing our Imaginations
28 Feb 2024

Shadia Qubti on Decolonizing our Imaginations

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As we prepare for our next Stott-Bediako Forum on Transformation Revisited: Mission and Gospel Imagination, we are holding conversations with members of the INFEMIT Community to explore some of the related themes. In this podcast, we talk with Shadia Qubti about the how to nurture a decolonial imagination and the challenges faced when seeking to move beyond the limits of Western academic methodologies and engage with one another as Majority World scholars around our own ideas and on our own terms.

Zac Niringiye on Christianity, Christendom, and the Gospel
6 Apr 2023

Zac Niringiye on Christianity, Christendom, and the Gospel

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Continuing the conversation begun at the Stott-Bediako Forum on Jesus and Empire: Christian Witness in the Context of Power, several members of the INFEMIT community met with Zac Niringiye to explore and lament how much of dominant Christianity today embodies empire in its vision of domination, conquest, and violence. Zac’s original presentation to the Forum is titled: “Christianity as a Narrative of the Deception of Empire: Whither the promise of justice and love, held out in the Gospel of Jesus of Nazareth?”

A Conversation with Nina Balmaceda
3 Nov 2021

A Conversation with Nina Balmaceda

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“How I understand reconciliation is the transformation of relationships, that include for sure the transformation of interpersonal relationships…[but] we need to consider the other dimensions of reconciliation, forgiveness, and repentance, especially in contexts of post-armed conflict or of current exploitation and marginalization of human groups… I never speak of reconciliation without using the term ‘transformation.'” Listen to this podcast by Nina Balmaceda.

A Conversation with Jayachitra Lalitha
26 Aug 2021

A Conversation with Jayachitra Lalitha

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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.”

Summary of the Stott-Bediako Forum
26 Mar 2021

Summary of the Stott-Bediako Forum

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On this journey that started at the beginning of December and takes us here to the end of March, we sought to name historical injustices and physical and intellectual forms of colonization; we listened to and learned from diverse narratives of Scripture; and, in a process of re-learning, we heard the voices and perspectives of many who have traditionally been marginalized and ignored.

Walking in Reconciled Relationships: The Challenges of our History
21 Mar 2021

Walking in Reconciled Relationships: The Challenges of our History

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We interviewed Terry LeBlanc about his ideas on “Walking in Reconciled Relationships: The Challenges of our History” In this series of three podcasts, we chat with Terry about his personal story, community, and work; we hear parts of his original paper; and we gather recommendations for living in right relationships.

Peacebuilding in the Context of Palestine-Israel: Challenges and Prospects
19 Mar 2021

Peacebuilding in the Context of Palestine-Israel: Challenges and Prospects

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One of the most divisive conflicts in our world today is that which plays itself out in the land of Palestine-Israel. However, there is much in the story of this conflict that is rarely told. Let’s take a journey together to understand the history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the narration of two Palestinian Christians and members of the INFEMIT community, Shadia Qubti and Tony Deik.

The Menace of Colonialism and the Imperative of Koinonia as a Model for living in a Nigerian Context
18 Mar 2021

The Menace of Colonialism and the Imperative of Koinonia as a Model for living in a Nigerian Context

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Colonialism is like a leitmotif in the annals and experiences of some nations of the world, especially the ones from the Global South. Most of these nations experienced colonisation by some nations from the west starting from the 19th century, and Nigeria is a prime example of this. Colonialism affects almost everything about a people – their worldviews, cultures, and perspectives to life…

The Word Made Flesh: Seeking Transformation and Reconciliation
11 Mar 2021

The Word Made Flesh: Seeking Transformation and Reconciliation

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In this presentation, Nina Balmaceda introduces the Word Made Flesh Methodology adopted by the Center for Reconciliation at the Duke Divinity School and applies it to examine the need to pursue reconciliation in the Americas. She engages in this discussion with the purpose of demonstrating that it is impossible to pursue reconciliation in the Americas unless we are willing to embrace a genuine commitment to work for holistic transformation beyond individual salvation.