RLC Network Randy Woodley

Randy Woodley

Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley is an activist/scholar and distinguished speaker, teacher and wisdom keeper who addresses a variety of issues concerning American culture, faith, justice, our relationship with the earth and Indigenous realities. His expertise has been sought in national venues as diverse as The Huffington Post, Moody Radio and Time Magazine. Dr. Woodley currently serves as Distinguished Professor of Faith and Culture and Director of Intercultural Studies at George Fox University/Portland Seminary. Dr. Woodley has presented at a number of distinguished lectureships including the Hayward Lectures, the Stoutemire Lectures on Diversity and the Augsburger Lectures in Mission. Besides dozens of book chapters, magazine and journal articles, his books include "Decolonizing Evangelicalism: An 11:59pm Conversation" (Wipf & Stock, 2020), "The Harmony Tree: A Story of Healing and Community" (Friesen, 2016), "Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision" (Eerdmans, 2012), and "Living in Color: Embracing God’s Passion for Ethnic Diversity "(Intervarsity, 2004). Randy was raised near Detroit, Michigan and is a legal descendent of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. Randy is also a past member of the Oregon Dept. of Education American Indian/Alaska Native Advisory Board.

Cowboys and Indians: Dismantling the Western, Settler-Colonial Worldview (PART IV)

April 26, 2019

Creation & Environment, General, Theology

Time for restoring our place on earth is running out.

Cowboys and Indians: Dismantling the Western, Settler-Colonial Worldview (PART III)

April 25, 2019

Creation & Environment, Global, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Race, Theology

In dualistic theologies, we neglect the importance of seeing Christ at work and being Christ at work in our earthly cultures.

Cowboys and Indians: Dismantling the Western, Settler-Colonial Worldview (PART II)

April 24, 2019

Creation & Environment, Global, Race, Theology

God’s purpose was never for Europeans to rule over Indigenous peoples nor to subjugate our lands.

Cowboys and Indians: Dismantling the Western, Settler-Colonial Worldview (PART I)

April 23, 2019

White supremacy and “cowboy theology” isn’t something just of the past.

How American Exceptionalism & White Supremacy Reveal the REAL State of Our Union

February 7, 2019

Any claim to greatness was built on the backs and the blood of people of color.

Truth in the Mirror: White America’s First Encounter with Indians

January 22, 2019

General, Politics, Race

In actuality, I believe truth is the victim of this story.

Converting the Missionaries Among Us: Lessons from Jesus in Luke 4

December 18, 2018

Church Life, Race, Theology

"Problematizing the Indigenous is a Western obsession”