The Decolonizing Christian

A settler Canadian on a journey toward decolonizing. Dismantling toxic Christianity. Guest on Kwakwakaʼwakw territory. he/him

[The Decolonizing Christian @DecolonizingChr]

Those of us who are white must never stop (un)learning, deconstructing, and dismantling whiteness. It is a project that won’t simply “fix” itself and will take our full attention throughout our entire lives.

[The Decolonizing Christian @DecolonizingChr]

@newvangelicals What’s terrifying is that Megan’s views aren’t new. German Christians had views like this in the 1930s and used theology to promote German nationalism. Many Nazis were Christian.

[Archbishop of Canterbury @ArchbishopSarah]

This is an urgent and important intervention by my fellow bishops and I support them in it.

The oppression, violence and discrimination against Palestinians in the West Bank, including Christians, must cease. The Israeli government is not above the law and must stop acting otherwise.

Steadfast Christian families such as the Kisiya family, whose ancestral land has been forcibly stolen from them, remain especially in my prayers. We continue to stand in prayerful solidarity with our Palestinian Christian sisters and brothers as they resist the injustice of occupation.

[The Decolonizing Christian @DecolonizingChr]

@haymes_joshua Your take is proof you have no experience in deconstruction whatsoever. Otherwise you would realize the egregious rhetoric of your take. Leave the reasons for deconstruction up to the people who actually go through it. We are better off without your harmful opinions.

[The Decolonizing Christian @DecolonizingChr]

@ZachWLambert It’s horrifying that R.J. Rushdoony’s once-fringe dominionist movement is now the mainstream. Christian nationalism has come to steal, kill and destroy. It does so using the name of Christ - which is truly using the Lord’s name in vain.
This Rushdoony quote is chilling:

[The Decolonizing Christian @DecolonizingChr]

@ZachWLambert What is terrifying is while he uses the term “Christian” in this context he really means “white.”

[The Decolonizing Christian @DecolonizingChr]

@stealthygeek @newvangelicals this!!

[The Decolonizing Christian @DecolonizingChr]

@masonmennenga FACTS

[The Decolonizing Christian @DecolonizingChr]

There’s (sadly) much work yet to do in moving our society beyond patriarchy. Reading these verses in context help to expose patriarchal harms. Today these verses remind us of the importance of consent and, ultimately, help us create safe spaces for the “least of these” among us.

[The Decolonizing Christian @DecolonizingChr]

This past week I’ve received many questions about Romans 1:26-27 regarding homosexuality. I want to take some time to unpack this passage further because harmful readings of passages like this contribute to many abuses LGBTQIA2S+ people (and women) experience within the church.

[The Decolonizing Christian @DecolonizingChr]

Paul listed specific sexual practices as displays of power *over* another. He included women having sex with each other because (in Roman cultural context) it involved one woman acting as the man. It had nothing to do with intercourse as mutual, loving consent between two people.

[The Decolonizing Christian @DecolonizingChr]

Recommended resources:
1. “Unsettling Truths” by Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah
2. “Fortune” by Lisa Sharon Harper
3. “The Color of Compromise” by Jemar Tisby
4. “Who Will Be a Witness?” by Drew Hart
5. “God of the Oppressed” by James Cone
6. “The God Who Riots” by Damon Garcia

[The Decolonizing Christian @DecolonizingChr]

Colonial Christianity is any system—be it church, theology, etc.—that wields power, order, and control *over* people. It ends up being a weapon wielded at the expense of peoples’ autonomy (which is viewed with suspicion in these systems). It’s the *opposite* of liberation.

[The Decolonizing Christian @DecolonizingChr]

The Jesus Way always centralizes liberation—particularly of those who’ve been oppressed/excluded. This is what makes Christ’s Table so incredibly radical (and so threatening to power structures). This is the kind of Christianity that gets me excited. It would indeed be good news!