Gathering at the Fire: Indigenous Scholars Reframe the Bible for All God’s People
Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 3:00pm ET 2:00pm CT
How do Indigenous peoples read the Bible from the lands now called North America? How might these readings open the church to healing, renewal, and deeper discipleship?
Join Indigenous scholars T. Christopher Hoklotubbe and H. Daniel Zacharias a conversation on their new book Reading the Bible on Turtle Island. This 'Beyond Walls: Works in Progress' webinar, offered by Bexley Seabury Seminary in partnership with the Episcopal Parish Network, will explore how Indigenous traditions, history, and worldview illuminate Scripture in transformative ways—affirming the dignity of Indigenous cultures, confronting colonial interpretations, and offering fresh insights for the church’s work of justice and reconciliation today.
H. Daniel Zacharias (PhD, Highland Theological College/Aberdeen) is a Cree-Anishinaabe/Métis and Austrian man originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba (Treaty One territory), with ancestors also residing in Treaty Two, Treaty Three, and Treaty Five territories. He lives in Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia) with his wife, Maria, and four children in Wolfville, NS. He is associate dean and professor of New Testament studies at Acadia Divinity College, where he has worked since 2007. He also serves as an adjunct faculty for NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community.
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, the first accredited Indigenous designed, developed, delivered, and governed theological institute. 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.
Reading the Bible on Turtle Island - An Invitation to North American Indigenous Interpretation
by H. Daniel Zacharias and T. Christopher Hoklotubbe Foreword by Shari Russell
About the Beyond Walls: Works in Progress series:
At Bexley Seabury we delight in connecting people and sharing ideas. Our webinar series Beyond Walls: Works in Progress does just this, inviting researchers and leaders to share their work in conversation, as we reflect on faithful discipleship, a growing, inclusive church, and working for justice and reconciliation.