Speaker: Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley, farmer, activist/scholar, distinguished speaker, teacher, and wisdom keeper
Co-sponsored by the Center for Ecological Regeneration and the Stead Center for Ethics and Values in support of Garrett’s Indigenous Study Committee.
Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley, Ph.D., addresses a variety of issues concerning American culture. Dr. Woodley currently serves as the Distinguished Professor of Faith and Culture at Portland Seminary. Randy was raised near Detroit, Michigan, and is a Cherokee descendant recognized by the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. Randy co-hosts the Peacing it all Together podcast with Bo Sanders. Dr. Woodley and his wife are co-sustainers of Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice and Eloheh Farm & Seeds, a regenerative teaching center and farm in Yamhill, Oregon. The Woodleys have been innovators and activists for over three decades and received the Oregon Ecumenist of the Year in 2021. They have four grown children and six grandchildren. His books include:
- Becoming Rooted: One Hundred Days of Reconnecting with Sacred Earth
- Mission and the Cultural Other: A Closer Look
- Indigenous Theology and the Western Worldview: A Decolonized Approach to Christian Doctrine
- Decolonizing Evangelicalism: An 11:59pm Conversation
- The Harmony Tree: A Story of Healing and Community
- Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision
- Living in Color: Embracing God’s Passion for Ethnic Diversity