Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys

A Native American Expression of the Jesus Way

By: Richard Twiss

Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab

The gospel of Jesus has not always been good news for Native Americans.

The history of North America is marred by atrocities committed against Native peoples. Indigenous cultures were erased in the name of Christianity. As a result, to this day few Native Americans are followers of Jesus. However, despite the far-reaching effects of colonialism, some Natives have forged culturally authentic ways to follow the way of Jesus.

In his final work, Richard Twiss provides a contextualized Indigenous expression of the Christian faith among the Native communities of North America. He surveys the painful, complicated history of Christian missions among Indigenous peoples and chronicles more hopeful visions of culturally contextual Native Christian faith. Native leaders reframe the gospel narrative in light of post-colonization, reincorporating traditional practices and rituals while critiquing and correcting the assumptions of American Christian mythologies.

Twiss gives voice to the stories of Native followers of Jesus, with perspectives on theology and spirituality plus concrete models for intercultural ministry. Future generations of Native followers of Jesus, and those working cross-culturally with them, will be indebted to this work.

©2015 Katherine Twiss (P)2022 Tantor

Interesting and enlightening read, mediocre narrator

This book would be best for students of theology and missiology or those interested in pastoral work among Native people. Some of the theory-laden chapters would likely not be appropriate for the average lay reader.

However, I did not like the narrator. The tone was often stilted and pedantic, and some tribal names are mispronounced.

hope

There is a treasure of information in this book. I will listen again since a lot of it is new.