a Native American theologian with a challenge

This video by Richard Twiss at CCDA is one of the most thought-provoking presentations I have seen.  There is much to muse upon, to discuss, and to rethink.  There are points of doctrine that I would disagree about, and yet his basic point is made and should slow any brash disagreement.

To what extent has 'Christian theology' ever represented non-European thinking?  More pointedly, to what extent has Protestant theology represented non-European thinking?  Consider carefully the implications of such an ethnocentric theology, particularly if you believe that men and women (and their culture), all over the world, have within them the (marred, and often, redeemed) image of God. 

The fearful consequence of a theology which is developed through the strength of only one part of the great Body of Christ is that it will not only lack the strengths of other portions of the Body but also that it will be greatly burdened by the weaknesses of that culture.  And while differences certainly exist among the German, English, French, American, Dutch, Scotch and Canadian streams which have filled Protestant theology, such theology must necessarily be poorer than a biblical and systematic theology which was as heavily influenced by Chinese, American Indian, Zambian, Brazilian, Cuban, Sudanese and Uzbek Christians.

May I hear and understand deep truths which I would not see for myself but which the truth of God in others may bring to my heart, and may you as well!