Kindle
$20.99
Available instantly
Paperback
$25.19
Buy new:
-10% $25.19
FREE delivery Sunday, September 22 on orders shipped by Amazon over $35
Ships from: Amazon.com
Sold by: Amazon.com
$25.19 with 10 percent savings
List Price: $27.99
The List Price is the suggested retail price of a new product as provided by a manufacturer, supplier, or seller. Except for books, Amazon will display a List Price if the product was purchased by customers on Amazon or offered by other retailers at or above the List Price in at least the past 90 days. List prices may not necessarily reflect the product's prevailing market price.
Learn more
Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns
FREE delivery Sunday, September 22 on orders shipped by Amazon over $35
Or Prime members get FREE delivery Tomorrow, September 18. Order within 55 mins.
In Stock
$$25.19 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$25.19
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Ships from
Amazon.com
Ships from
Amazon.com
Sold by
Amazon.com
Sold by
Amazon.com
Returns
30-day refund/replacement
30-day refund/replacement
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Read full return policy
Returns
30-day refund/replacement
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Read full return policy
Payment
Secure transaction
Your transaction is secure
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
Payment
Secure transaction
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
$19.44
Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns
FREE delivery Sunday, September 22 on orders shipped by Amazon over $35
Or Prime members get FREE delivery Thursday, September 19. Order within 3 hrs 10 mins.
Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
$$25.19 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$25.19
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

Randy Woodley
Follow
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision (Prophetic Christianity (PC)) Paperback – May 25, 2012

by Randy Woodley (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 105 ratings
See all formats and editions
{"desktop_buybox_group_1":[{"displayPrice":"$25.19","priceAmount":25.19,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"25","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"19","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"RQSsrugk2OFSuRM4cZ93dQLSr7z1HhALO%2FWvj6eXK4oBmKmUuX4cohCwEwIFaVE1%2FpaHxDa20jMv1jEF7NH%2FAVoRwyCuWIxg5xeBtTJGbeY2XCNLlLPx7L98MUw6EpNayJu7Yds37nlz%2B6oaxzMdTg%3D%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}, {"displayPrice":"$19.44","priceAmount":19.44,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"19","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"44","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"RQSsrugk2OFSuRM4cZ93dQLSr7z1HhAL47zHioQ%2FRICH8V5ZQ2gfdQ8kIWwqTPlREpiwWo20IN0XPiF05uHieewrtadGumIdXWlP0Fylsxnq7KrdRRwwsGCH0UIVGqLf6JO59cELoWm2lOfLz6Q64BTf%2BV%2BxD487zW1tsFhi3moE1%2F7E%2Ft8BDg%3D%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":1}]}

Purchase options and add-ons

Materialism. Greed. Loneliness. A manic pace. Abuse of the natural world. Inequality. Injustice. War. The endemic problems facing America today are staggering. We need change and restoration. But where to begin?

In Shalom and the Community of Creation Randy Woodley offers an answer: learn more about the Native American 'Harmony Way,' a concept that closely parallels biblical shalom. Doing so can bring reconciliation between Euro-Westerners and indigenous peoples, a new connectedness with the Creator and creation, an end to imperial warfare, the ability to live in the moment, justice, restoration -- and a more biblically authentic spirituality. Rooted in redemptive correction, this book calls for true partnership through the co-creation of new theological systems that foster wholeness and peace.
Previous slide of product details
  1. Part of series
    Prophetic Christianity
  2. Print length
    197 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Eerdmans
  5. Publication date
    May 25, 2012
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 0.49 x 9 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0802866786
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0802866783
  9. See all details
Next slide of product details
The Amazon Book Review
The Amazon Book Review
Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.

Frequently bought together

Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision (Prophetic Christianity (PC))
This item: Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision (Prophetic Christianity (PC))
$25.19
Get it as soon as Sunday, Sep 22
In Stock
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
+
Becoming Rooted: One Hundred Days of Reconnecting with Sacred Earth
$15.39
Get it as soon as Sunday, Sep 22
In Stock
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
+
Indigenous Theology and the Western Worldview: A Decolonized Approach to Christian Doctrine (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theo
$12.19
Get it as soon as Sunday, Sep 22
In Stock
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
Total price:
To see our price, add these items to your cart.
Details
Added to Cart
spCSRF_Treatment
Choose items to buy together.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Christian Century
“Thankfully, Shalom and the Community of Creation is short on romantic visions and long on right theological discussions. . . . This is a courageous book. Woodley is trying to create fruitful dialogue where in the past only condescension and distrust prevailed. . . . This timely text may not always tell readers what they want to hear, but that is precisely the point.”
 
Theology Today
“An insightful, informed, and thoughtful voice coming from an often neglected sector of American society.”
 
Mennonite Brethren Herald
“The book’s key strengths lie in its conversation between biblical theology, native life, and traditional lore. . . .  This book gives voice to a theological perspective that is both insightful and necessary.”
 
Reviews in Religion and Theology
“Woodley has written a book that invites readers to open themselves to a new way of being in the world together—to enter a community of creation where shalom, or the ‘harmony way’, is embodied. This is a theologically provocative and emotionally haunting book for Euro-western Christians.”
 
Religious Studies Review
“Randy Woodley recommends that viewing a shalom construct through indigenous eyes offers a fresh way of doing theology in the community of creation. . . .  Native American theology, and this work, comes at a critical time when the church needs to listen to fresh indigenous voices with their place-purpose theology, boundary protocols, and spatiality, in which we all partner together to build a true theology of place before it’s too late.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

About the Author

 

Rev. Dr. Randy S. Woodley is distinguished professor of faith and culture at Portland Seminary, Portland, Oregon. He and his wife co-sustain Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice and Eloheh Farm & Seeds in Yamhill, Oregon (www.eloheh.org). Randy is an activist/scholar, distinguished teacher, and wisdom keeper who addresses a variety of issues concerning American culture, faith/spirituality, justice, race/diversity, regenerative farming, our relationship with the earth, and Indigenous realities. His expertise has been sought in national venues such as Time magazine, HuffPost, and Christianity Today. Randy was raised near Detroit, Michigan, and is a Cherokee descendent recognized by the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. His other books include Becoming Rooted: One Hundred Days of Reconnecting with Sacred Earth, Indigenous Theology and the Western Worldview: A Decolonized Approach to Christian Doctrine, Decolonizing Evangelicalism: An 11:59pm Conversation (coauthored), and The Harmony Tree: A Story of Healing and Community.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Eerdmans (May 25, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 197 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0802866786
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0802866783
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.49 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 105 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Randy Woodley

Randy Woodley

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley is known as a public intellectual, author, scriptwriter, activist, farmer, speaker, and wisdom keeper. He is a recognized leader in the fields of Indigenous and Intercultural Studies, Ecology, Spirituality, Race, Theology, and Mission. Through his teaching, writings, and leadership, he invites Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples to decolonize and Indigenize their worldview and practices so they can learn to walk on this earth in a good way. Randy is of Cherokee descent and is recognized by the Keetoowah Band. He is an award-winning author who has penned numerous books, chapters, and articles in his long writing career, including a book co-authored with his spouse, Edith. Randy also writes award-winning feature film scripts. His writings are known for their connection to The Harmony Way as original Indigenous teachings and how they might apply common values today to build a better world.

Edith Woodley is an Eastern Shoshone tribal member. The Woodleys are also co-founders and co-sustainers of Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice and Eloheh Farm & Seeds. Through an Eloheh experience, they invite people to a deeper spirituality and new relationship with creation while modeling regenerative Earth-tending practices and Earth justice.

The Woodleys are also cultural consultants, advising writers, directors, showrunners, churches, etc. through Sho-Kee Cultural Consultants. Edith, Randy, and their partners have a goal to restore cultural integrity to the arts and local communities.

Podcast: Peacing it all Togerher

Facebook: Randy Woodley, Edith Woodley, Eloheh Indigenous Center, Eloheh Farm.

Instagram: Eloheh/Eagle's Wings, Randy Woodley, Edith Woodley

Customer reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars
105 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

Jonathan
5.0 out of 5 stars God's "Community of Creation"
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2020
Verified Purchase
As a United Methodist Earthkeeper and a pastor, I wanted to read this book to gain a deeper understanding of Christian theology of creation and similar views from indigenous peoples. I was not disappointed. Dr. Randy Woodley does a beautiful job in comparing “Shalom” to the Native American concept of “Harmony.” Drawing upon biblical Jewish understandings of what we often call “peace,” the author unpacks a broad definition of the Hebrew word “Shalom” as well as the Greek word “Eirene” and then compares this concept of “peace” with the “Native American Harmony Way” whose goal is justice, restoration, and continuous right living.

Using a broadened definition of “sin,” as the brokenness caused by anything which works against God’s shalom, Woodley describes the Cherokee cementation ceremony and its use of the “hoop” or “circle” to symbolize the wholeness of creation in the natural world. Having witnessed the hoop dance with all of its majestic beauty, the description in this book has given me a much deeper appreciation for native beliefs as well as my own Christian theological perspective. Native ceremonies to mend relationships are very similar to temple ceremonies found in the Old Testament. I appreciate the way this book explains how Jewish understandings of Sabbath day, Sabbath year, and Jubilee year all fit with the Native American perspective of mending the hoop.

Jesus came to make all things right and to restore the way that God initially created all things to be. For many years, I have struggled to find a better metaphor for the lifestyle of God's people than the “Kingdom of God” image. Drawn from a form of governance that never applied in the United States of America, it has been difficult to teach my churches to see Jesus as our “King.” Therefore, I was very delighted to find an alternate metaphorical term, “the Community of Creation” offered in this book. Viewing God as the creator with a comprehensive plan for all of life, I now have a new way to speak of being God’s people.
8 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
agapetos
5.0 out of 5 stars " but instead that it was more like "what I saw"
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2014
Verified Purchase
I wanted to write a review of this book, but I'm at a loss. I don't know how to sum up what I read and how it affected and continues to affect me.

I shouldn't say "sum up what I read," but instead that it was more like "what I saw"... because the book is like putting your head into a whole different world, a whole different way of seeing things and understanding them, and taking a 360-degree view looking in that world. I learned so much, and I want to read it again. Soon. But I feel incredibly inadequate to describe it.

In a way, perhaps that is exactly as it should be when we consider the thoughts and hearts of indigenous peoples. Perhaps we should be silent, in awe, astounded by their different and holistic way of seeing.

So I'm moved. And want to go back and look through that 360-degree view again. And although I can't bring up specifics and don't know where to start in describing parts of the book, I suspect that quite a bit more of it has stuck with me than I realize.

Thanks, Uncle Randy.

Ramone Romero
Artist & writer
weeping-jeremiahs.blogspot.com
September 22, 2013
9 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Matt Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars An ancient hope for the future
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2019
Verified Purchase
Randy Woodley’s insightful book turns the current church conversation of how to deal with a changing world on its head. From Woodley’s perspective, continuity is found by reaching back not to the "golden years" of white churches 60 years ago, but many hundreds if not thousands of years in the ethical and communal traditions of indigenous peoples and their parallels to the ancient practices of Israel as recorded in the Bible. Rather than seeing the churches of Euro-American Christians as being accosted by changes taking place in modern society, Woodley suggests that these Christians and the culture they embody are themselves the instrument of highly disruptive change for the indigenous people of North America. The parallels between the Hebrew concept of Shalom and the indigenous North American people's practice of the Harmony Way is a powerful critique of present day church as well as a hopeful way forward -- if the church can bear to see itself with ancient eyes.
3 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Bruce Crawford
5.0 out of 5 stars Shalom and the Community of Creation
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2012
Verified Purchase
I have been listening to sermons in churches for over thirty years, and I am hard pressed to count on one hand the messages that encouraged me see or value my connection with the environment. All too often questions regarding our stewardship of the land or relationship with the land-environment are met with the all too common, standard knee jerk response: "What's it matter anyway... its all going to burn." Shalom and the Community of Creation breathes fresh air into the stale conversation by casting vision of how human beings might relate to the creation in a healthy way. Dr Woodley skillfully points out the profound similarities between the Native American harmony way approach to life, with the Hebrew- Shalom way of life found in the Old Testament. This book gives the reader a holistic theological foundation that provides hope for those who feel trapped within our "its all going to burn" ideology. Shalom and the Community of Creation left me feeling both challenged and inspired to learn more from my Native American brothers and sisters of how I might walk on this earth in healthier way! This is a life giving book that is definitely worth reading!
9 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Ric Hudgens
4.0 out of 5 stars To them that have ears
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2012
Verified Purchase
This is a very helpful book for understanding how a non-Western, native perspective upon Christian faith can open up the Bible in refreshing ways and provide both a critique of contemporary civilization and a path to a new way of living. Woodley is I suppose an "evangelical" of sorts but this volume has value far beyond the narrow boundaries of that constituency. A useful, hopeful, and valuable piece of work.
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report

Top reviews from other countries

Translate all reviews to English
Amé Zine
4.0 out of 5 stars Shalom - une vision du monde indigenous
Reviewed in France on August 30, 2014
Verified Purchase
Un bon livre par Randy Woodley qui explique avec précision la vision du monde des indiens d'Amérique et comment cette vision peut nous aider à bien concevoir l'univers dans un aspect plus 'holistic'. Woodley développe l'ancienne idée du chemin de l'harmonie qui pourrait nous aider à mieux vivre avec le reste de la création.
Je recommande vivement ce livre.
Report