The Rev’d Rachel Taber-Hamilton will be this year’s ‘Theologian in Residence’ at St Peter’s Cathedral.
This program is offered in conjunction with St Barnabas College and part-sponsored by the Anglican Board of Mission. Rachel is the Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Everett, Washington in the Diocese of Olympia, USA.
Rachel is of First Nations heritage (Shakan, British Columbia). She will be here with her partner Nigel, who is also a priest and doing a doctorate on Paul. Rachel is a very fine and provocative thinker, and a member of the Anglican Indigenous Network.
The program will include two workshops. Rachel will be preacher at all the services at the Cathedral on Sunday 20 October: 8am BCP Eucharist, 10.30am Choral Eucharist, and 6.00pm Choral Evensong. Rachel and her husband, Nigel, will also spend time with the students at St Barnabas College.
Workshop 1 Tuesday 15 October 7pm – St Peter’s Cathedral
The Doctrine of Discovery: The Episcopal Church, Indigenous Peoples, and the Necessity of Decolonizing Christianity
This presentation presents an encapsulated history of the history and forces of Western Civilization that inform the development of the Doctrine of Discovery, how the Doctrine continues to be operant within neocolonialism today, and what we can do within churches to transform relationships with Indigenous peoples within a mission more in keeping with values of Christ.
Workshop 2 Wednesday 16 October 7pm – St Peter’s Cathedral
Beyond Eden: A Conversation between Science and Indigenous Worldview towards Repairing Christianity’s Relationship with Creation
This presentation provides a historical roadmap for reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and with creation by encouraging Christianity to name and claim the emerging science concerning the physical nature of the cosmos as a spiritual and sacred story of kinship.
Informal lunch – Thursday 17 October 12 noon – St Barnabas College
