Dates:
Thursdays October 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29
Fall Book Study 2026 + Author Talk
Price range: $0.00 through $50.00
Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Damascus Project and the BTS Center invite you to take time in October to read and reflect with us on Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: An Invitation to North American Indigenous Interpretation by T. Christopher Hoklotubbe and H. Daniel Zacharis. Facilitated by Rev. Stephanie Perdew, PhD, Director of the Damascus Project & Rev. Nicole Diroff, Program Director at the BTS Center. The authors will join us for conversation during the final gathering.
Dates/Times:
Thursdays October 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 3:00-4:30 pm CT/4:00-5:30pm ET via Zoom
With an author talk on October 29!
About this course:
Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: An Invitation to North American Indigenous Interpretation
Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Damascus Project and the BTS Center invite you to take time in October to read and reflect with us on Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: An Invitation to North American Indigenous Interpretation by T. Christopher Hoklotubbe and H. Daniel Zacharis. Facilitated by Rev. Stephanie Perdew, PhD, Director of the Damascus Project & Rev. Nicole Diroff, Program Director at the BTS Center. The authors will join us for conversation during the final gathering.
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Meet your Facilitators
Rev. Nicole Diroff is ordained in the United Church of Christ and serves as the Associate Director of The BTS Center. She is responsible for the program design, implementation, and evaluation of the Center’s many initiatives focused on nurturing spiritual leadership for a climate-changed world. Nicole is a Maine Master Naturalist and a volunteer with the Scarborough Land Trust.
Rev. Stephanie Perdew, PhD, is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. She serves as the Director of the Damascus Project. She is an affiliate professor of Christian History at Garrett-Evangelical Theological seminary, and a Voices columnist for The Christian Century.
Meet the Authors
Daniel Zacharias is Cree-Anishinaabe/Métis from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He serves as associate dean and professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Danny also serves as an adjunct faculty for NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community.
Christopher Hoklotubbe is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. He serves as director of the Indigenous Theological Initiative of Bexley Seabury Seminary. Chris earned his ThD at Harvard University. He previously served as the director of graduate studies of NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community, and as assistant professor of classics at Cornell College of Mount Vernon, Iowa.
In Partnership with The BTS Center