%0 Journal Article
%T Why educating for shalom requires decolonization
%A Gerda J Kits
%J International Journal of Christianity & Education
%@ 2056-998X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2056997119826123
%X Indigenous scholars argue that reconciliation requires educators to make space for Indigenous perspectives in the curriculum. This article agrees, arguing that Christians who are committed to Wolterstorff¡¯s (2004) concept of ¡°educating for shalom¡± must work towards decolonization of the educational system. Eurocentrism in the current system is a product of racism, and prevents students from learning from a diversity of cultural perspectives. Further, failing to decolonize actively perpetuates injustice towards both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, and fails to equip students to participate in the societal changes that are necessary to heal the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in North America
%K colonialism
%K decolonization
%K educating for shalom
%K Indigenous
%K racism
%K reconciliation
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2056997119826123