In their lecture “Turtle Island Hermeneutics,” delivered at the 2026 Payton Lectures, H. Daniel Zacharias and T. Christopher Hoklotubbe introduce a theology that emphasizes the goodness and beauty of creation and the ways Indigenous peoples have long experienced and expressed divine presence and blessing.
H. Daniel Zacharias and T. Christopher Hoklotubbe are coauthors of Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: An Invitation to North American Indigenous Interpretation.
H. Daniel Zacharias is associate dean and professor of New Testament studies at Acadia Divinity College.
T. Christopher Hoklotubbe is the director of graduate studies of NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community and assistant professor of classics at Cornell College (Mount Vernon, IA).
