Land, Faith, and Identity

Join us for a conversation with Kaitlin Curtice about land, faith, and identity. Curtice is a Native American Christian author and speaker. As an enrolled member of the Potawatomi Citizen Band and someone who has grown up in the Christian faith, Curtice writes on the intersection of Indigenous spirituality, faith in everyday life, and the church.

Schedule:

1-2:00 p.m. Keynote from Kaitlin Curtice
2-2:45 p.m. Virtual discussion rooms with questions from Curtice (look for an email in early April to register for your breakout session)
2:45-3:30 p.m. Q&A – question from each breakout room for Curtice

Sponsored by the Center for Theology, Women and Gender and Women in Ministry, this event is open to Princeton Theological Seminary students, staff, community members, alumni, and friends.

Kaitlin Curtice is a Native American Christian author and speaker. As an enrolled member of the Potawatomi Citizen Band and someone who has grown up in the Christian faith, Curtice writes on the intersection of Indigenous spirituality, faith in everyday life, and the church.

Her first book, Glory Happening: Finding the Divine in Everyday Places, was published with Paraclete Press in 2017. It is a series of 50 essays and prayers focusing on finding the sacred in everyday life. Curtice's new book NATIVE: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God, came out in May 2020 with Brazos Press, and was named by Publisher’s Weekly as a Religion and Spirituality book to watch for.

Curtice has contributed to OnBeing, Religion News Service, USA Today, and Sojourners, among others, and she was interviewed for the New Yorker on colonization within Christian missions. In 2018 she was featured in a documentary with CBS called “Race, Religion and Resistance,” speaking on the dangers of colonized Christianity.

Curtice travels around the country, speaking on faith and justice within the church as it relates to Indigenous peoples. She has been a featured speaker at Why Christian, Evolving Faith, Wild Goose Festival, The Festival of Faith and Writing, and more.

She also occasionally writes at her blog, kaitlincurtice.com.

There is no cost for this event but registration is required.