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Author : Tinker, George E "Tink"
Release : 2020-01-23
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 83X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis American Indian Liberation by : Tinker, George E "Tink"
Download or read book American Indian Liberation written by Tinker, George E "Tink". This book was released on 2020-01-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George E. Tinker
Release : 2004-09-15
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 416/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Spirit and Resistance by : George E. Tinker
Download or read book Spirit and Resistance written by George E. Tinker. This book was released on 2004-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing from a Native American perspective, theologian Tinker probes American Indian culture, its vast religious and cultural legacy, and its ambiguous relationship to the tradition--historic Christianity--that colonized and converted it. He offers novel proposals about cultural survival and identity, sustainability, and the endangered health of Native Americans.
Author : Kidwell, Clara Sue
Release : 2020-01-23
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 042/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Native American Theology by : Kidwell, Clara Sue
Download or read book A Native American Theology written by Kidwell, Clara Sue . This book was released on 2020-01-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collaborative work represents a pathbreaking exercise in Native American theology. While observing traditional categories of Christian systematic theology (Creation, Deity, Christology, etc.), each of these is reimagined consistent with Native experience, values, and worldview. At the same time the authors introduce new categories from Native thought-worlds, such as the Trickster (eraser of boundaries, symbol of ambiguity), and Land. Finally, the authors address issues facing Native Americans today, including racism, poverty, stereotyping, cultural appropriation, and religious freedom--From publisher's description.
Author : Ward Churchill
Release : 1995
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Since Predator Came by : Ward Churchill
Download or read book Since Predator Came written by Ward Churchill. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This seminal collection of essays provides a devastating portrait of the condition of Native America. From chronicling the genocide committed by European invaders, to exposing the insidious means by which contemporary politicians and academics perpetuate the physical and cultural destruction of American Indians, Churchill's incisive analysis and carefully documented critique comprise a demand for action. These 18 essays serve as an excellent overview of the breadth and depth of Churchill's scholarship. Ward Churchill (Keetoowah Cherokee) is a professor of American Indian studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A member of the leader-ship council of the American Indian Movement of Colorado, he is a past national spokesperson for the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. A prolific writer and lecturer, he has authored, co-authored, or edited more than 20 books.
Author : George E. Tinker
Release : 1993-01-01
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 409/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Missionary Conquest by : George E. Tinker
Download or read book Missionary Conquest written by George E. Tinker. This book was released on 1993-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating probe into U.S. mission history spotlights four cases: Junipero Serra, the Franciscan whose mission to California natives has made him a candidate for sainthood; John Eliot, the renowned Puritan missionary to Massachusetts Indians; Pierre-Jean De Smet, the Jesuit missioner to the Indians of the Midwest; and Henry Benjamin Whipple, who engineered the U.S. government's theft of the Black Hills from the Sioux.
