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Writing from a Native American perspective, theologian George 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. After five hundred years of conquest and social destruction, he says, any useful reflection must come to terms with the political state of Indian affairs and the political hopes and visions for recovering the health and well-being of Indian communities. Does Christian theology have a positive role to play?Tinker's work offers an overview of contemporary native American culture and its perilous state. Critical of recent liberal and New Age co-opting of Native spiritual practices, Tinker also offers a critical corrective to liberation theology. He shows how Native insights into the Sacred Other and sacred space helpfully reconfigure traditional ideas of God, Jesus' notion of the reign of God, and our relation to the earth. From this basis he offers novel proposals about cultural survival and identity, sustainability, and the endangered health of Native Americans.Product Identifiers
Publisher1517 Media
ISBN-139780800636814
eBay Product ID (ePID)94678022
Product Key Features
Number of Pages160 Pages
Publication NameSpirit and Resistance: Political Theology and American Indian Liberation
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2004
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaRegional History
AuthorGeorge E. Tinker
Dimensions
Item Height203 mm
Item Width127 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorGeorge E. Tinker