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Honouring the declaration : church commitments to reconciliation and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples / edited by Don Schweitzer and Paul L. Gareau.
Honouring the Declaration provides academic resources to help The United Church of Canada and other Canadian denominations enact their commitment to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and offers a framework for reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. Featuring essays from scholars working from a range of disciplines, including religious studies, Indigenous legal studies, Christian theology and ethics, Biblical studies, Indigenous educational leadership within the United Church, and social activism, the collection includes both Indigenous and non-Indigenous voices, all of whom respond meaningfully to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action. The texts explore some of the challenges that accepting the UN Declaration as a framework poses to the United Church and other Canadian denominations, and provides academic reflection on how these challenges can be met. These reflections include concrete proposals for steps that Canadian denominations and their seminaries need to take in light of their commitment to the Declaration, a study of a past attempt of the United Church to be in solidarity with Indigenous peoples, and discussions of ethical concepts and theological doctrines that can empower and guide the church in living out this commitment.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780889778337 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xxxiii, 301 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The Indigenous imperative: the role of seminaries in the realization of reconciliation and Indigenizing -- What to do with all these Canaanites? A settler-Canadian reading of Biblical conquest stories -- Restructuring feelings: Pitfalls of settler-Christian turns to education -- The Declaration of Indigenous ministries of the United Church of Canada -- "Not alone in this struggle for justice": Project North and the United Church of Canada, 1975-1987 -- Storied places and sacred relations: Métis density, lifeways, and Indigenous rights in the Declaration -- The power and practise of Indigenous Christian rituals and ceremonies -- Justification by grace as a spiritual resource: Non-Indigenous Christians adopting the Declaration as a framework for reconciliation with Indigenous peoples of Canada -- The Declaration and the common good -- Working from the heart: Considering reconciliation/Mīnwastamātowin through the lenses of Miýo-Wāhkōtowin, Miýo-Pimātisiwin, and gender.
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| Legislative Library, Vaughan Street | BT 738.27 Hon (Text) | 36970100391194 | General Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
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| Appendix A An Ecumenical Statement on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions Call to Action 48 | 273 | (4) | |||
| Appendix B Statement on UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as the Framework for Reconciliation | 277 | (4) | |||
| Index | 281 |