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Chargement... A Seat at the Table: Huston Smith in Conversation with Native Americans on Religious Freedompar Huston Smith
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This is a collection of interviews of Native American spiritual leaders by religious historian Huston Smith. Most were conducted at the Parliament of World Religions 1999 in South America. The major point made is that since the era of exploration the spiritualties of indigenous peoples have not been taken seriously by Christian (and Muslim) conquerors. Natives have had their sacred spaces stolen or desecrated, their languages and rituals suppressed, their children taken and educated in foreign ways, all on the assumption that their beliefs and practices are superstitious, evil, misguided, etc. and that only Christians have rights that must be respected. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
In this collection of illuminating conversations, renowned historian of world religions Huston Smith invites ten influential American Indian spiritual and political leaders to talk about their five-hundred-year struggle for religious freedom. Their intimate, impassioned dialogues yield profound insights into one of the most striking cases of tragic irony in history: the country that prides itself on religious freedom has resolutely denied those same rights to its own indigenous people. With remarkable erudition and curiosity-and respectfully framing his questions in light of the revelation that his discovery of Native American religion helped him round out his views of the world's religions-Smith skillfully helps reveal the depth of the speakers' knowledge and experience. American Indian leaders Vine Deloria, Jr. (Standing Rock Sioux), Winona LaDuke (Anishshinaabeg), Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee), Frank Dayish, Jr. (Navajo), Charlotte Black Elk (Oglala Lakota), Douglas George-Kanentiio (Mohawk-Iroquois), Lenny Foster (Dine/Navajo), Tonya Gonnella Frichner (Onondaga), Anthony Guy Lopez (Lakota-Sioux), and Oren Lyons (Onondaga) provide an impressive overview of the critical issues facing the Native American community today. Their ideas about spirituality, politics, relations with the U.S. government, their place in American society, and the continuing vitality of their communities give voice to a population that is all too often ignored in contemporary discourse. The culture they describe is not a relic of the past, nor a historical curiosity, but a living tradition that continues to shape Native American lives. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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