Description: Further DetailsTitle: Unsettling Truths – The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of DiscoveryCondition: NewEAN: 9780830845255ISBN: 9780830845255Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press,USFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/05/2019Item Length: 153mmItem Weight: 356gAuthor: Mark Charles, Soong–chan RahLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0830845259Description: ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover AwardAmerican Society of Missiology Book Award★ Publishers Weekly starred review You cannot discover lands already inhabited.Injustice has plagued American society for centuries. And we cannot move toward being a more just nation without understanding the root causes that have shaped our culture and institutions. In this prophetic blend of history, theology, and cultural commentary, Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah reveal the far-reaching, damaging effects of the "Doctrine of Discovery." In the fifteenth century, official church edicts gave Christian explorers the right to claim territories they "discovered." This was institutionalized as an implicit national framework that justifies American triumphalism, white supremacy, and ongoing injustices. The result is that the dominant culture idealizes a history of discovery, opportunity, expansion, and equality, while minority communities have been traumatized by colonization, slavery, segregation, and dehumanization. Healing begins when deeply entrenched beliefs are unsettled. Charles and Rah aim to recover a common memory and shared understanding of where we have been and where we are going. As other nations have instituted truth and reconciliation commissions, so do the authors call our nation and churches to a truth-telling that will expose past injustices and open the door to conciliation and true community.Country/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Width: 21mmGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Science Nature & Math, Philosophy & Spirituality, Law & Politics, HistoryRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Unsettling Truths – The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctr
Title: Unsettling Truths – The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctr
EAN: 9780830845255
ISBN: 9780830845255
Release Date: 11/05/2019
Release Year: 2019
ISBN-10: 0830845259
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Unsettling Truths : the Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Discrimination & Race Relations, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Christian Life / Social Issues, Religion, Politics & State, Sociology of Religion, Native American
Publication Year: 2019
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Religion, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 12.5 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Mark Charles, Soong-Chan Rah
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
