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The Colonial Compromise

The Threat of the Gospel to the Indigenous Worldview

Edited by Miguel A. De La Torre - Contributions by Loring Abeyta; Edward P. Antonio; Natsu Taylor Saito; Ward Churchill; Roger K. Green; Mark D. Freeland; Barbara Alice Mann; Steven T. Newcomb and Tink Tinker

This book explores the different types of compromises Indian people were forced to make and must continue to do so in order to be included in the colonizer’s religion and culture. The contributors in this collection are in conversation with the contributions made by Tink Tinker, an American Indian scholar who is known for his work on Native American liberation theology. The contributors engage with the following questions in this book: How much of one's identity must be sacrificed in order to belong in the world of the colonizer? How much of one's culture requires silencing? And more importantly, how can the colonized survive when constantly asked and forced to compromise? Specifically, what is uniquely Indian and gets completely lost in this interaction? Scholars of religious studies, American studies, American Indian studies, theology, sociology, and anthropology will find this book particularly useful.

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Lexington Books / Fortress Academic
Pages: 196 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¾
978-1-9787-0372-8 • Hardback • December 2020 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-9787-0374-2 • Paperback • November 2022 • $41.99 • (£35.00)
978-1-9787-0373-5 • eBook • December 2020 • $39.50 • (£30.00)
Subjects: Religion / Christian Theology / Ethics, Religion / RELIGION / Politics & State, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies

Miguel A. De La Torre is professor of social ethics and Latinx studies at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver.

Preface…………………………………………………….

A “Real Blanket Indian”: A Short Biography of Tink Tinker

Loring Abeyta ………………………………………………………………….

Chapter 1:

Christianity, Compromise and Colonialism as Existential Threats to Indigenous Peoples

Edward P. Antonio………………………………………………………………….

Chapter 2:

Faith and Facts: Dismantling Colonial Constructions

Natsu Taylor Saito………………………………………………………………..

Chapter 3:

“Words Have Meaning” Reflections on a Vector of Tink Tinker’s Indigenist Scholarship

Ward Churchill…………………………………………………………………..

Chapter 4:

At Cross-Purposes: Conversion, Conscripted Compromise, and the Logic of Eurochristian Religious Poetics

Roger K. Green……………………………………………………………………….

Chapter 5:

I’m an Indian Too

Miguel A. De La Torre…………………………………………………………….

Chapter 6:

Niin Naandamo: The Cultural Logics of Kingship and the Theological Detour of Prayer

Mark D. Freeland…………………………………………………………………..

Chapter 7:

Impostor God: De-Christianization

Barbara Alice Mann………………………………………………………………

Chapter 8:

On the Use of the Bible for Mental Colonization

Steven T. Newcomb…………………………………………………………………

Chapter 9:

Jesus, the Gospel, and Genocide

Tink Tinker……………………………………………………………………………

Bibliography………………………………………………………………………….

About the Contributors ……………………………………………………………………..

The Colonial Compromise

The Threat of the Gospel to the Indigenous Worldview

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Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • This book explores the different types of compromises Indian people were forced to make and must continue to do so in order to be included in the colonizer’s religion and culture. The contributors in this collection are in conversation with the contributions made by Tink Tinker, an American Indian scholar who is known for his work on Native American liberation theology. The contributors engage with the following questions in this book: How much of one's identity must be sacrificed in order to belong in the world of the colonizer? How much of one's culture requires silencing? And more importantly, how can the colonized survive when constantly asked and forced to compromise? Specifically, what is uniquely Indian and gets completely lost in this interaction? Scholars of religious studies, American studies, American Indian studies, theology, sociology, and anthropology will find this book particularly useful.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books / Fortress Academic
    Pages: 196 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¾
    978-1-9787-0372-8 • Hardback • December 2020 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
    978-1-9787-0374-2 • Paperback • November 2022 • $41.99 • (£35.00)
    978-1-9787-0373-5 • eBook • December 2020 • $39.50 • (£30.00)
    Subjects: Religion / Christian Theology / Ethics, Religion / RELIGION / Politics & State, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
Author
Author
  • Miguel A. De La Torre is professor of social ethics and Latinx studies at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Preface…………………………………………………….

    A “Real Blanket Indian”: A Short Biography of Tink Tinker

    Loring Abeyta ………………………………………………………………….

    Chapter 1:

    Christianity, Compromise and Colonialism as Existential Threats to Indigenous Peoples

    Edward P. Antonio………………………………………………………………….

    Chapter 2:

    Faith and Facts: Dismantling Colonial Constructions

    Natsu Taylor Saito………………………………………………………………..

    Chapter 3:

    “Words Have Meaning” Reflections on a Vector of Tink Tinker’s Indigenist Scholarship

    Ward Churchill…………………………………………………………………..

    Chapter 4:

    At Cross-Purposes: Conversion, Conscripted Compromise, and the Logic of Eurochristian Religious Poetics

    Roger K. Green……………………………………………………………………….

    Chapter 5:

    I’m an Indian Too

    Miguel A. De La Torre…………………………………………………………….

    Chapter 6:

    Niin Naandamo: The Cultural Logics of Kingship and the Theological Detour of Prayer

    Mark D. Freeland…………………………………………………………………..

    Chapter 7:

    Impostor God: De-Christianization

    Barbara Alice Mann………………………………………………………………

    Chapter 8:

    On the Use of the Bible for Mental Colonization

    Steven T. Newcomb…………………………………………………………………

    Chapter 9:

    Jesus, the Gospel, and Genocide

    Tink Tinker……………………………………………………………………………

    Bibliography………………………………………………………………………….

    About the Contributors ……………………………………………………………………..

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