Indigenous Religious Traditions in Five Minutes - Molly Bassett
63. Why is distinguishing a Native American worldview from a EuroChristian one important?
Indigenous Religious Traditions in Five Minutes - Molly Bassett
George E. Tinker [+]
Iliff School of Theology
George E. "Tink" Tinker, a citizen of the Osage Nation (wazhazhe), is the Clifford Baldridge Emeritus Professor of American Indian Cultures and Religious Traditions at Iliff School of Theology. During his 33 year professorate at Iliff, Dr. Tinker brought a distinctly American Indian perspective to a predominantly White, euro-christian school, as he continues to do in lectures across the continent. His publications include: American Indian Liberation: A Theology of Sovereignty (Orbis, 2008); Spirit and Resistance: American Indian Liberation and Political Theology (Fortress, 2004); and nearly a hundred journal articles and chapters for edited volumes.
Description
Colonialism and its eurochristian worldview stand as the center of that rupture that has and continues to fragment, shatter, and divide the Indigenous communities and their cultures in this hemisphere. Yet, the original foundation of that Indigenous worldview and our cultures are still held firm by enough folk that we need not entirely despair.