God is Red: A Native View of Religion

Book, 2003, 325 pp
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First published in 1972, God Is Red remains the seminal work on Native religious views, asking new questions about our species and our ultimate fate. Celebrating three decades in publication with a special 30th anniversary edition, this classic work reminds us to learn "that we are a part of nature, not a transcendent species with no repsponsibilities to the natural world." It is time again to listen to Vine Deloria Jr.'s powerful voice, telling us about religious life that is independent from Christianity and that reveres the interconnectedness of all living things.

"Buckle up your Christian defensiveness as you engage this manifesto. In arresting, highly readable prose, Deloria articulates an Indigenous worldview and the ways the North American Church's worldview has been wrong. It'll be a challenge for many Christians: according to Deloria, the Church is leading people astray with its understandings of creation, time, space, social problems, and even conceptions of God, and it should look to Indigenous understandings for correction. This is not an "I'm okay, you're okay" interfaith dialogue. Yet, over the past 40 years, many Christians have found themselves agreeing with a good chunk of its assessments."

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