Truth and Reconciliation and the Doctrine of Discovery: Select Responses of Member Denominations of the Canadian Council of Churches to TRC Call to Action #49 on the Doctrine of Discovery and Terra Nullius

"We call upon all religious denominations and faith groups who have not already done so to repudiate concepts used to justify European sovereignty over Indigenous lands and peoples, such as the Doctrine of Discovery and terra nullius." - Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Call to Action #49 (June 2015)

Includes a summary and commentary on Canadian church responses regarding the Doctrine of Discover/Terra Nullius, as well as an annotated bibliography that consists of the name of the denomination, a list of statements or responses that have been forthcoming in recent months and years, and a citation or annotation on the content of the statement or response. - from the Introduction

Also see On the Doctrine of Discovery, available separately for loan.