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Pagans in the promised land : decoding the doctrine of Christian discovery / Steven T. Newcomb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newcomb, Steven T.
- Series:
- ERACCE recommended resource.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Indians of North America.
- Land tenure--Law and legislation--United States.
- Land tenure.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An analysis of how religious bias shaped U.S. federal Indian law.
- Contents:
- A primer on cognitive theory
- Metaphorical experience and federal Indian law
- The conqueror model
- Colonizing the promised land
- The chosen people-promised land model
- The dominating mentality of Christendom
- Johnson v. M'Intosh
- Converting Christian discovery into heathen conquest
- The mental process of negation
- Christian nations theory : hidden in plain sight
- Conclusion: A sacred reagard for all living things.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-180) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-46811-1
- 9786612468117
- 1-55591-894-8
- OCLC:
- 609854320
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