Loss of Indigenous Eden and the fall of spirituality / Blair Stonechild.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stonechild, Blair, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Religion.

Indigenous peoples.

Spirituality.

Physical Description:

xvii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press, [2020]

Summary:

"'One of the best articulations in print of some introductory teachings of a contemporary Elder.' --Mark Rumi, professor of Religion and Culture, University of Winnipeg. As a follow-up to his award-winning The Knowledge Seeker: Embracing Indigenous Spirituality, Blair Stonechild continues his exploration of the Indigenous spiritual teachings passed down to him by Elders, and then moves his study further afield. He identifies the rise of what he terms a dominant Wetiko worldview, marked by an all-consuming and destructive appetite that is antithetical to the relational philosophy of Indigenous thinking whereby all things are interrelated and in need of care and respect. Based on Stonechild's work with Indigenous peoples around the world, from Inuit communities in northern Canada to the Dalits in India and the Uighurs in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China, Loss of Indigenous Eden and the Fall of Spirituality brings together and highlights the fundamental commonalities that connect all Indigenous nations, while calling for global recognition and respect of their rights and spirituality."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Enchanted world

Indigenous garden of Eden

Betraying Indigenous Eden

Final conquest of Eden

Religion overtakes the world

Knowledge, sacred and profane

The big rush

Harming our relatives

Searching for healing

Need for reconciliation

Appendix 1: Comparing ecolizations and civilization

Appendix 2: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-307) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Stonechild, Blair. Loss of Indigenous Eden and the fall of spirituality.

ISBN:

9780889776999

0889776997

9780889777019

0889777012

OCLC:

1111131801

Publisher Number:

99984328078