David Phillips Hansen's Native Americans
David Phillips Hansen’s new book, Native Americans, the Mainline Church, and the Quest for Interracial Justice (Chalice Press, $29.99), is a sobering and important exploration of the historical, theological, and social relationships between the church and native peoples.
Hansen’s objective is straightforward: “first, to expose and deconstruct the causes of the church’s war on indigenous cultures; and second to identify and define key theological, political, and economic foundations for the church’s reformation that will prepare it for our multicultural future.” (3)
He more than accomplishes those goals in this meticulously footnoted volume. Structured around a framework developed by Eric K. Yamamoto, Hansen explores four “praxis dimensions”
Hansen’s objective is straightforward: “first, to expose and deconstruct the causes of the church’s war on indigenous cultures; and second to identify and define key theological, political, and economic foundations for the church’s reformation that will prepare it for our multicultural future.” (3)
He more than accomplishes those goals in this meticulously footnoted volume. Structured around a framework developed by Eric K. Yamamoto, Hansen explores four “praxis dimensions”