Repudiations
Repuidations of the Doctrine of Discovery by religious organizations and faith communities
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On the Papal Bull, Sublimis Deus Permalink
The bull Sublimis Deus was not retroactive. It could not be projected back in time. It could not remove the death, destruction, and dehumanization that th...
Sublimis Deus (Sublimis Dei)
On the limits of Sublimis Deus (also called Sublimis Dei).
The Two Row Wampum: a Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery Permalink
In the Two Row Wampum, an agreement between two peoples, the Dutch were the first Europeans to sit down and negotiate with the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, ...
Evangelical Lutheran Church In Canada In Mission For Others
Read the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada in Mission For Others’s statement repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery.
The Presbyterian Church in Canada
Read the Presbyterian Church in Canada’s statement repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery.
S01E02 -The Doctrine Of Christian Discovery As An Ideological And Legal Framework with Steven T. Newcomb Permalink
⤓ Download a transcript of Episode 2 as a PDF // → Subscribe Steven T. Newcomb emphasizes that what undergirds the Doctrine of Discovery is a Christia...
S01E03 - The Doctrine of Discovery in the Mesoamerican Context with Davíd Carrasco Permalink
After discussing how the Zócalo provides a snapshot of colonization, Arnold shifts the conversation to the History of Religions as a theory and method for un...
Inter Caetera
The Papal Bull Inter Caetera of May 4, 1493
S01E01 - The Legal Framework of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery in Practice with Joe Heath Permalink
⤓ Download a transcript of Episode 1 as a PDF // → Subscribe We begin this episode with a land acknowledgement. Our hosts Prof. Philip P. Arnold and ...
Episode 0 - Introduction to Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery Podcast Permalink
⤓ Download a transcript of Episode 0 as a PDF // → Subscribe We begin this episode with a land acknowledgement. Our hosts Prof. Philip P. Arnold and S...
Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Act Now to Support Indigenous Schools
Fund the Onondaga Nation School Act Now to Support Indigenous Schools New York State has consistently underfunded the three schools serving Indigenous st...
Examining the History and Consequences of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery Permalink
We have just been awarded a Henry Luce Grant for a 3 year project examining the religious dimensions of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery.
Truth and Justification: On the Cruelties Against Indigenous People Permalink
And yet, all across Mother Earth, stories reverberate of Indigenous nations and peoples’ resistance and refusal in the face of the settler colonial state. We...
Pagans in the Promised Land: a Primer on Religious Freedom Permalink
Significant aspects of this research were published in the New York University Review of Law & Social Change (Vol. 20, Number 2, 1993), “The Evidence of ...
U.S. Department of the Interior Indian Boarding School Initiative
Read the Indian Boarding School Initiative document.