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HONOURING THE DECLARATION provides academic resources to help The
United Church of Canada and other Canadian denominations enact
their commitment to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples and offers a framework for reconciliation between
Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. Featuring essays
from scholars working from a range of disciplines, including
religious studies, Indigenous legal studies, Christian theology and
ethics, Biblical studies, Indigenous educational leadership within
the United Church, and social activism, the collection includes
both Indigenous and non-Indigenous voices, all of whom respond
meaningfully to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to
Action. The texts explore some of the challenges that accepting the
UN Declaration as a framework poses to the United Church and other
Canadian denominations, and provides academic reflection on how
these challenges can be met. These reflections include concrete
proposals for steps that Canadian denominations and their
seminaries need to take in light of their commitment to the
Declaration, a study of a past attempt of the United Church to be
in solidarity with Indigenous peoples, and discussions of ethical
concepts and theological doctrines that can empower and guide the
church in living out this commitment.
This study of new religious movements in Quebec focuses on nine
groups-including the notoriously violent Solar Temple; the
iconoclastic Temple of Priapus; and the various "Catholic" schisms,
such as those led by a mystical pope; the Holy Spirit incarnate; or
the reappearance of the Virgin Mary. Eleven contributing authors
offer rich ethnographies and sociological insights on new spiritual
groups that highlight the quintessential features of Quebec's new
religions ("sectes" in the francophone media). The editors argue
that Quebec provides a favorable "ecology" for alternative
spirituality, and explore the influences behind this situation: the
rapid decline of the Catholic Church after Vatican Il; the "Quiet
Revolution," a utopian faith in Science; the 1975 Charter of Human
Rights and Freedoms; and an open immigration that welcomes diverse
faiths. The themes of Quebec nationalism found in prophetic
writings that fuel apocalyptic ferment are explored by the editors
who find in these sectarian communities echoes of Quebec's larger
Sovereignty movement.
This study of new religious movements in Quebec focuses on nine
groups-including the notoriously violent Solar Temple; the
iconoclastic Temple of Priapus; and the various "Catholic" schisms,
such as those led by a mystical pope; the Holy Spirit incarnate; or
the reappearance of the Virgin Mary. Eleven contributing authors
offer rich ethnographies and sociological insights on new spiritual
groups that highlight the quintessential features of Quebec's new
religions ("sectes" in the francophone media). The editors argue
that Quebec provides a favorable "ecology" for alternative
spirituality, and explore the influences behind this situation: the
rapid decline of the Catholic Church after Vatican Il; the "Quiet
Revolution," a utopian faith in Science; the 1975 Charter of Human
Rights and Freedoms; and an open immigration that welcomes diverse
faiths. The themes of Quebec nationalism found in prophetic
writings that fuel apocalyptic ferment are explored by the editors
who find in these sectarian communities echoes of Quebec's larger
Sovereignty movement.
Honouring the Declaration provides academic resources to help The
United Church of Canada and other Canadian denominations enact
their commitment to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples and offers a framework for reconciliation between
Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. Featuring essays
from scholars working from a range of disciplines, including
religious studies, Indigenous legal studies, Christian theology and
ethics, Biblical studies, Indigenous educational leadership within
the United Church, and social activism, the collection includes
both Indigenous and non-Indigenous voices, all of whom respond
meaningfully to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to
Action. The texts explore some of the challenges that accepting the
UN Declaration as a framework poses to the United Church and other
Canadian denominations, and provides academic reflection on how
these challenges can be met. These reflections include concrete
proposals for steps that Canadian denominations and their
seminaries need to take in light of their commitment to the
Declaration, a study of a past attempt of the United Church to be
in solidarity with Indigenous peoples, and discussions of ethical
concepts and theological doctrines that can empower and guide the
church in living out this commitment.
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