Honouring the Declaration: Church Commitments to Reconciliation and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0889778329 ISBN 13: 9780889778320

Publisher: University of Regina Press, 2021

Synopsis

A framework for indigenous and settler reparations

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 as 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’s Call to Actions.

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, a survey of the pitfalls that need to be avoided on the way, and discussions of ethical concepts and theological doctrines that can empower and guide the church in living out this commitment.

About this title

About the Author

Paul L. Gareau is Métis and French-Canadian from Bellevue near Batoche, Saskatchewan. He is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Regina Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0889778329
• ISBN 13: 9780889778320
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 301
• Editor: Schweitzer Don, Gareau Paul L.