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Native : identity, belonging, and rediscovering God /

Native is about identity, soul-searching and the never-ending journey of finding ourselves and finding God. As both a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and a Christian, Kaitlin Curtice offers a unique perspective on these topics. In this book, she shows how reconnecting with her Potawatomi identity b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curtice, Kaitlin B. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2020]
Subjects:
Curtice, Kaitlin B. > Religion.
Potawatomi Indians > Ethnic identity.
Indian women > Religious life > United States.
Christian women > Religious life > United States.
Identity (Psychology) > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Racism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Beginnings
  • Land and Water
  • Journeying Stories
  • Creation Stories
  • My Own Beginning. Part 2: Searching for Meaning
  • The Problem of Whiteness
  • Stereotypes and Survival
  • A Heart Language
  • Gifts of Prayer
  • Part 3: The Struggle for Truth
  • Ceremony
  • Ancestors
  • Self, Examined
  • The Pain of Church Spaces
  • Part 4: Working
  • Wake-Up Calls
  • When the Church Gets to Work
  • Keeping Watch
  • Fighting Invisibility
  • Part 5: Bearing Fruit in a New World
  • Finding One Another
  • The Future of Decolonization
  • Returning
  • A New World for Our Children.