Book Review: The Urgency of Indigenous Values by Philip P. Arnold
A review of Philip P. Arnold’s The Urgency of Indigenous Values, exploring land, relation, ecology, the Doctrine of Discovery, and Indigenous ways of life.
A review of Philip P. Arnold’s The Urgency of Indigenous Values, exploring land, relation, ecology, the Doctrine of Discovery, and Indigenous ways of life.
This book reflects on Christianity in a time of catastrophe: how theological language can normalize crisis, obscure harm, or help communities reckon honestly with violence, responsibility, and repair.
We argue that sovereignty remains one of the most urgent questions for Indigenous studies, religious studies, and critical theory. Rather than treating sovereignty as a narrow legal category or as something granted through settler colonial recognition, we emphasize Indigenous sovereignty as lived, enacted, and grounded in land, language, traditional governance, and responsibilities to all living beings.
Building a mind garden one notecard at a time.
Since the publication of *Pagans in the Promised Land* by Steven T. Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape), scholarship on the Doctrine of Discovery has expanded significantly as a central issue in Indigenous law and politics.
Notes on last night's Eleventy maintenance
using the #indieweb for shortlinks and qr codes
Two-day gathering will explore the religious and racialized roots of American democracy and paths toward a more just future.
Why scholars should own an independent web presence, how IndieWeb principles help preserve academic identity, and how Carrd can provide a low-friction no-code starting point.
using the #indieweb and not the VC web for hosting
Deploying an Eleventy Site to XMIT using GitHub Actions. Supporting the #indieweb and not the VC web for hosting
Using XMIT Redirects on an Eleventy site deploying to XMIT via GitHub Actions