Pagans in the Promised Land by Steven T. Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape) is a “careful and impassioned exploration of the ways that federal law relating to property, nationhood, and American Indians grew from Christendom” (from the Foreward).
Please join us for a four-week book study as we explore the lasting effects of the Doctrine of Discovery, the Johnson v. M’Intosh (1823) decision, and the inherent conqueror mentality that informed the founders of the United States.
Diana Lucas will lead the group. She graduated from the General Theological Seminary with an MDiv. Diana completed her Master’s of Sacred Theology from GTS in 2022. Her thesis examined Native American spirituality and its role in the trauma survival of the Haudenosaunee.
