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"This work brings together over 25 years of the work of Vine Deloria, Jr, once dubbed ""the red man's Ralph Nader,"" now regarded as one of the most important living Native American figures in the late 1990s. For the past 30 years, Deloria has offered contributions to understanding the complexity of religion in America. In his writings he recognizes the spiritual desperation and religious breakdown in the contemporary situation, and provides the groundwork to get people to examine what they actually believe and how they must put those beliefs into practice. The essays in this collection express Deloria's concern for the religious dimensions and implications of human existence. His writings are engaged within a theoretical system of physical, not ideological, space, and ultimately give voice to this intellectual passion by calling into question our controversial religious institutions, commitments, worldviews, freedoms and experiences."

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[Deloria's] insider-outsider position, and his forceful and knowledgeable advocacy of tribal religion, create a prophetic voice in the current analysis of religion in the public square. -William A. Durbin, New Theology Review For This Land, a compilation of 28 essays written during the thirty years from the 1960s to the 1990s, further displays the depth and breadth of Deloria's command of eppistemological issues. In this volume, he again brings an insightful perspective, sharp criticism, and wit to the study of the role that Christian churches... have played in oppressing Native religious beliefs... This volume is well worth careful study. It should not only spark useful discussion and debate among researchers, teachers, and students, but also rpovide guidelines for the work of activists and policymakers. Simply put, anyone concerned with the connections between religion (or spirituality) and politics at the dawn of the twenty-first century will want to read For This Land. -Stephen Greymorning, Transforming Anthropology Deloria, because of the depth of his passion, remains one of the most stirring and articulate voices in America today. - Salt Lake City Tribune, 5/99 Though controversial, Deloria's writings have challenged continually the ways that religious thinkers understand the relationship between the practices of American religion native and imported...Deloria's forceful and important essays deserve wide reading. - Publishers Weekly Thirty years' worth of Deloria's essays on religion and Native American life, thoughtfully edited and presented.. ..A forceful and clear-sighted anthology. - Kirkus Reviews, Jan 1, 1999

[Deloria's] insider-outsider position, and his forceful and knowledgeable advocacy of tribal religion, create a prophetic voice in the current analysis of religion in the public square. <br>-William A. Durbin, New Theology Review <br> For This Land, a compilation of 28 essays written during the thirty years from the 1960s to the 1990s, further displays the depth and breadth of Deloria's command of eppistemological issues. In this volume, he again brings an insightful perspective, sharp criticism, and wit to the study of the role that Christian churches... have played in oppressing Native religious beliefs... This volume is well worth careful study. It should not only spark useful discussion and debate among researchers, teachers, and students, but also rpovide guidelines for the work of activists and policymakers. Simply put, anyone concerned with the connections between religion (or spirituality) and politics at the dawn of the twenty-first century will want to read For This Land. <br>-Stephen Greymorning, Transforming Anthropology <br> Deloria, because of the depth of his passion, remains one of the most stirring and articulate voices in America today. <br>- Salt Lake City Tribune, 5/99 <br> Though controversial, Deloria's writings have challenged continually the ways that religious thinkers understand the relationship between the practices of American religion native and imported...Deloria's forceful and important essays deserve wide reading. <br>- Publishers Weekly <br> Thirty years' worth of Deloria's essays on religion and Native American life, thoughtfully edited and presented.. ..A forceful and clear-sighted anthology. <br>- Kirkus Reviews, Jan 1, 1999 <br>

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Vine Deloria, Jr., a member of the Standing Rock SiouxTribe of North Dakota and former director of the NationalCongress of American Indians, is Professor of History atthe University of Colorado. He is the author of numerousbooks, including Red Earth, White Lies (1995), God isRed (1973), and Custer Died for your Sins (1969).JamesTreatteaches in the Honors College at the University ofOklahoma. He edited Native and Christian: IndigenousVoices on Religious Identity in the United States andCanada, also published by Routledge.

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