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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This is a fascinating book. The critique of many of modern Christianity's shortcomings is accurate and relevant, though I think Mr. Deloria has a little too much fun ridiculing Christianity's efforts to make itself more relevant to modern life. Any religious thought system should be allowed to advance, and some of the things he brings up are not things to be ridiculed, but advancements to be commended.
His case for the Native American point of view, however, is very compelling. It is a philosophy that I find myself being drawn to very strongly. I have recently discovered that I have Native American blood in my veins, and have become very interested in finding out more about this part of my heritage.
The biggest two problems with this book, at least for me, are thus: 1) Mr. Delaria fails to provide those of us living in the city with any way to honor the ways of Native religion, tying it so strongly to place that those of us that can't get there are left pretty much on our own. Perhaps this is missing the point, and what he is saying is that a Native viewpoint is not compatable at all with modern city life. But if this is the point, then what hope is there of a more compassionate, earth-centered point of view taking hold? And 2), amid all of the statements that ring with truth, there are wild stories about "space astronauts" creating humans to be their slaves, and other such seeming nonsense. Delaria has many fine, valid points to make in this book, and these diversions into wild, unprobable speculation only serve to weaken his otherwise unassailable thesis.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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In a clearly biased manner DeLoria sets down the absolute truths according to the majority of Indians alive today. Their "religion" is NOT a religion, in the Western sense of the word. It is not one governed by time, but flows across all time. It is not centered in a single Saviour, but in ALL of life. This book points a finger at the Western / White man's outrage at finding a People he has not yet been able to fully "convert", at the extent the Newcomers have gone to and continue to go to in order to completely eradicate the Indians' idea of a Creator and Creation. It also exposes the fact of continued disillusionment among the Western invaders, tries to show why and how especially Christian religions have failed their followers. Even the leaders of the Christian faith complain of the failings DeLoria lists. What we actually have here is a book which tries earnestly to explain why Indians can never see eye-to-eye with Western religion, why it is so important for Westerners to recognize these differences, and why every Indian who is an Indian will forever demand religious freedom and access to his "church"... which is all of nature,all Creation, every inch, everywhere. A fine read if you want to know the truth about how Indians think and feel about their right to worship as they see fit.
Format:Paperback
Amazing book, very educational and enlightening. The writing style is very captivating making it hard to put the book down. The first chapters are very sad as is the history of the native peoples of the world in most cases if not all.
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Deloria poses as an intellectual....
This book is written by a man that is so radical many Natives disagree with him. His comments are biased and often wild accustaions. Read more
Published on 17 Jun 1999
babbling nonsense
All Mr.Deloria does is make an unaccountable tangents which casts non-native americans as jesus freak stereotypes. Read more
Published on 19 May 1998
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