Cultural Inclusion as a Necessity
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article37050
- Author
- Kirby, Mike
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- First Peoples Theology Journal
- Date
- 2005 January
- Author
- Kirby, Mike
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- First Peoples Theology Journal
- Date
- 2005 January
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 3
- Page
- 78-81
- Notes
- "There are distinct differences between Native American spiritual perspectives and that of European religious ideologies in western society. Rather than being oppositional, I believe these perspectives are mutually complimentary and essential to further development of Christian expression and the survival of the Church". "Native American religions are essentially holistic. The Indian philosophical assumption is that wholeness, or unity, is a natural condition of the universe; whereas European cosmology views everything as a separate, and mutually complimentary only by accident or assent". "The harmony of the world and its survival, as we know it, is a question of balance: ours. Balance is power, and power enables a person to embrace change. Without change, life is dead: ceremony is dead. We must endeavour to find within ourselves the capacity for change, so that we can become part of a larger ceremony. We must realize that we are all part of a larger ceremony. We must realize that we are all part of something 'great and inclusive of everything', so that we can re-enter the greater circle and assume our rightful role as co-creators for the good".
- Author is of "Kiowa, Delaware and English heritage". He is a member of Four Winds Native Church at St. John's Episcopal in Roseville, California" and "has been working with the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska among the Gwich'in of the Interior Arctic of the past four years".
- Subjects
- Indians of North America - Religion
- Indians of North America - United States - Religion
- Christianity and culture
- Location
- General Synod Archives