THE LAND IS NOT EMPTY BOOK STUDY
with Pastor Geoff helton | in-person & Zoom
Tuesdays @ 6:30pm, FEBruary 24-MArch 1 7
In The Land Is Not Empty, author Sarah Augustine unpacks the harm of the Doctrine of Discovery-a set of laws rooted in the fifteenth century that gave Christian governments the moral and legal right to seize lands they "discovered," even though those lands were already inhabited by indigenous peoples. Legitimized by the church and justified by a misreading of Scripture, the Doctrine of Discovery says a land can be considered "empty" and therefore free for the taking if inhabited by "heathens, pagans, and infidels."
Augustine, a Pueblo woman, investigates ways that the Doctrine of Discovery continues to devastate indigenous cultures. What was done in the name of Christ must be undone in the name of Christ, the author claims. The good news of Jesus means there is still hope for the righting of wrongs. Right relationship with God, others, and the earth requires no less.
Required book: The Land Is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismissing the Doctrine of Discovery (available on Amazon, Aunties, and other booksellers. $12 if you order it from the church by February 16).
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