Native Americans, the Mainline Church, and the Quest for by David Phillips Hansen
By David Phillips Hansen
While many think the USA is a melting pot for all cultures, Hansen asserts the longest conflict in human heritage is the single Anglo-Christians have waged on local americans. utilizing religion as a weapon opposed to the darkness of injustice, this publication will switch how you view how we needs to resolve the urgent difficulties of racism, poverty, environmental degradation, and violence, and it'll remind you that religion will be the leaven of justice.
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