Introduction
“Introduction,” an Outcome archive entry by Philip P. Arnold, Sandra Bigtree, Adam DJ Brett. The entry belongs to the jcrt collection and connects readers to scholarship, public history, and organizing around the Doctrine of Discovery, Christian domination, Indigenous sovereignty, law, religion, land, memory, and accountability.
In brief, it addresses Introduction to a global volume on Christian Discovery, linking law, religion, and pedagogy, with Indigenous sovereignty and decolonial justice today.. For readers arriving from the main Doctrine of Discovery site, this post functions as a pointer rather than a replacement for the full Outcome record. The canonical page preserves the complete context, metadata, author information, citation links, media, and neighboring materials in the archive.
The source text highlights terms and contexts including This introduction sets the stage for an edited volume arising from the December 2023 conference, “The Religious Origins of White Supremacy: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Christian Discovery,” held at Syracuse University. Anchored in the 200th anniversary of Johnson v. M’Intosh , the project critically interrogates the enduring influence of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery (DoCD) and its foundational role in shaping United States Indian Law, racism, land dispossession, and Christian imperialism. Through collaboration among scholars, activists, and Indigenous communities, the volume is organized around three core themes: religion, law, and pedagogy. Essays explore the DoCD’s theological and legal architecture, its entrenchment of white supremacy, and strategies for dismantling legal and educational systems of. Read the canonical Outcome page for the complete entry.
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Adam DJ Brett, "Introduction," Doctrine of Discovery Project (3 March 2026), https://doctrineofdiscovery.org/blog/link/outcome/jcrt/issue1/introduction/.
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