Repudiations
Repuidations of the Doctrine of Discovery by religious organizations and faith communities
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Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
A Unitarian Universalist Resolution To Repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery, and Implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
United Methodist Church Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
Trail of Repentance And Healing.
United Church of Christ Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
Calling for the United Church of Christ to Repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery Which Authorized the Genocide of Native Peoples and the Theft of Native Lands.
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ, the U.S and Canada) Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
That the General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada, meeting, July 13-17, 2013, in Orlando, Florida, acce...
Friends General Conference Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
Minute on the Doctrine of Discovery, Approved July 25, 2012, New York Yearly Meeting Summer Sessions Silver Bay, New York
Rejecting the Christian Doctrine of Discovery and Forging a New Relationship with North America’s Indigenous People
Pope Nicholas V first articulated the Doctrine of Discovery in the papal bull Dum Diversas in 1452. The Doctrine of Discovery consists of the idea that Chris...
Episcopalian Remembrance, Recognition and Reconciliation
Before we judge the papal edicts too harshly, we need to know of the Anglican connection to this Doctrine of Discovery.
A Episcopalian Sermon On Doctrine of Discovery
…the Doctrine of Discovery consists of the idea that Christians have a right sanctioned by God to take non-Christian lands and property and assert political ...
Episcopal Church Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
That the 76th General Convention repudiates and renounces the Doctrine of Discovery as fundamentally opposed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and our understand...
The Episcopal Church USA Statements on the Doctrine of Discovery
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori on the Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery
Presbyterian Church (USA) Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
A conversation on the doctrine of discovery will always entail a discussion of Native American or Indigenous lands. Moreover, because the doctrine has been a...
Anglican Church of Canada Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
Anglican Church of Canada’s statement repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery.
Haudenosaunee Statement on the Doctrine of Discovery
With the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the General Assembly of the United Nations, we finally took our place at the tabl...
The Ten Legal Dimensions of the Doctrine of Discovery: The International Law of Colonialism
Here are the 10 elements that I think constitute the Doctrine and are useful in analyzing and comparing how settler-colonizer societies have used this intern...
Statement on the Historical Use of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery by the United States Supreme Court Since 1823
The purpose of this paper is to review the history of the use of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery in United States Supreme Court decisions since 1823. It ...