Repudiations
Repuidations of the Doctrine of Discovery by religious organizations and faith communities
Recent posts
Hindu Political Theology: Beyond Hindutva’s Political Monotheism Permalink
Somayajula reads Hindutva as political theology, showing how Hindu nationalism flattens religious diversity and urging a more inclusive Hindu identity.
Schools, Teachers, and Teacher Educators: Education Through the Disruption of White Supremacy Permalink
Radhakrishnan examines how U.S. schooling reproduces white supremacy and identifies teacher education strategies to disrupt curriculum, instruction, and policy.
A Preface to Challenging the Justifications of Domination Through Religion: “We Were Planting Corn, and They Were Planting Crosses” Permalink
Preface to a special issue examining Christian Discovery’s role in white supremacy, law, and education, with decolonial paths grounded in Indigenous justice.
Using the Doctrine of Discovery to Increase Shared Language and Conceptual Frameworks Between Black and Indigenous Feminist Organizing Permalink
Nahar argues Doctrine of Discovery can build shared language between Black and Indigenous feminisms, strengthening solidarity against settler colonial power.
“Engineering Marvel”: Towards Resisting the Affective Politics of Erie Canal Heritage Permalink
Nagle critiques Erie Canal heritage marketing, showing how engineered marvel obscures Haudenosaunee dispossession and calls settlers to affective resistance.
Charting the Doctrine in the Colonial Archive: Papal Bulls and the Translation of the ‘Discovery’ Purpose Permalink
Modrow shows how papal bulls transformed crusade theology into global colonial strategy, legitimizing Indigenous dispossession and imperial expansion.
Other Forms of Dwelling: A Dalit – Feminist Perspective Permalink
Lakshmi frames Dalit feminist values alongside Indigenous frameworks to show alternative forms of dwelling, relation, and resistance beyond colonial modernity.
Dismantling White Supremacy in the Classroom and Beyond Permalink
Jimenez shows criminal justice education must confront white supremacy by centering race, power and oppression to transform teaching and policies now.
Introduction Permalink
Introduction to a global volume on Christian Discovery, linking law, religion, and pedagogy, with Indigenous sovereignty and decolonial justice today.
Flesh of Words: Confrontation, Navigation, and Integrity in the English Classroom Permalink
Hurtado uses Critical Race Theory and Latina feminisms to show how multiethnic curricula can confront colonial legacies and teach resistance in class.
The Chosen People at Grouse Mountain Permalink
Felese challenges conquest based land values and shows Indigenous relational worldviews offer life affirming alternatives to extraction and alienation
Expecting Excellence in Education: When Content Conditions Class Consciousness Permalink
Chaness links white supremacy, settler colonialism, and anti Indian racism, showing how Indigenous values and pedagogy reshape critical classroom practice.
The Medieval Origins of Religious White Supremacy: English Imperialism, Crusade Defeats, and the Doctrine of Discovery Permalink
Callan traces how medieval English myths, crusade defeat, and Irish colonization shaped Christian white supremacy and fed the global Doctrine of Discovery.
Unselling the Classroom: Confronting History and Ourselves Permalink
Berlin urges teachers to confront settler colonialism and white supremacy by centering Indigenous history critical pedagogy, and accountability today.
Deconstructing the Erie Canal: Three Lessons for its Next Century Permalink
In this bicentennial reflection on the Erie Canal, Renee Barry examines how celebratory public histories mask the canal’s foundation in settler colonial.