Pagans in the Promised Land Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery

Name: Pagans in the Promised Land Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery
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ISBN: 9781555916428

ISBN-10: 1555916422

ISBN-13: 9781555916428

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Authors: Steven T. Newcomb

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Pagans in the Promised Land makes a unique challenge to U.S. federal Indian law and policy, attacking the presumption that American Indian nations are legitimately subject to the plenary power of the United States. Steve Newcomb puts forth a startling theory that U.S. federal Indian law and policy are premised on Old Testament narratives of the chosen people and the promised land, as exemplified in the 1823 Supreme Court ruling Johnson v. McIntosh, that the first "Christian people" to "discover" lands inhabited by "natives, who were heathens," have an ultimate title to and dominion over these lands and peoples. This important addition to legal scholarship asserts there is no separation of…

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List price: $19.95
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Publication date: 1/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



A Primer on Cognitive Theory



Metaphorical Experience and Federal Indian Law



The Conqueror Model



Colonizing the Promised Land



The Chosen People-Promised Land Model



The Dominating Mentality of Christendom



Johnson v. M'Intosh



Converting Christian Discovery into Heathen Conquest



The Mental Process of Negation



Christian Nations Theory: Hidden in Plain Sight


Conclusion: A Sacred Regard for All Living Things


Notes


References


Index