Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation: The Challenge for Future Relationship between Indigenous Peoples and the Catholic Church
The Catholic Church from both theological and sociological perspectives has a fundamental challenge in its relationship historically and today with Indigenous peoples across the Americas. What does it mean for the Catholic Church to have been not only complicit, but an active participant, in the era...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Journal of Moral Theology, Inc.
2023-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Moral Theology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.55476/001c.84393 |
| Summary: | The Catholic Church from both theological and sociological perspectives has a fundamental challenge in its relationship historically and today with Indigenous peoples across the Americas. What does it mean for the Catholic Church to have been not only complicit, but an active participant, in the erasure of various Native American peoples’ cultures, languages, and spiritual traditions? This essay questions how that context impacts the church’s efforts today to advance evangelization and support healing among Indigenous communities. These reflections come from the author’s work as Director for Truth and Healing at Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. |
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| ISSN: | 2166-2851 2166-2118 |