{"product_id":"unsettling-truths-the-ongoing-dehumanizing-legacy-of-the-doctrine-of-discovery","title":"Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery","description":"ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award\nAmerican Society of Missiology Book Award\nPublishers Weekly starred review\nYou cannot discover lands already inhabited.\nInjustice has plagued American societyfor centuries. And we cannot move toward being a more just nation without understanding the root causes that have shaped our culture and institutions. In this prophetic blend of history, theology, and cultural commentary, Mark Charles and Soong-ChanRah reveal the far-reaching, damaging effects of the \"Doctrine of Discovery.\" In the fifteenth century, official church edicts gave Christian explorers the right to claim territories they \"discovered.\" This was institutionalized as an implicit national framework that justifies American triumphalism, white supremacy, and ongoing injustices. The result is that the dominant culture idealizes a history of discovery, opportunity, expansion, and equality, while minority communities have been traumatized by colonization, slavery, segregation, and dehumanization. Healing begins when deeply entrenched beliefs are unsettled. Charles and Rah aim to recover a common memory and shared understanding of where we have been and where we are going. As othernations have instituted truth and reconciliation commissions, so do the authors call our nation and churches to a truth-telling that will expose past injustices and open the door to conciliation and true community.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0830845259\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: HBSV.0830845259.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Charles, Mark|Rah, Soong-Chan\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book is in very good condition and has little to no writing, underlining, and or highlighting. Cover may have some cosmetic wear.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The Happy Book Stack ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52375416733997,"sku":"HBSV.0830845259.VG","price":6.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/6799\/6205\/files\/0830845259-0.jpg?v=1789677347","url":"https:\/\/www.thehappybookstack.com\/products\/unsettling-truths-the-ongoing-dehumanizing-legacy-of-the-doctrine-of-discovery","provider":"The Happy Book Stack ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}