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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
for the forthcoming anthology
TRIBAL VISIONS OF THE CHURCH WAY:
NEW ESSAYS BY NATIVE CHRISTIAN WRITERS
The publication of _Native and Christian: Indigenous Voices on Religious
Identity in the United States and Canada_ (Routledge) has marked the
emergence of a significant new collective presence on the North American
religious landscape. The writers who contributed to this book come from a
number of distinct tribal backgrounds and work as academic scholars, church
administrators, ordained leaders, and lay activists; like many other native
people today, they are actively engaged in formulating and articulating
their own cultural and religious identities. What does it mean to be
native? What does it mean to be Christian? Is it possible to be both
native and Christian in any meaningful way? The twenty-one essays featured
in _Native and Christian_ were originally published in a variety of
religious magazines, native periodicals, scholarly journals, and topical
anthologies during the past decade. Taken together, these essays document
the style and substance of an ongoing conversation among native Christians
concerning the nature of religious identity in a diverse and conflicted
world; the powerful vitality of this conversation demonstrates that native
Christians will be the agents of their own religious destinies. But where
is this conversation headed? What does the future hold for native
Christians in the United States and Canada?
_Tribal Visions of the Church Way_ will address these and other questions in
an anthology of new essays by native Christian writers representing a wide
range of tribal and denominational traditions. Published and unpublished
writers alike are encouraged to submit essays for consideration; submissions
may be up to thirty pages long (typed, double-spaced) and may or may not
include bibliographic citations, at the discretion of the author. Essays
may address any theological, historical, social or political topic related
to native Christian life (a list of possible topics is included below),
though I am especially looking for essays that are grounded in the
experience of a contemporary native Christian community or organization,
and that engage in an explicit dialogue with one or more of the essays in
_Native and Christian_. Submissions that incorporate autobiographical
insights and perspectives are welcome.
ESSAY SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN MAY 15, 1996.
Please feel free to contact me by mail, telephone, fax or e-mail at any
time, either to discuss topic ideas or for any other comments or questions
you may have. _Tribal Visions of the Church Way_ will also include an
updated bibliography of writings by contemporary native Christians and an
inclusive directory of native Christian organizations, periodicals,
audiovisual resources, and annual gatherings, so please send me any
information you would like to have included.
I look forward to hearing from you,
James Treat, Editor
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 3, 1996:
Assistant Professor of American Studies and
Assistant Director of the Native American Studies Center
University of New Mexico
1812 Las Lomas Road NE
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1576
(505) 277-3917
(505) 277-1818 (fax)
treaty@carina.unm.edu
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Essay topics might include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
creation
sin and grace
social justice
gender roles and relations
dreams and visions
the Holy Spirit
repentance
youth and elders
the sacraments
scripture and oral traditions
preaching and liturgy
natural law
love
repatriation and reburial
sovereignty
the environmental crisis
Canaanites and the Exodus
stewardship
the Second Coming
religious revival
American civil religion
anthropologists and historians
African Americans
land claims and treaty rights
syncretism
women as religious leaders
native languages
mixed-bloods
systematic theology
peyote
human sexuality
race relations and racism
liberation theology
ordination
religious freedom
conversion
urban Indians
European colonialism
Kateri Tekakwitha
the sacred circle
prophecy
unity and diversity
reservation communities
the Trinity
revelation
medicine wheels
inculturation
traditional culture
Indian gaming
secularism
religious symbolism
evangelization
the American Indian Movement
denominational caucuses
atonement
Vine Deloria, Jr.
ecumenism
the New Age movement
Jesus
the spiritual life
substance abuse and recovery
intertribal conflicts
history of missions
eschatology
ethics and morality
catechism
materialism and class analysis
native literature