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Bringing Back
the Spirit: Indian Ways of Wholeness for Church & Society in Crisis Bringing Back the Spirit is a prayer for humanity to understand and experience wholeness. The author takes us along a remedial path that includes everyone regardless of religious or cultural background., political preference, or education. In a deeply personal narrative style he relates his own transformative journey through Christianity, physics, Indigenous science, and spirituality to address critical issues from a Native American/First Nations perspective. He describes his separation from ultra-conservative views, how the Bible has been misused to support grand visions of national destiny and war, and why America needs to know its true self. "The ever-present issues between North America's First Peoples and society, including the Church," says Duran, speaking for himself, "will remain until leaders invoke ancient wisdom and moral courage to move the nation and the world toward balance. The influence of Church, Congress, and society can play a decisive role in the federal government's responsibility to the tribes. Only an inward change can kindle the human spirit and conscience to lovingly relate to all our human and non-human relatives in order to build a sustainable society." Phillip H. Duran of Tigua Indian heritage is a former faculty member and dean of Science and Mathematics at Northwest Indian College. His main interest is in linking Indigenous worldviews with science. He has M.S. degrees in physics and computer science and nearly completed a Ph.D. degree in computer science and theoretical physics.
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