Friday, November 16, 2012

Doctrine of Discovery: Pagans in the Promised Land

Rev. Peg Morgan

November 11, 2012

This year our Unitarian Universalist General Assembly met in Arizona, and focused on justice issues. Delegates voted overwhelmingly to repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery - the premise that European Christian explorers who "discovered" other lands had the authority to claim those lands and subdue or enslave the residents. Today we will learn about where that Doctrine came from and what it has to do with our 21st century lives.

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