Recommended Reading from the CATs Bookshelf
BUFFALO SHOUT, SALMON CRY
CONVERSATIONS ON CREATION, LAND JUSTICE, AND LIFE TOGETHER
Edited by Steve Heinrichs Herald Press 2013
This collection of essays and poetry explores the lamentable clash between Indigenous and settler cultures, spiritualities and attitudes toward creation. Originating with the Mennonite community, the text asserts that global warming is a settler-colonial problem. The book is not about demonizing settlers or inducing guilt. Instead, it asks us to look deeply into our systems of privilege, Christian history and responsibility.
“For centuries our misunderstandings and conflicts have accumulated…In this book the issues are opened, offering information, insights and resolutions that amaze our usual thinking. Read it carefully with a prayer for understanding.” (Rudy Wiebe)
This book was suggested for this list by one of the TRC Book Circles, for all of us seeking climate justice and our part in reconciliation. BUFFALO SHOUT, SALMON CRY challenges how we understand our own Christian creation story and how to transform those elements that had the power to oppress and devastate other cultures. This book is an invitation to renew our Christian faith through a more communal and personal relationship to caring for the gift of God’s creation.
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