A Postscript: Sovereignty is Still the Issue

New Publication: "A Postscript: Sovereignty Is Still the Issue" #

I am pleased to share the publication of "A Postscript: Sovereignty Is Still the Issue," co-authored with Betty Hill (Lyons) and Nethanial Belmont, in the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory.

This article appears as part of JCRT 25.1 and reflects on the larger scholarly conversation generated by two special issues on domination, religion, law, Indigenous resistance, and the ongoing work of undoing Christian empire. In the postscript, we argue that sovereignty remains one of the most urgent questions for Indigenous studies, religious studies, and critical theory. Rather than treating sovereignty as a narrow legal category or as something granted through settler colonial recognition, we emphasize Indigenous sovereignty as lived, enacted, and grounded in land, language, traditional governance, and responsibilities to all living beings.

I am grateful to have worked alongside Betty Hill (Lyons) and Nethanial Belmont on this piece, and I am thankful for the many scholars, elders, teachers, and community leaders whose work continues to shape this conversation. The publication represents one part of an ongoing effort to think beyond the Doctrine of Christian Discovery toward healing, restoration, and the renewal of right relationships with one another and with Mother Earth.

Read the article here: "A Postscript: Sovereignty Is Still the Issue"

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