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Questioning Religion as Identity

2011

Interrogating her mixed race and mixed religious background, Najla Said is an actress, playwright and the author of the memoir Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family.

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Religion as a Way of Life

One of the few common elements within the diversity of Native traditions is the idea that all dimensions of social life are profoundly integrated. Instead of “religion,” the broader term “life-way” is often used to describe the traditions of Native peoples.

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The Pluralism Project
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Native Perspectives on the 40th Anniversary of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Forty years ago, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act finally finally extended that right to the country’s Native citizens.

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Dennis Zotigh
2018
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Native American Church

The Native American Church of Jesus Christ is a spiritual movement that integrates the teachings of Christian life with the spiritual and ethical traditions of various Native cultures. A central component of the Native American Church is the sacramental ingestion of peyote during peyote meetings.

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The Pluralism Project
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A Seat at the Table: Huston Smith in Conversation with Native Americans on Religious Freedom

In this collection of illuminating conversations, renowned historian of world religions Huston Smith invites ten influential American Indian spiritual and political leaders to talk about their five-hundred-year struggle for religious freedom.

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Huston Smith, Phil Cousineau (editor), Gary Rhine (contributor)
2007
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